In this interview with Jorge Aroche, the president of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), and the CEO of NSW Services for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS), we discussed their new campaign "Support Life after Torture", which is a fundraiser to support crucial services and programs that provide rehabilitation to people who have been tortured.
26th of June was the UN International Day in Support of of Victims of Torture. IRCT and STARTTS ran an event in Sydney's Town Hall on that day where a panel discussed their insights in relation to torture in the context of a shift to human rights in global politics.
Below is an interview with Hassan Saleh, a Kurdish counsellor at STARTTS, speaking about services for survivors of torture and trauma (from 2014):
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Le em hevpeyvînêk le gell Serokî Rêkxirawey Ancûmenî Nêwdewlletî Çakirdinewey Rîzgarbûwanî Îşkencey, û ke herweha Berêwberî Rêkxirawey STARTTS e Berêz Jorge Aroche, bas le kampînî nwê rêkxirawekaeyan deken bo pistgîrî l jiyan paş îşkence. Ewan boneyekiyan be rêew bird rojî 26 mangî Huzeyran ke rojî Pişitgîrî Kirdin le Qurbanîyanî Îşkencey Nêwdewlletî bû (le layen NY diyarî kiirawe). Em lêdwane be Inglîzî ye.
Hevpeyvînî xware we le gell Berêz Hesen Salih e, ke rawêjkare le rêkxirawey STARTTS.
(Em lêdwane sallî 2014 tomar kirawe)
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