It has been three years since the start of the war in Sudan. Survivors and human rights defenders are struggling to keep human rights a reality as millions of lives have been impacted by violence, displacement, and silence. “The violations are severe: torture, rape, and other forms of sexual violence affecting women, men, and children,” said Nahid Jibrallah, founder and director of the SEEMA Centerfor the Protection of Women and Children, a Sudanese civil society organization that has spent years supporting those affected by violence. The SEEMA Center, now based in Kampala, Uganda due to the war, provides medical, psychosocial, legal, and social assistance to Sudanese victims of torture in Uganda, as well as to their family members, with the support of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Through the project supported by the Fund, it expands its services to Sudan to provide critical support to victims of torture, leveraging its experience and expertise to document ...
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