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NGOs

The following link to organizations related to the issues represented in the film.  

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82% (131 out of 160) of countries tortured or otherwise ill-treated people.  Human Rights Watch

82% (131 out of 160) of countries tortured or otherwise ill-treated people.  Human Rights Watch

ACLU

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/torturefoia.html

 

American Refugee Committee

http://www.arcrelief.org

 

Amnesty International

http://www.amnesty.org

 

Association for the Prevention of Torture

http://www.apt.ch/

 

Asylum Network, Physicians for Human Rights

http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/asylum/

 

Center for Gender and Refugee Studies

http://cgrs.uchastings.edu/

 

Coalition of International NGOs Against Torture

http://www.apt.ch/cinat/

 

Derechos Human Rights

http://www.derechos.org/

 

Doctors of the World – USA

http://www.dowusa.org/

 

Global Centre for the Responsibility t Protect

http://www.globalr2p.org/

 

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

http://www.hias.org/immigration-help/refugees-and-asylum

 

Human Rights First

http://www.humanrightsfirst.org

 

Human Rights Watch

http://www.hrw.org

 

Huridocs Human Rights Information

& Documentation Systems, International

http://www.huridocsIm

 

Immigration Equality 

http://www.immigrationequality.org/

 

International Commission of Jurists

http://www.icj.org/

 

International Federation of Action by

Christians for the Abolition of Torture

http://www.fiacat.org/en/

 

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

http://www.ihf-hr.org

 

International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims

http://www.irct.org/

 

International Rescue Committee

http://www.theirc.org/

 

International Tibet Network

http://tibetnetwork.org/

 

Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture

http://www.torturecare.org.uk/

 

National Center for Refugee & Immigrant Children

http://www.refugees.org/

 

National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs

http://ncttp.dataweb.com/default.view

 

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

http://www.nnirr.org/

 

National Religious Campaign Against Torture

http://www.nrcat.org/

 

Physicians for Human Rights

http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/

 

Redress

http://www.redress.org/

 

Refugees International

http://www.refintl.org/

 

Scholars at Risk Network

http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/

 

Survivors International

http://www.survivorsintl.org/

 

Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International

http://www.tassc.org/

 

Women's Commission for Refugee Women & Children

http://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/

 

World Organization Against Torture

http://www.omct.org/

 

 

Since 1984, 155 nations have ratified the UN Convention Against Torture, one of the most important human rights documents.  Today, 30 years later, more than half of those countries continue to torture.  Amnesty International

Since 1984, 155 nations have ratified the UN Convention Against Torture, one of the most important human rights documents.  Today, 30 years later, more than half of those countries continue to torture.  Amnesty International

Up to 35% of refugees who have entered the US show signs of torture.  (Wenzel et al, 2007)

Up to 35% of refugees who have entered the US show signs of torture.  (Wenzel et al, 2007)

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