MAHAMADOU SIMAKHA, Community Facilitator at the Sir[a] Center: In general, seeking help from a mental health professional is associated with a number of stigmas throughout Africa. Psychology is often linked to madness, and going to a psychologist...
Ignoring the principles of the United Nations Convention against Torture, Silvia had been prevented from submitting the Istanbul Protocol, prepared by the Sir[a] Center, which documents the abuses, as part of her defense. The Provincial Court admitted yesterday...
ANDREA GALÁN SANTAMARINA Psychologist at the Sir[a] Center. A year ago, together with the Community Action Group, we published the report “Labyrinths of Torture: Violence and Impacts on Migration Transit from Africa to Spain.” After years of working with survivors...
GABRIELA LÓPEZ NEYRA Coordinator of the Sir[a] Center This week we celebrated the launch of our new campaign: “Accompanying to break the silence.” This motto perfectly summarizes the work our organization has been doing for years. In fact,...
Silence is part of the daily lives of the people we work with. An outward silence that is, conversely, often a deafening inward noise that exhausts. PAU PÉREZ SALES Clinical Director of...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women agreed with her and urged Spain to adopt measures to eradicate obstetric violence. We found post-traumatic symptoms, caused both by the experience...
Omar's arrest was recounted in great detail. They're epic, cinematic tales, where law enforcement breaks down doors, cracks passwords, blocks off streets, seizes CDs and weapons. Nothing like what...
Eldiario.es awards us the prize for best documentation and research work for “Labyrinths of Torture” and “La Cañada Responds.» The Desalambre section of elDiario.es awards the Sira Center the prize for best documentation and research work for the reports “Labyrinths of Torture...”.