Letter of Concern submitted to the Government of Zimbabwe on the Eve of the Summit of the Southern African Development Community Heads of States and Governments, to be held in Luanda, Angola (14 – 19 August 2011) The member organisations of the South African No Torture Consortium (SANToC) express deep concern at the continuing and [...]
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It should not be that we talk of torture from the “past” without understanding what we mean by the past. For many torture survivors, the past is in the present. The past imprints itself, again and again, in the form of unemployment and broken relationships. Its memory lingers literally like a nightmare. From November 2010 [...]
There is no grey. A response to Barry Gewen’s article: “The Gray Zone: Defining Torture” which appeared in World Affairs, May/Jun2010, Vol. 173 Issue 1, p49-61, 13p By Monica Bandeira In his article “The Gray Zone: Defining Torture”, Barry Gewen, editor at The New York Times Book Review, attempts to provide an objective overview of [...]
Torture Survivors- A Particular Group of Persons with Disabilities
Posted: 02/12/2010 in Uncategorized3 December is International Day for Persons with Disabilities. The South African No Torture Consortium knows that survivors of torture are living with visible and invisible disabilities which prevent their full participation in life. South Africa has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which means that the state has undertaken [...]
