Balas de goma. Me quedo con la dignidad

I keep the dignity

Balas de Goma not only portrays the long and exhausting legal battle that Carles and Ester have faced. It is also a reflection of the power of the collective, of how necessary care and solidarity are in order to...

Can communication repair the harm of victims of violence and trauma?

Communication can play a key role, as long as it is understood from a community and transformative perspective. Over time, at Sira we have had the opportunity to accompany various people affected by communication processes. Thanks to their contributions...

Towards psychosocial communication: How to interview victims of violence

The guide «Towards a psychosocial communication» is aimed at communication professionals, activists and social movements working in contexts of human rights violations and psychosocial trauma. Among other actions, the manual aims to provide some key information on the...

The Sira Centre provides an expert witness to a young man who denounces the Syrian government in the United States for the torture he suffered.

Obada Mzaik, detained and tortured in 2012 in a Syrian detention centre, seeks justice, accountability for the Syrian regime and reparations for himself and other torture victims. At the request of the Center for Justice and...

Tenants“ union: ”Seeing a family being thrown out of their home is violence that you can't dissociate yourself from".”

Sabina Carau, spokesperson of the Union of tenants, participated in the round table “Psycho-legal strategies for the defence of housing”, in the framework of the event “Seamos Cien”, organised by the Sira Centre. The event also included the psychologist...

We need to be more

Join us. Be one of the first 100 members of the Sira Centre. Let's be more, to do more. GABRIELA LÓPEZ NEYRA | Sira Centre Coordinator This is an important week. We are starting with great enthusiasm (and a bit of vertigo) our...

Paula de la Fuente: “On board the rescue ship, a community is generated that is also recognised on land”.”

After disembarking a few days ago, the collaborator of the Sira Centre shared her experience as a doctor on a rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean Sea. She did so during the event “Psychosocial impacts of migration policies”, in which she...

Detention centres as torturous environments

The concept of torturing environments allows us to name and understand the violence exercised in immigration detention centres in a broad context, and its effects on people YURIRIA SALVADOR | Advocacy Coordinator of the CDH Fray Matías...

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