Ohio Center for Survivors of Torture aids 175 refugees (photos, videos)

[TomSea]

Ohio Center for Survivors of Torture aids 175 refugees (photos, videos)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free . . ."

. . . And your tortured and your abused -- beaten, raped, starved, shot, hung from trees, forced to drink boiling water and dig their own graves . . .

This addendum to the traditional welcome at the Statue of Liberty is a matter addressed by 35 centers in 23 states that treat survivors of torture, who come to the United States as immigrants and refugees.

The Center for Victims of Torture estimated recently that as many as 44 percent of those immigrants and refugees have been abused, with a potential 1.3 million torture victims now living in the U.S.

The national effort to aid these victims, funded by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, includes the first such centers in Ohio, established in late 2015 in Columbus (operated by the US Together agency) and Cleveland.

Continued: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/02/ohio_center_for_survivors_of_torture.html

[Sanguine]

Only 44%?  That would indicate that there are few women in the group.