Press Releases
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Amnesty International Leader Next Executive Director at the Center for Victims of Torture
Posted: 02/13/2012
The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) today announced that Curt Goering has accepted an offer to be CVT’s next executive director. He will begin May 1.
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Statement from the Center for Victims of Torture on National Day of Action Against Guantánamo
Posted: 01/11/2012
As a torture treatment rehabilitation center that has extended healing services to more than 20,000 victims of torture, CVT supports a safe environment where detainees held in American custody are treated humanely in accordance with U.S. laws and obligations under the Convention Against Torture, the Geneva Conventions and other international human rights standards.
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CVT Profoundly Disappointed in New Legal Authorization for Indefinite Detention
Posted: 12/16/2011
CVT is profoundly disappointed that Congress has approved, and President Obama has agreed to sign into law, new legal authorization for indefinite detention of captured terrorism suspects under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012.
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CVT on Obama Administration Statements Against Torture
Posted: 09/29/2011
In recent weeks, the top officials in the Obama Administration have made strong statements against the use of torture. CVT applauds these statements while recognizing the work that still must be done.
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CVT Statement on Cheney’s Waterboarding Double Standard
Posted: 08/30/2011
CVT calls Vice President Dick Cheney's stance on waterboarding a double standard that puts American troops at risk.
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CVT Urges Panetta to Condemn Torture and Cruel Treatment
Posted: 06/07/2011
CVT sent a letter to Secretary of Defense nominee Leon E. Panetta urging him to condemn torture and cruel treatment of prisoners by the U.S. during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services.
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National Security Officials Ask President Obama to Make Statement Against Torture
Posted: 05/05/2011
A group of national security officials urged President Obama “to make an unequivocal statement that torture is illegal, immoral, and un-American.”
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Center for Victims of Torture to Provide Healing Services to Refugees in Kenya
Posted: 02/09/2011
CVT announced it will provide mental health services at refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya to Somali and other refugees who suffered torture and war trauma.
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Douglas A. Johnson to Leave His Position as Executive Director of the Center for Victims of Torture
Posted: 02/01/2011
CVT announced that Executive Director Douglas A. Johnson has decided to leave the organization in January of 2012. Johnson's 23 years of dedicated service to CVT has built an organization and an international movement that enables torture survivors to heal and rebuild their lives.
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CVT congratulates Juan Méndez on his appointment as UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Posted: 11/09/2010
CVT congratulated longtime human rights advocate and torture survivor Juan Méndez on his recent appointment as the new UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
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