Center for Victims of Torture
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Center for Victims of Torture (CVT): Healing the wounds of torture globally, strengthening healers & human rights defenders, advocating to end #torture. www.cvt.org
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We’ve received stop-work orders from the U.S. requiring us to halt multiple international programs and furlough the majority of our staff. These closures impact safety, health and wellbeing of the people we serve. You can help: www.cvt.org
Happy puppies can help with mental health. Meet the team of therapy dogs who visited our clinic in St. Paul this week as part of wellbeing activities for clients and clinicians. During very stressful days, it was a pleasure to have time with cuddly animals.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Happy puppies can help with mental health. Meet the team of therapy dogs who visited our clinic in St. Paul this week as part of wellbeing activities for clients and clinicians. During very stressful days, it was a pleasure to have time with cuddly animals.
As the president restricts immigration visas for 75 countries, Yumna Rizvi comments this “... puts thousands in limbo, including those fleeing from torture & persecution. The president uses cruel & deceptive claims like this to vilify immigrants and perpetuate harm.” www.cvt.org/statements/n...
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
As the president restricts immigration visas for 75 countries, Yumna Rizvi comments this “... puts thousands in limbo, including those fleeing from torture & persecution. The president uses cruel & deceptive claims like this to vilify immigrants and perpetuate harm.” www.cvt.org/statements/n...
We're hiring an Insurance Case Manager to provide insurance-related systems navigation, social rehabilitation services and interpretation to clients from diverse geographic, cultural and social backgrounds. Fluency in a non-English language required. St. Paul.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
We're hiring an Insurance Case Manager to provide insurance-related systems navigation, social rehabilitation services and interpretation to clients from diverse geographic, cultural and social backgrounds. Fluency in a non-English language required. St. Paul.
jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/cvt/CA...
jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/cvt/CA...
CVT clients who had completed services called Sara Nelson, program manager, last week after the deadly ICE shooting. Read about how mental health is being affected in the Twin Cities as the militarized ICE deployment swarms the area.
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Twin Cities mental health workers are again providing trauma care
Advocates say the shooting and ICE enforcement action is yet another traumatic event affecting people's mental health.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
CVT clients who had completed services called Sara Nelson, program manager, last week after the deadly ICE shooting. Read about how mental health is being affected in the Twin Cities as the militarized ICE deployment swarms the area.
@minnpost.bsky.social
www.minnpost.com/race-health-...
@minnpost.bsky.social
www.minnpost.com/race-health-...
Because of the intensified ICE enforcement in the Twin Cities, we need drivers, accompaniers and people who can deliver groceries for clients. Please click for details and check out ways to help the community. www.cvt.org/get-involved...
January 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Because of the intensified ICE enforcement in the Twin Cities, we need drivers, accompaniers and people who can deliver groceries for clients. Please click for details and check out ways to help the community. www.cvt.org/get-involved...
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For more than two decades, the prison at Guantánamo Bay has been a stain. A reminder of how quickly we are willing to violate the rule of law, circumvent due process, and minimize human rights and dignity.
Just like DHS, Guantánamo's prison was built after 9/11. 🧵
Just like DHS, Guantánamo's prison was built after 9/11. 🧵
A grim anniversary: The Guantánamo detention facility has been a symbol of U.S. torture for 24 years. Down from a peak of 779, today 15 men are held there, along with migrants now held there for deportations. Read more about #Guantánamo here: www.cvt.org/what-we-do/a...
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 AM
For more than two decades, the prison at Guantánamo Bay has been a stain. A reminder of how quickly we are willing to violate the rule of law, circumvent due process, and minimize human rights and dignity.
Just like DHS, Guantánamo's prison was built after 9/11. 🧵
Just like DHS, Guantánamo's prison was built after 9/11. 🧵
“Our clients are telling us this is the very thing that they fled in their home countries, and they’re starting to see it play out in front of them,” said Alison Beckman on @kare11.bsky.social on the impacts clients are experiencing during intensified ICE enforcement in Minnesota.
Amid intensified immigration enforcement and the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis, the Center for Victims of Torture says its clients struggle psychologically.
Center for Victims of Torture warns of mental health impact amid surge of immigration enforcement operations
Amid intensified immigration enforcement and the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis, the Center for Victims of Torture says its clients struggle psychologically.
www.kare11.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
“Our clients are telling us this is the very thing that they fled in their home countries, and they’re starting to see it play out in front of them,” said Alison Beckman on @kare11.bsky.social on the impacts clients are experiencing during intensified ICE enforcement in Minnesota.
A grim anniversary: The Guantánamo detention facility has been a symbol of U.S. torture for 24 years. Down from a peak of 779, today 15 men are held there, along with migrants now held there for deportations. Read more about #Guantánamo here: www.cvt.org/what-we-do/a...
January 11, 2026 at 12:35 PM
A grim anniversary: The Guantánamo detention facility has been a symbol of U.S. torture for 24 years. Down from a peak of 779, today 15 men are held there, along with migrants now held there for deportations. Read more about #Guantánamo here: www.cvt.org/what-we-do/a...
