From the Executive Director – August 2012

Greetings! There is something special that happens when you enter Center for Survivors of Torture (CST). I call it hope. It is rare to be associated with an organization that helps such a deserving group of people. I am humbled by my work. Since our beginnings, over...

Help CST Provide Support for Torture Survivors

There are various ways to help torture survivors! Forward our e-newsletter to friends and family so they can stay informed of ways to help and CST news. Donate today on our website. Pick up an extra box of snacks or a bottle of juice when you are at the grocery store...

CST Heads to Washington, DC!

Our Legal Coordinator, Pankti Bhatt, JD, and a CST client headed to Capitol Hill on June 27th to speak at a briefing to highlight the importance of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. The Fund has had a significant decrease in contributions this...

Honoring Torture Victims

Each year CST honors the United Nations Day in Support of Victims of Torture and this year, we held an Open House at our Dallas office on June 22nd. Staff, volunteers, clients, collaborators and supporters came together for an afternoon filled with music, refreshments...

Urgent Need for CST Family, Please Donate Today

One hundred fifty-seven of our current clients were tortured in Africa. Recently a CST client, a husband and father of three, returned to Zimbabwe by himself to spend a few months opening a school with is meager earnings. Unfortunately, he died there on May 17, 2012....