CVT is proud to participate in this important conversation on human rights. @humanrightsfirst.org

“They are people who had been escaping from horrible situations in their countries and now find themselves here with something similar," said CVT's Dr. Florencia Montal about CVT clients who have been deeply impacted and even taken by ICE in Minn. www.lanacion.com.ar/estados-unid...

GOOD NEWS! One of CVT’s Minnesota-based clients has been released from ICE custody after 33 days in a detention facility. She said, “In the darkest moments, your compassion shown bright, reminding me I’m not alone.”

“Sharing my story helped me release pain I had carried for years,” said Beatrice Ladu, a survivor of LRA war in Northern Uganda, to Patrick Uma in this article about CVT's new report on survivor-defined justice for mothers and children born of war. chimpreports.com/former-lra-s...

As Pres/CEO of @CVT.org it was always inspiring to meet refugees and asylum seekers who were torture survivors. The fact that ICE has now abducted 6 of CVT’s Minnesota-based clients is immoral, illegal and unconscionably cruel. www.startribune.com/rash-they-fl...

We must protect sensitive locations including schools, hospitals, places of worship, & more, from harmful ICE actions. CVT is proud to join @clasp.org & 430+ orgs calling for oversight on DHS practices & accountability for abuses in immigration enforcement. www.clasp.org/publications...

NEW: “This is not the freedom I sought. This is a prison of fear,” said a CVT client who spoke to the @startribune.com anonymously about what he’s experiencing today during the ICE enforcement surge in Minn: many of the same tactics used in his home country. www.startribune.com/minnesota-re...

After Assad fell in Syria & then the U.S. gov pulled funding, CVT clinicians found ways to continue providing support for Syrians. “Now the question was how to do as much as possible in what would likely be a small window of time available,” writes CVT's Justin Hett. www.cvt.org/articles/at-...

NEW on @mprnews.org: CVT’s Minnesota-based clients survived torture back home but now six have been taken by ICE and many are in hiding from the masked and militarized agents patrolling the city. Read about what asylum seekers are experiencing in Minneapolis. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Torture survivors.

@amnesty.org @cvt.org and more than 1000 other organizations in the USA call for an end to ICE’s onslaught on human rights and American democracy. www.amnestyusa.org/blog/letter-...

6 Minn-based CVT clients, all torture survivors, all with legal status, have been taken by ICE and flown out of state. Only one was released. The situation is what they fled from. “The majority of our clients are essentially under house arrest,” said Sara Nelson www.startribune.com/rash-they-fl...

“Once they get to Texas,” said Sara Nelson, program manager, about the detention center where several CVT clients have been sent, “it’s like they’re in a black hole.” Read new reporting about how people taken by ICE are being treated. @startribune.com www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...

The Center for Victims of Torture in Minneapolis, a refuge for asylum seekers from around the world who were tortured by their regimes, has to now make this plea in the United States… We must fight this growing evil. @smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov @startribune.com @cvt.org

As CVT clients are taken by ICE, Sara Nelson tells @cnn.com they may get administratively canceled and deported. If deported, they may be a target once again for having fled their home country originally. “People are going to die, to be totally frank,” she said. www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/u...

“Our clients are telling us this is the very thing that they fled in their home countries & they’re starting to see it play out in front of them,” Alison Beckman, Lab & @cvt.org, tells @kare11.bsky.social. See the impacts clients & Minnesotans are facing. www.kare11.com/article/news...

“I think there are very few people in this country that are safe,” said CVT's Scott Roehm on @skynewsrss.bsky.social about the militarized immigration enforcement in Minnesota & across the United States. He notes the need to completely dismantle ICE in its form. news.sky.com/story/minnea...

NEWS: Sonya Funna Evelyn joins CVT as president & CEO! She has extensive experience in global development & humanitarian response from her role leading sustainable development at ADRA Int’l, & a deep commitment to wellbeing with a background in clinical psychology. www.cvt.org/statements/c...

Today, in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations, sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage & deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis.

🚨🚨 NEWS: I'm urgently asking governments and global #HumanRights leaders to forcefully condemn Alex Pretti's murder and demand a transparent, impartial investigation so that those responsible can be brought to justice.

“Executions in the streets. Abductions by masked security forces at gunpoint. Mass detention in an abusive & unaccountable system. Disinformation campaigns to justify it all. These are the tools & tactics of the world’s most repressive regimes,” writes CVT's Scott Roehm www.cvt.org/statements/s...

“This is exactly what our clients have fled from,” said Alison Beckman, senior clinician for external relations, describing the impacts of the militarized ICE enforcement on clients in Minn, all of whom survived torture in their home countries. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

1 year ago, CVT began receiving orders from the US government to stop our clinical work overseas, impacting clients who lost care. More than 400 colleagues lost their jobs, all highly skilled & dedicated to helping survivors. Each day we think of their contributions, brilliance, kindness & wisdom.

Minnesota is the frontline of democracy and human rights in the United States right now. Please support organisations like @cvt.org who are resisting ICE’s cruelty: www.cvt.org 🇺🇸

Alison Beckman, Lab & @cvt.org, condemns the federal government's fatal immigration actions: “People, including CVT clients, seek refuge in the US because they are fleeing these very types of overly militarized enforcement actions.” @welcomewdignity.bsky.social welcomewithdignity.org/wwd-condemns...

"One of them was taken as she arrived for work. She was tackled in the snow in front of her coworkers," said Sara Nelson on KARE11 about clients who have been detained by ICE agents even though they are in the U.S. legally, going through the asylum process. www.kare11.com/article/news...

This is what happens when cruelty becomes government policy. Torture survivors are people who have fled dictatorship, persecution and state violence. Shame on ICE, President Trump and anyone who supports this disgusting slide into authoritarianism.

It’s 1 year since President Trump slashed funding to life-saving humanitarian programs around the world. The impact on @cvt.org staff was catastrophic. For some of our refugee clients it was deadly. Or as I explained to the Minnesota @StarTribune… www.startribune.com/ceo-of-cente...

More evidence that ICE isn’t about keeping our communities safe. It’s about terrorizing. Putting us in fear and taking control. They’re not about immigration.

NEW: 4 CVT clients in asylum processes were detained by ICE and flown to Texas. All were in the U.S. legally. One was detained while going into her workplace; the ICE agents tackled her in the snow in front of her co-workers. Read more: www.cvt.org/statements/f...

It is with pleasure that CVT adds four new members to our board of directors: Karthik Gunasekaran, Violeta Hernández Espinosa, Amanda McAllister Novak and Debarati Sen. Please join us in welcoming them. Read more here: www.cvt.org/statements/t...

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...

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...

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-...

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...

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. 🧵

“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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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: 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...

The Center for Victims of Torture hopes that 2026 will bring peace and happiness to everyone, around the world.

The cruelty is the point.

“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...