Torture Vol 2 No 2 & 3

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TORTURE: ASIAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES | JUNE-AUG 2013

VOLUME 02 NUMBER 02 & 03

OPINION: NETWORK

Young men in row ( Photo by CVT)

Mental Health

Global Humanitarian Priority by Jennifer J. Esala and Brad Robideau The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to healing survivors of torture and war-related atrocities. During this, our 28th year, the 24,000th survivor will walk through one of our doors in Minnesota, Africa or the Middle East asking for healing.

As one of the oldest and largest torture survivor rehabilitation centers in the world, CVT’s experience has given it a unique perspective on the long-term devastation that torture and war inflict on individuals and communities. One lesson that has been clear in our years of providing rehabilitative services to torture survivors is that torture

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