Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 18hCVT Georgia participated in the CASA Community Wellness Fair, connecting community members with health, social and wellness resources. Shown are Laetitia Tokplo, Léonce Byimana & Azadeh Sadeghi. Congratulations on a wonderful event! 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 29/09/2026Don’t miss this important conversation and truly stellar lineup for the @minnpost.com annual festival! See details and get tickets: www.minnpost.com/the-whistleb...minnpost.comThe Whistleblower's Account: Dismantling USAIDThe Whistleblower's Account: Dismantling USAID 010
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 29/09/2026CVT’s TCI-Massage helps clients learn simple self-massage techniques to manage tension and discomfort on their own. We have a guide you can use, too: 8 practices for the scalp, face, shoulders, arms, hands, back, thighs & feet, using just your hands or a tennis ball. www.cvt.org/wp-content/u... 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 28/09/2026We are hiring a part-time psychotherapist for a 7-month position in St. Cloud, Minn. to provide psychological assessment and treatment to survivors of torture and their family members. 60% remote. Send resume & cover letter to: Consoler.Teboh@cvt.org. Read details here: www.cvt.org/wp-content/u... 010
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 25/09/2026A new and comprehensive report from @amnesty-usa.bsky.social on human rights abuses in federal immigration enforcement. 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 24/09/2026For people who have experienced trauma, touch, close proximity, closed doors, physical exposure or lying down can activate protective responses. TCI-Massage was designed to address this by creating and building safety, predictability, communication, choice and control. www.cvt.org/what-we-do/a... 001
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureRefugee Advocacy Lab @refugeeadvocacylab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026+450 state & local elected leaders just sent a letter to the federal government calling for them to rebuild a strong & fair refugee admissions program. It's clear: The American people overwhelmingly support welcoming refugees and our #FreedomToWelcome. freedomtowelcome.us 035
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 22/09/2026When the world came together after WWII to form the UN and publish the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the right to a life free from torture was near the very top of the list. Article 5 states: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” 011
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 18/09/2026CVT is hiring a program manager to provide leadership for CVT’s St. Paul program. Ensure the smooth service delivery for clients & support interdisciplinary care teams as they provide rehabilitative care to survivors of torture. Location: St. Paul; 20% remote. jobs.dayforcehcm.com/cvt/CANDIDAT... 001
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureOmega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026❓ Why do we need to end the trade in tools of torture? 📣 Read & see what steps civil society is calling on states to take. 🔗: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum... 111
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 17/09/2026Why might massage be an ideal time to learn how to listen to your body? Check out these reflections from the CVT team behind our trauma-informed, culturally responsive massage therapy (TCI-Massage). Read more: www.cvt.org/what-we-do/a... 010
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 16/09/2026Registration is now open for CVT’s annual Restoring Hope Breakfast! Join us for an inspiring morning to hear stories of resilience and support healing care for survivors of torture and conflict-related trauma. 10/22, 8 am CDT, Minneapolis Convention Center Register: give.cvt.org/event/2026-r... 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 15/09/2026“There is no legal authority for migrants to be detained at Guantánamo, especially in Camp 6,” said CVT’s Yumna Rizvi to Mohamud Farah in @sahanjournal.bsky.social Read the article: sahanjournal.com/immigration/...sahanjournal.comSomali ICE detainees held at Guantanamo Bay for weeksThree Somali men, including two Minnesota men, describe weekslong detention, aggressive shackling, and constant surveillance at Guantanamo Bay. 032
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 15/09/2026The Constitution of the United States explicitly prohibits cruel punishment. 8th Amendment says: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” This went into effect in 1791, not long after the U.S. became an independent country. 010
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureMother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/09/2026If national security is everything, then national security is nothing at all, apart from a tool to revive a zombie army of post-9/11 legal mechanisms against all sorts of domestic dissidents.motherjones.comThe religion of national securityAfter 9/11, national security meant everything. Today, it means nothing at all. 69336
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureSimon Adams @simonadams.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We should never forget the horror of 9/11. But it also triggered US detention and “rendition” programs that used torture. A moral and legal reckoning is long overdue. www.commondreams.org/opinion/9-11...commondreams.org25 Years Ago, 9/11 Triggered a US Crusade of Torture | Common DreamsThe lack of accountability set a template. And the impunity of those who orchestrated and carried out these crimes is one of the darkest legacies of the so-called "war on terror" that will forever hau... 112
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 11/09/2026“The system has expanded to new uses, new targets, new opportunities to vilify, to punish, to create division,” said CVT's Yumna Rizvi to @hurwitz.bsky.social at @motherjones.com on how natl security strategies took on new meanings and new uses after 9/11. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe religion of national securityAfter 9/11 national security meant everything. Today it means nothing at all. 04916
