Middle East and North Africa

Dual national British-Iranian development worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in 2016 on a visit to her parents. She was convicted of plotting to overthrow Iran’s clerical establishment, apparently due to her role as a project manager for Thomson Reuters Foundation, a charity that operates independently of Thomson Reuters and its news subsidiary Reuters. Nazanin and the Foundation consistently denied the charge.

Our Members in Middle East and North Africa:

Egypt
El Nadeem Centre for Psychological Management and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence

Iran
Organisation for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV)

Iraq
Bahjat Al-Fuad Rehabilitation of Medical and Psychological Centre for Torture Victims (BFRCT)
Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights
Wchan Organisation for Victims of Human Rights Violations – Trauma Rehabilitation and Training Centre

Jordan
Institute for Family Health – Noor Al Hussein Foundation (IFH)

Lebanon
Association Justice and Mercy (AJEM)
Khiam Rehabilitation Centre of the Victims of Torture (KRC)
Lebanese Centre for Human Rights (CLDH)
Restart Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture (RESTART)

Morocco
Medical Association of Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (AMRVT)

Palestine
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP)
Jesoor – Transcultural Right to Health
Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for Victims of Torture (TRC)

Sudan
Amel Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (ACTRVT)

Tunisia
The Tunisian Rehabilitation Institute for Survivors of Torture Survivors (NEBRAS)