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Start: 10:36 am
The Science News report "Former child soldiers in Africa draw on a reservoir of resilience" presents an outline of Jeannie Annan's research on former child soldiers in Uganda. At the May 5th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Annan presented her research on a panel with Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierra Leone who now lives in the United States, and who wrote a 2007 book about his transition from child soldier to college graduate. | ||
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05 / 27
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Human Rights First, The Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, and the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice will host a panel discussion the hurdles facing refugees in the US asylum system, the difficulties and disparities in the immigration courts, and the crucial difference made by legal representation. The panel's discussion will pivot off of Asylum Denied: A Refugee’s Struggle for Safety in America by David Ngari Kenney and Professor Phillip G. Schrag. RSVP is requested by not required to Elisabeth Centeno at centenoe@humanrightsfirst.org or (212) 845-5291. | ||
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06 / 2
Start: 2:32 pm
Each year CVT presents the Eclipse Award to an individual who has given extraordinary service for the protection and healing of torture survivors, and for the prevention of torture. Recently Dr. Keller reported on the cases of two Iraqi individuals held and tortured at Abu Ghraib. Using international guidelines for the evaluation and documentation of torture, Dr. Keller’s findings substantiated the individuals’ allegations of torture and confirmed the profound health consequences of torture. The report found the abuses at Abu Ghraib were not the result of a few guards but were implemented systematically in the context of interrogations. | ||
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06 / 5
Start: 2:40 pm
In his statement, Dr. Venters pointed to the confusing and unreliable statistics concerning detainee deaths, and argued that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) healthcare system contains key elements that may jeopardize detainee health. Contrary to public statements by ICE, he concluded that this health system, and the care it allows for detainees, is getting worse not better. Please consult the Washington Post article on this testimony, or download a PDF of Venters' report. | ||
