TASSC International
@TASSCintl
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Our mission is to end the practice of torture wherever it occurs & support survivors as they empower themselves, their families & communities wherever they are.
Washington, DC
Joined September 2009
TASSC joins survivors in demonstration at Asylum Office in Arlington, Virginia (known as #ZAR) on October 27. #USCIS has failed to schedule #asylum interviews for #torture #survivors and other #asylumseekers waiting 5+ years to present their case to an Asylum Officer.
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TASSC is partnering with the DC Mayor's Office on African Affairs (MOAA) to inform DC residents about an opportunity to save money on their energy costs. Join us tomorrow at 1pm on Facebook for a live information session to learn more! #solarpower #solarforall #DC #InfoSession.
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RT @Photobanks: My exhibition “Portraits of Resilience” is in its final month - @PhillipsMuseum, Washington DC. I am showing a portrait per….
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TASSC's Andrea Barron published op-ed on need to end the #Trump-era #asylum policy for #survivors of #torture. The #Biden administration continues to punish survivors who entered the U.S. legally and applied for asylum 5+ years ago, now in #USCIS backlog.
baltimoresun.com
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration can end the Migrant Protection Protocols, a cruel, Trump-era policy that forced migrants applying for asylum to wait in Mexico for …
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Join the virtual event for the Portraits of Resilience exhibition, featuring TASSC survivors. Tonight at 6:30pm EDT. @PhillipsMuseum @Photobanks #photography #exhibition #survivorsoftorture
phillipscollection.org
America’s First Museum of Modern Art
Join us for a discussion on Portraits of Resilience, an exhibition featuring photographs of torture survivors by Jonathan Banks in collaboration with @TASSCintl .
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TASSC is honored to join @Photobanks and @PhillipsMuseum for the exhibition of "Portraits of Resilience".
“Portraits of Resilience”, photographs by Jonathan Banks with @TASSCintl is an exhibition organized by @PhillipsMuseum, @THEARC Washington DC APRIL 27-JULY 29, 2022. Join us for a discussion on APRIL 27, 2022, 6:30-7:30 PM .IMAGE: Hagir Elsheikh, Sudan.
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#EnforcedDisappearances have been used by dictatorships & authoritarian regimes to eliminate critical voices. This article by TASSC's Advocacy Program Director discusses #Uganda & #Rwanda & how families organize to seek justice for their relatives.
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#GlobalMagnitsky sanctions bring accountability to perpetrators of serious human rights abuse. We join @humanrights1st, @freedomhouse, + 56 others to urge Congress to stand w/ victims of these abuses by reauthorizing & strengthening the #GlobalMagnitskyAct
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RT @cataloguedc: Founded and led by torture survivors, @TASSCintl uses a trauma-informed approach to work with survivors toward their recov….
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TASSC Advocacy Program Manager Andrea Barron & survivor Lewis Kunze speaking at @AmericanU WCL's Human Rights Brief Symposium tomorrow. Join the discussion on efficacy & challenges of current refugee laws and policies. #humanrights #asylumseekers #refugees
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On February 19th, TASSC honored the memory of #sisterdiannaortiz. We thank everyone who joined the event and all those who keep her in their hearts and continue to support TASSC. For those who were unable to attend, you can watch the #commemoration below.
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Last March, TASSC joined several organizations in trying to stop forced #deportation flights of #Cameroonian #asylumseekers. Omni and ATSG, co-owned by Amazon, are implicated in the #torture of these asylum seekers. Article trigger warning
theintercept.com
Amazon co-owns an airline that has helped the U.S. forcibly deport thousands of migrants and, its passengers say, at times subjected them to horrific abuse.
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TASSC invites you to the one-year anniversary memorial service for Sister Dianna Ortiz. Register on Zoom: More details to come. #memorial #anniversary #sisterdiannaortiz
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TASSC celebrates Federal Chief Judge Howell’s ruling in favor of @AsylumWorksDC vs. @DHSgov, striking down a series of Trump era rules that significantly delayed (and even denied) work permits for #asylumseekers. Read more:
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Dozens were killed in an attack on the #PlaineSavo displacement camp in Democratic Republic of Congo (#DRC). TASSC joins the numerous organizations and governments in condemning the attack. Read the statement made by @NRC_Norway:
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TASSC supports @hrw in telling Egyptian authorities to stop deporting #Eritrean #asylumseekers without first assessing their protection needs. Forcing Eritreans to return to their country puts them at serious risk of #detention & #torture. Trigger warning:
hrw.org
Egyptian authorities are deporting Eritreans seeking asylum, including children, without assessing their asylum claims or other protection needs.
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TASSC supports the UK members of parliament that have called on their government to impose #Magnitsky style #sanctions on #Bahrain officials accused of #torture and mistreatment of political prisoners.
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