“While we celebrate Hakeem’s release, let’s hope this victory will cement the same rights for all other torture and trauma survivors who have been granted protection,” said STARTTS CEO, Jorge Aroche. OFFICIAL STATEMENT: The NSW Service for the Treatment and…
As a service devoted to the rehabilitation of torture survivors for 30 years, a member of a network of Australia’s eight specialist rehabilitation agencies (FASSTT) and one of 160 member Centres of the International Council for the Rehabilitation of Torture…
The recent workshop on treating dissociation and complex PTSD by Dr Joan Haliburn on 7 December 2018 was an outstanding success, training close to 100 people, including 60 STARTTS clinicians. STARTTS’ clients, who are from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds,…
It is our great pleasure to announce, Melbourne-based Australian lawyer and community advocate, Nyadol Nyuon as our distinguished keynote speaker for the upcoming 10th anniversary Refugee Ball and Fundraiser on Friday 26 October, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Sydney. Nyadol is a commercial…
The UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June marks the moment in 1987 when the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT), one of the key instruments in…
At STARTTS, we recognise the power of music in the process of healing and recovery from trauma. This idea inspired our invitation to leading Oud virtuoso and composer, Joseph Tawadros AM, during his recent Asia Pacific Tour, to participate in STARTTS' Musical Odyssey…
Every year STARTTS holds the Humanitarian Awards to acknowledge and thank those people who have made an exceptional positive contribution towards refugee issues in NSW. Individuals and organisations in various fields who are doing outstanding work to support refugees are…
This month, newly arrived Syrian and Iraqi refugees from Liverpool Public School, Cabramatta High School, Bankstown College and our Early Childhood Program had the time of their lives at the Australian premiere of Shrek the Musical! Our warmest thanks to Packemin Productions for donating…
Emmanuel Kondok, of Fairfield, is working very hard to foster peace-building skills among Australian South Sudanese youth. Including running a workshop at the weekend in the Megalong Valley in the Blue Mountains where he taught the group of mostly younger people how to address racial vilification…
The president of the International Council for the Rehabilitation of Torture Victims, Jorge Aroche warns that torture is on the rise in a Conference on mental health, forced displacement and ethnic minorities. For thousands of refugees in Europe, the Serbian city of Novi Sad…