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Integrating World Without Torture on social media
Posted by IRCT in Administrative on 09/11/2011
As part of our aim to break the silence that surrounds torture and to continue to raise awareness of this heinous human rights crime, we have sought to include World Without Torture through the social media sphere.
Our goal through social media is to converse, build relationships with our supporters, and integrate the issues of torture and rehabilitation into the tools that we use in our everyday lives. From Facebook to Twitter, we hope you have found our pages and posts interesting, informative, and helpful in bringing about a global movement to support the survivors of torture.
And social media is ever-changing and adapting. And so have we. Beginning with the launch of this blog, we have increased our social media tools to bring relevant information to our supporters and tools to help you join the global struggle against torture.
Our most important tool is raising awareness. Among the greatest struggles in fighting against torture is the shame and silence that surrounds this crime. We must stay informed, stay active, and be virulent in keeping torture high on the global agenda.
So, here are the new avenues through which you can connect to us and join this global fight for the survivors.
- Find us on Google+
- Follow us on Twitter
- Like’ our Facebook page
- Sign up for our monthly newsletter
- And finally, follow our news updates on Scoop.it
Thanks for all your support of a World Without Torture. And please let us know if there is any better way to keep you informed.
Tessa is communications assistant focusing on social media and women/girls and torture.
News Updates
Posted by IRCT in Administrative, News & Clippings on 02/11/2011
Well, this is pretty neat. Find us on Scoop.it, a web service where you can ‘curate’ your own news topic. Ours, The Fight Against Torture, will be updated daily with news clippings, opinion pieces, and blogs on the global struggle against torture, ongoing cases, and the mechanisms at hand to prevent torture.
Thus, rather than having them here on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, we will now be able to update the Scoop.it site daily. Follow us, keep updated, and break the cycle of silence.
IRCT wins key international human rights award
Posted by IRCT in Administrative on 24/10/2011
Press release from our website:
The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) has been awarded the 2011 Emilio F. Mignone International Human Rights Prize, by the government of Argentina.
“This prize belongs to the entire movement of 150 IRCT member centres globally who work tirelessly for the rehabilitation of torture survivors, access to justice and the prevention of torture”, said IRCT Secretary-General Brita Sydhoff.
“We are immensely grateful for the recognition, especially from Argentina – a country that has worked so hard to overcome its own history of torture – which in providing international visibility to our work will aid the protection of so many of our colleagues working under inhospitable conditions around the world,” concluded Sydhoff.
Established in 2007, the Emilio F. Mignone International Human Rights Prize grants recognition to foreign organisations or individuals fighting impunity against systemic violations of human rights. The prize is the first human rights distinction to be awarded by a developing country.
We are truly humbled by this selection. Read the full statement here.
Welcome!
Posted by IRCT in Administrative on 03/10/2011
Welcome to the new World Without Torture blog.
Having just passed our 25-year-mark, we wanted to take the next step – blogging. World Without Torture is found on Facebook and Twitter, but we hoped to expand our efforts in social media. We wanted to provide a space where our community of torture fighters, supporters, and survivors can speak about this global struggle for a world without torture.
And, at the IRCT - the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims – we wanted to open our doors so our community of supporters can understand a bit more about just what we do at our Secretariat office in Copenhagen, and liaison offices in Geneva and Brussels. Additionally, we plan to ask our member centres – more than 140 members in about 70 countries worldwide – to add their voices to this space to explain the ongoing work in preventing torture, providing access to justice, and providing rehabilitative services to the victims.
And, more than anything, we wanted to highlight a space for survivors of torture to share their stories.
As such, in the coming weeks and months, expect many changes in how we share our organisation’s work, mission, and experiences. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we will post news links, updates, and some analysis on ongoing cases of torture around the world. Every week, we will write a focused piece on a region or issue related to torture. And, our in-house experts will provide analysis and explanations of the work they do – from missions to the Philippines to study the affects of torture on children, to our regional member seminars in Latin America and how rehabilitative clinics in that region share information and knowledge.
And throughout this blogging ‘conversation’, we will, of course, always keep our doors open. If you have an idea for a blog post, an issue you would like us to cover, please feel free to add it to the comments or e-mail us at tem@irct.org.