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 11/09/2026Guantánamo’s Camp 6 is no place to hold asylum seekers. “This administration wants to conflate this threat of immigration with terrorism, so wants to create this idea that the individuals at Camp 6 are so terrible and so horrific,” comments CVT’s Yumna Rizvi. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgSt. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo BayAdam Abdullah has no criminal record, but the government is holding him at a military prison set up for terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 10/09/2026On World Suicide Prevention Day, a reminder that we can all do our part to support people during difficulties. The way we speak about suicide is important: suicide can result from underlying mental health problems. Let’s work together to encourage each other and help people move forward. 052
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 09/09/2026Guantánamo’s Camp 6 is no place to hold asylum seekers. “This administration wants to conflate this threat of immigration with terrorism, so wants to create this idea that the individuals at Camp 6 are so terrible and so horrific,” comments CVT’s Yumna Rizvi. 022
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 08/09/2026There are NO circumstances when torture is allowed. U.S. and international law apply universally, regardless of wartime status, concerns for national security or states of emergency. Importantly, these international prohibitions cover torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. 021
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureOmega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Like Representatives Ramirez, Stansbury, Goldman, & tens of others, we don’t think ICE should be buying torture equipment. ‼️ Electric shock gloves are torture equipment. ❌ They should never be used by law enforcement. Their letter to Secretary Mullin: ramirez.house.gov/sites/evo-su... 021
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureCarol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Breaking: A week after the 9/11 trial judge's big decision that threw out a post-torture confession from KSM, the man of accused of being mastermind of the plot... the prosecution team decides they can go ahead without it, won't appeal. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...nytimes.comProsecutors Won’t Try to Reinstate Key 9/11 Confession Taken After TortureThe military’s lawyers said they feared an appeal could delay the trial of the man accused of masterminding the attacks, which is scheduled to start in mid-2028. 33112
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 04/09/2026Hello DC: We’re partnering with Muslim Counterpublics Lab to examine lessons at the 25th anniversary of the War on Terror, George Wash Univ, 9/17-18. Great speakers include journalists, lawyers, organizers, scholars, directly impacted community members & so much more. Register: waronterror25.org 010
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 03/09/2026Trauma can affect how people think & feel. It can also affect sleep, pain, muscle tension & the body's response to stress. CVT’s trauma-informed, culturally-responsive massage therapy was developed to help address the physical side of recovery alongside psychosocial care. www.cvt.org/what-we-do/a... 000
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureMother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/09/2026Last week, DHS finalized its $16.7 million purchase of 6,650 pairs of electric shock gloves. Almost as quickly as the contract was finalized, pushback reached the legislative branch in a classic Congressional form: a whole bunch of open letters.motherjones.comLawmakers Push DHS to Cancel Its Shock Gloves Contract"This administration continues to outfit ICE and CBP with the tools of an occupying paramilitary force." 1318578
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureCongresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 31/08/2026DHS can’t be trusted with electric shock gloves and the power to inflict "sudden" death. Today, I led 49 colleagues in demanding Secretary Markwayne Mullin immediately cancel DHS’s $16.7 million contract to equip ICE agents with electric shock gloves. 15513
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 31/08/2026DO NOT GIVE ELECTRIC SHOCK GLOVES TO ICE. Tell DHS Sec Mullin to cancel the multi-million dollar contract for shock gloves - “inherently abusive equipment that facilitates torture.” Shock gloves must not be given to ICE agents. Call today: www.cvt.org/stop-shock-g... 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 31/08/2026NEW from @embits.bsky.social at @newyorker.com: CVT’s Ally Beckman said clients taken by ICE told stories like “what happened to them in their country—a group of masked men throwing you in a car, taking you somewhere, holding you, not telling you what’s happening.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comWhat Happened in MinneapolisLiving through Operation Metro Surge, and what came after. 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 30/08/2026Naima lived in Iraq during the war when her husband was killed. But then her 17 year-old daughter was taken by militia, leaving her with loss she struggled to comprehend. Enforced disappearance is used to punish and control communities. CVT stands with all victims of enforced disappearance. 010
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureCarol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Breaking: In a huge decision in the 9/11 case, the military judge has suppressed the so-called "clean team" confession of the lead defendant known as KSM. This comes days after the same judge set a June 2028 trial date, which could now be in doubt if the prosecution decides to appeal that ruling.nytimes.comJudge Excludes Key Confession in Sept. 11 Case (Gift Article)Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial. 138945
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 28/08/2026NEW: “Because his testimony was derived under torture, it is not admissible,” said CVT's Yumna Rizvi. “...this is why torture is illegal under U.S. and international law and must not be used. Not ever, by any regime, any agency, any government.” Statement: www.cvt.org/statements/c... 001
