IRCT news feed - Latest news http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx en-GB webmaster@irct.org(webmaster) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:47:10 GMT Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:47:10 GMT Dynamicweb http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 60 http://www.irct.org/Files/Billeder/ Dynamicweb http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx IRCT on recent DR Congo attacks: “Help the victims, strengthen peace-keepers” http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2812 sma@irct.org(Scott McAusland) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2812 He nearly died at the hands of his torturers, now he’s rebuilding his life http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2631 Mukhran from Georgia was arrested and tortured during the times following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the book My name is…, published by the Georgian Center for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of torture Victims (GRCT), a member of the IRCT, he recounts his story. webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:10:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2631 He nearly died at the hands of his torturers, now he’s rebuilding his life http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2810 Mukhran from Georgia was arrested and tortured during the times following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the book My name is…, published by the Georgian Center for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of torture Victims (GRCT), a member of the IRCT, he recounts his story. webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:10:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2810 Assessing outcomes of torture rehabilitation: translating good practices into daily interventions http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2807 sma@irct.org(Scott McAusland) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:25:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2807 Dr Nora Sveaass: UN Committee against Torture in need of hard facts from NGOs http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2801 sma@irct.org(Scott McAusland) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2801 Exchanging invaluable knowledge: Latin American IRCT members meet in Buenos Aires http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2798 webmaster@irct.org(Communication Unit) Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:35:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2798 Intercambio de conocimientos invalorables: Miembros latinoamericanos del IRCT se reúnen en Buenos Aires. http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2805 webmaster@irct.org(Communication Unit) Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2805 Torture of Congolese civil society leader highlights need for greater help from international community http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2811 The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) today expressed relief at the release of Sylvester Bwira Kyah the president of the Civil Society of Masisi, a coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:30:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2811 Torture du leader de la société civile Congolaise a Masisi souligne la nécessité d'une plus grande intervention de la part de la communauté internationale http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2802 webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:30:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2802 From CVT, an IRCT member: Repairing bikes for torture survivors wins woman McKnight award http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2790 webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:20:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2790 “My father’s story shows how dramatically torture can affect an entire family” http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2788 webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:20:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2788 Support to MAG, in the Philippines: “Aquino must announce a policy of total elimination of acts of torture” http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2787 webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:40:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2787 IRCT welcomes three new members http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2782 The IRCT is delighted to welcome three new member centres, namely the Centre for Psychosocial Assistance (CAPS-CO), from Colombia, Solidarity Action for Peace (SAP/GL-B), from Burundi, and the Centre Mater Misericordiae (CMM-CD) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. sma@irct.org(Scott McAusland) Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:50:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2782 IRCT member working to end culture of impunity in the Philippines http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2776 The Medical Action Group (MAG), an IRCT member from the Philippines, is now pursuing what looks to be the first case to be tried under a new anti torture law. webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:05:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2776 "Thank you for giving me the possibility to share my story" http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2629 A refugee from Chechnya, now living in Georgia, recounts his harrowing story in the book My name is…, published by the Georgian Center for Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of torture Victims (GRCT), a member of the IRCT. webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:25:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2629 Healing House: Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (ASTT) works to restore lives, writes <i>Baltimore Magazine</i> http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2761 webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:55:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2761 Washington Post: Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are the new tools of protest in the Arab world http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2751 webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:40:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2751 I don't live in peace with my society, but I can be almost at peace with myself http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2752 Dr. Ruchama Marton hates it when people lie to her and it was her search for the truth that, in 1988 led her, along with a group of Jewish and Palestinian physicians from Israel, to found the non-profit organisation Physicians for Human Rights – Israel (PHR-Israel), which works to increase awareness of the health and human rights denied to Palestinians. webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:55:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2752 'US following systematic torture policy' http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2754 An interview with Dr. Allen Keller, Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine and co-author of the joint IRCT - Physicians for Human Rights report 'Broken Laws, Broken Lives'. webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:15:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2754 Greeting the dictator http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2746 Margareth Marmori is Web Content Manager at The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims. Here she describes how she now realises that, as a child growing up in Brazil, she was touched by torture. webmaster@irct.org(Margareth Evangelista Marmori) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:35:00 GMT http://www.irct.org/Default.aspx?ID=3843&PID=13717&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=2746