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Communities in Minnesota – and across the country – are committed to welcome regardless of the federal government’s dangerous immigration enforcement actions that have harmed newcomers & long-time community members alike.
We join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices from Minnesota.
We join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices from Minnesota.
Minnesota communities are committed to welcome regardless of the federal government’s dangerous immigration enforcement actions that have harmed newcomers & long-time Minnesotans alike.
We are proud to join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices & stories.
www.refugeeadvocacylab.org/resources/up...
We are proud to join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices & stories.
www.refugeeadvocacylab.org/resources/up...
Uplifting Local Voices in Minnesota — The Refugee Advocacy Lab
For decades, communities across Minnesota have welcomed immigrants and other newcomers - a place to seek safety, raise their kids, continue their careers, and find a sense of belonging. These communit...
www.refugeeadvocacylab.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Communities in Minnesota – and across the country – are committed to welcome regardless of the federal government’s dangerous immigration enforcement actions that have harmed newcomers & long-time community members alike.
We join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices from Minnesota.
We join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices from Minnesota.
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Minnesota communities are committed to welcome regardless of the federal government’s dangerous immigration enforcement actions that have harmed newcomers & long-time Minnesotans alike.
We are proud to join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices & stories.
www.refugeeadvocacylab.org/resources/up...
We are proud to join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices & stories.
www.refugeeadvocacylab.org/resources/up...
Uplifting Local Voices in Minnesota — The Refugee Advocacy Lab
For decades, communities across Minnesota have welcomed immigrants and other newcomers - a place to seek safety, raise their kids, continue their careers, and find a sense of belonging. These communit...
www.refugeeadvocacylab.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Minnesota communities are committed to welcome regardless of the federal government’s dangerous immigration enforcement actions that have harmed newcomers & long-time Minnesotans alike.
We are proud to join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices & stories.
www.refugeeadvocacylab.org/resources/up...
We are proud to join them & @cvt.org to elevate local voices & stories.
www.refugeeadvocacylab.org/resources/up...
Calling for Closure of Guantánamo after 24 Years – A Joint Statement. 115 organizations write that failing to close it has “. . . enabled what many feared, and against which we and others repeatedly warned: the repurposing of Guantánamo to detain others unlawfully.”
www.cvt.org/statements/g...
www.cvt.org/statements/g...
Guantánamo Detention Facility Must Be Closed – A Joint Statement
Ahead of the 24th anniversary of Guantánamo's opening, 115 organizations signed this statement led by CVT and the Center for Constitutional Rights reaffirming that it must be closed, without repurposi...
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January 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Calling for Closure of Guantánamo after 24 Years – A Joint Statement. 115 organizations write that failing to close it has “. . . enabled what many feared, and against which we and others repeatedly warned: the repurposing of Guantánamo to detain others unlawfully.”
www.cvt.org/statements/g...
www.cvt.org/statements/g...
Renee Nicole Good was shot to death by ICE in Minneapolis as a direct result of unnecessarily intensified immigration enforcement by the Trump administration. This would not have happened without this type of militarization - it is among the exact kinds of oppression our clients have fled.
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Renee Nicole Good was shot to death by ICE in Minneapolis as a direct result of unnecessarily intensified immigration enforcement by the Trump administration. This would not have happened without this type of militarization - it is among the exact kinds of oppression our clients have fled.
Torture was central to Guantánamo’s founding in the aftermath of 9/11. Today, its grim reputation is one reason the Trump administration uses it for deportations, intentionally vilifying & intimidating immigrants. Guantánamo should have been closed long ago. Read more: www.cvt.org/articles/a-v...
January 7, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Torture was central to Guantánamo’s founding in the aftermath of 9/11. Today, its grim reputation is one reason the Trump administration uses it for deportations, intentionally vilifying & intimidating immigrants. Guantánamo should have been closed long ago. Read more: www.cvt.org/articles/a-v...
Human rights are for all of us, everywhere. As we move into 2026, join the Center for Victims of Torture in working to ensure all people live their lives free from torture and human rights abuses.
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Human rights are for all of us, everywhere. As we move into 2026, join the Center for Victims of Torture in working to ensure all people live their lives free from torture and human rights abuses.
CVT is hiring a consultant in Lebanon! We seek a temporary research consultant to support the development of a research case study exploring survivor-centered justice and accountability efforts. Deadline: January 15. Click for details and to apply:
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January 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
CVT is hiring a consultant in Lebanon! We seek a temporary research consultant to support the development of a research case study exploring survivor-centered justice and accountability efforts. Deadline: January 15. Click for details and to apply:
www.cvt.org/wp-content/u...
www.cvt.org/wp-content/u...