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 28/08/2026The contract went through: DHS will spend $16.7 million to supply direct-contact shock gloves to ICE agents. Read background on this inherently abusive equipment 🔽 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 28/08/2026ICE agents have repeatedly shown they will use abusive tactics against anyone. The range of cruelty that could result from direct-contact shock gloves by ICE is horrifying. As immigration enforcement continues its rampage in the US, abusive equipment like these gloves must never be given to ICE. 021
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 27/08/2026Shock gloves are designed for abuse. They inflict pain on contact but leave no marks. DHS plans to spend $20m to supply the gloves to ICE agents, providing a new way to avoid accountability to an agency that has proven itself to be out of control. These gloves have no place in law enforcement. 001
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 27/08/2026Remember that movement helps you take good care of your body. If you are able, go on a walk or take a moment to focus on your breathing. Add stretches or other light exercise for five minutes. It can make a difference for your self-care! 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 26/08/2026Massage creates an ideal physiological state for learning. Incorporating somatic education into massage helps reduce mental health symptoms. Our education focused on breath awareness, noticing sensation & self-compassion. Read more from the Center for Mind Body Awareness www.cmbaware.org 010
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 25/08/2026A healthy diet can make a difference for our resilience and our overall wellbeing. Eating well is good self-care! Learn more at www.cvt.org. 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 25/08/2026We're proud to join Muslim Counterpublics Lab & partners in “When Will This War End: Lessons and Legacies of the War on Terror,” event Sept. 17-18, in DC. CVT's Yumna Rizvi will speak on a panel on the "Post 9/11 Carceral State from Enemy Combatants to Migrant Detainees.” waronterror25.org 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 24/08/2026People who have fled their homes after violence often face danger & uncertainty in a new country with limited resources & barriers to necessities. CVT’s Trauma-Informed and Culturally Responsive Integrated Massage Therapy improves mental health symptoms. Read more www.cvt.org/what-we-do/a... 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 23/08/2026Shock gloves have no place in law enforcement. As CVT's Yumna Rizvi notes, this is equipment designed for abuse. 010
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureSimon Adams @simonadams.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The destruction and trauma inflicted by the LRA in northern Uganda is still painfully evident. Local @CVTorg staff have played an extraordinary role proudly serving these communities. www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...cvt.orgCVT Uganda: Supporting Survivors as They Rebuild Lives and CommunitiesThe CVT Uganda team has been enormously effective for many years providing healing to survivors, training psychosocial professionals in trauma-informed skills, and opening new pathways for survivors t... 012
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 22/08/2026“Using surveillance tech and tools of torture, DHS has already proven its capacity to perpetrate state-sanctioned abuse and arbitrary cruelty,” says @ramirez.house.gov to @thebulwark.com. “All the more reason they should not possess devices with the power to inflict ‘sudden death.’” 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 21/08/2026CVT completed a study of our Trauma-Informed and Culturally-Responsive Integrated Massage Therapy, developed for people forced to flee their homes after violence. The intervention integrated massage with psychosocial care and improved pain & mental health symptoms. www.cvt.org/what-we-do/a... 001
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 20/08/2026CVT clinicians suggest that actively appreciating others allows us to better appreciate ourselves. As an act of self-care, for one day, give compliments to three different people. #selfcare 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 19/08/2026CVT Uganda has been enormously effective in providing healing, training psychosocial professionals in trauma-informed skills, and opening pathways for survivors to pursue justice. We honor the team as this successful program comes to a close next month. Read more: www.cvt.org/articles/cvt...cvt.orgCVT Uganda: Supporting Survivors as They Rebuild Lives and CommunitiesThe CVT Uganda team has been enormously effective for many years providing healing to survivors, training psychosocial professionals in trauma-informed skills, and opening new pathways for survivors t... 000
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 19/08/2026“At a time when the entire humanitarian sector is facing funding cuts and challenges on a global scale, it is more important than ever to honor the workers who make a difference in the lives of millions,” said CVT's Sonya Funna Evelyn on World Humanitarian Day. “We see you and honor you.” 000
Reposted by Center for Victims of TortureSimon Adams @simonadams.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Orwellian "electric shock gloves" are ready made for torture and abuse against protesters and detainees. I agree with @cvt.org, they should be banned from policing. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe Orwellian Company Behind ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves“With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars.” That makes it hard for victims to sue. 011
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 18/08/2026Putting down your phone can be an act of self-care. Give yourself a break and take a moment to connect with others, connect with nature, connect with the real world. Allow yourself one hour to relax. When you’re ready, take an entire day off social media. Reconnect with people IRL! 010
Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 17/08/2026Massage therapy that is trauma-informed and culturally responsive improves pain and mental health symptoms for people who’ve fled their homes after violence. CVT completed a new randomized controlled trial with forced migrants – read more about it: www.cvt.org/what-we-do/a... 010