The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) expresses its concern that the Australian Government has imposed a deadline of 1 October 2017 for people who arrived by boat without a valid visa during the past five years to submit their applications for protection, and that…
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The Council unanimously elected Jorge Aroche, Chief Executive Officer of Australian IRCT member centre, Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS), as the new IRCT President. Ms Sana Hamzeh, Psychotherapist at Restart Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture in Lebanon, was elected…
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The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) expresses its profound concern that the Australian Border Force Act 2015 has created a serious criminal offence for people providing services to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) to publicly disclose information about damaging effects of…
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The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma welcomes the release of the National Mental Health Commissions’ Review of Mental Health Programmes and services. FASSTT appreciates the recognition in the Review of the particular needs of refugee survivors of torture and trauma. It welcomes the recognition that…
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FASSTT MEMBER AGENCIES ASeTTS: Association of Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors Address: 286 Beaufort St, Perth, WA 6000 Telephone: 08 9325 6272 Companion House Address: 41 Templeton Street, Cook, ACT 2614 Telephone: 02 6251 4550 Melaleuca Refugee Centre:Torture and Trauma Survivors Service of the Northern Territory Address:…
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Background FASSTT is a network of eight not-for-profit agencies – one in each State and mainland Territory - that respond to the needs of survivors of torture and trauma who have come to Australia from overseas (the majority through the Federal Government’s Refugee and Humanitarian Programme). During the last…
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PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY TO THE PRIME MINISTER Reference: C13/93710 17 JAN 2014 Mr Paris Aristotle AM Chief Executive Officer Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture 6 Gardiner Street BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 Dear Mr Aristotle Thank you for your letter, written jointly with Jorge Aroche and Tracy Worrall, dated 13 December 2013…
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The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP Prime Minister of Australia PO Box 6022 House of Representatives Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 13 December 2013 Dear Prime Minister The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma acknowledges your long-standing appreciation of the prevalence of torture and its awful impacts,…
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Dec 1, 2013 Statement - Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) is a network of Australia’s eight specialist rehabilitation agencies that work with survivors of torturer and trauma who have come to Australia…
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May 18, 2005 Torture is a systematic violation of human rights that is, and must remain, unacceptable under any circumstances. The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) completely disagrees with the views put by Professor Mirko Bagaric in the media on Tuesday 17 May 2005,…
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