CVT is hiring a Business Development & Marketing Specialist to drive growth for our Trauma-Informed Advisory Service, an earned-income initiative that brings our expertise to organizations and supports our human rights mission. 100% remote in the U.S. Apply: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/cvt/CA...
January 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
CVT is hiring a Business Development & Marketing Specialist to drive growth for our Trauma-Informed Advisory Service, an earned-income initiative that brings our expertise to organizations and supports our human rights mission. 100% remote in the U.S. Apply: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/cvt/CA...
The Center for Victims of Torture hopes that 2026 will bring peace and happiness to everyone, around the world.
January 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The Center for Victims of Torture hopes that 2026 will bring peace and happiness to everyone, around the world.
The cruelty is the point.
Trump tells asylum seekers to apply for refuge elsewhere
Trump tells asylum seekers to apply for refuge elsewhere
The effort represents the latest attempt by the Trump administration to curtail immigration and meet its ambitious annual deportation goal.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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“We know for sure that our survivors we are no longer able to serve are suffering,” said Scott Roehm, CVT sr director of global justice & accountability, in this NYT article that accounts for how little was saved by DOGE cuts this year, and just how much was lost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“We know for sure that our survivors we are no longer able to serve are suffering,” said Scott Roehm, CVT sr director of global justice & accountability, in this NYT article that accounts for how little was saved by DOGE cuts this year, and just how much was lost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
It's illegal to send people to prisons like CECOT. CVT's Yumna Rizvi said in May: “The Trump administration continues to destroy the rule of law, lives & communities with its performative efforts to intimidate immigrants as it actively sends people to torture dungeons.”
www.cvt.org/statements/t...
www.cvt.org/statements/t...
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's illegal to send people to prisons like CECOT. CVT's Yumna Rizvi said in May: “The Trump administration continues to destroy the rule of law, lives & communities with its performative efforts to intimidate immigrants as it actively sends people to torture dungeons.”
www.cvt.org/statements/t...
www.cvt.org/statements/t...
“We know for sure that our survivors we are no longer able to serve are suffering,” said Scott Roehm, CVT sr director of global justice & accountability, in this NYT article that accounts for how little was saved by DOGE cuts this year, and just how much was lost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“We know for sure that our survivors we are no longer able to serve are suffering,” said Scott Roehm, CVT sr director of global justice & accountability, in this NYT article that accounts for how little was saved by DOGE cuts this year, and just how much was lost.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
“It is unconscionable that companies are allowed to promote these products inside the EU. It is grotesque that such products even exist. This trade in human cruelty should be completely banned.” @simonadams.bsky.social on the need to ban goods used for torture.
www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/the-...
www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/the-...
The World’s Right-Handed and Left-Handed Torturers
Jeanne Kirkpatrick, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, once made a highly-debatable distinction between “friendly” right-wing “authoritarian” regimes (which were mostly U.S. and Western a...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“It is unconscionable that companies are allowed to promote these products inside the EU. It is grotesque that such products even exist. This trade in human cruelty should be completely banned.” @simonadams.bsky.social on the need to ban goods used for torture.
www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/the-...
www.ipsnews.net/2025/12/the-...
One of the most important things for survivors to repair the wrongs of war is a strong sense of community. After the LRA war in Northern Uganda, that community was badly damaged, and more work is needed to repair and heal.
Read CVT’s report here:
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Read CVT’s report here:
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December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
One of the most important things for survivors to repair the wrongs of war is a strong sense of community. After the LRA war in Northern Uganda, that community was badly damaged, and more work is needed to repair and heal.
Read CVT’s report here:
www.cvt.org/wp-content/u...
Read CVT’s report here:
www.cvt.org/wp-content/u...
A new report from CVT lays out survivors’ priorities for repairing the wrongs of war. Healing is the second of three top priorities for survivors of the LRA war in Northern Uganda. Watch here for more priorities.
Read the report here:
www.cvt.org/wp-content/u...
Read the report here:
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December 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A new report from CVT lays out survivors’ priorities for repairing the wrongs of war. Healing is the second of three top priorities for survivors of the LRA war in Northern Uganda. Watch here for more priorities.
Read the report here:
www.cvt.org/wp-content/u...
Read the report here:
www.cvt.org/wp-content/u...
“The swirl of manufactured urgency and manufactured uncertainty has exhausted so many people and organizations,” said Kate Barr, CVT board treasurer and the president and CEO of Propel Nonprofits, in this article in the @startribune.com
www.startribune.com/ramstad-the-...
www.startribune.com/ramstad-the-...
Ramstad: The term ‘horrible year’ is inadequate for the pain nonprofits have felt in 2025
Kate Barr, a longtime leader on Minnesota’s nonprofit scene, says a big difference this year is charities have suffered alone.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“The swirl of manufactured urgency and manufactured uncertainty has exhausted so many people and organizations,” said Kate Barr, CVT board treasurer and the president and CEO of Propel Nonprofits, in this article in the @startribune.com
www.startribune.com/ramstad-the-...
www.startribune.com/ramstad-the-...