The Madrid High Court hears the case of Ahmed and Hakima, recognised by the UN as victims of a housing rights violation.
The couple, who have suffered several evictions from their rental properties, have filed a claim for damages against the Community of Madrid. Pau Pérez Sales, clinical director of the Sira Center, explained to the Administrative Court the expert report prepared by the organization, which analyzes the psychological damage and the impact on the family's life plans […]
Detention centres as torturous environments
The concept of torturous environments allows us to name and understand the violence perpetrated in immigration detention centers within a broader context, and its effects on individuals. YURIRIA SALVADOR | Advocacy Coordinator, Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Center. Since 2006, the Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Center has been conducting observation and monitoring […]
Paula de la Fuente: “On board the rescue ship, a community is generated that is also recognised on land”.”
Having disembarked a few days ago, the collaborator from the Sira Center 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 several people also presented their experiences in different reception systems. The day was dedicated to […]
We need to be more
Join us. Be one of the first 100 members of the Sira Center. Let's be more, to do more. GABRIELA LÓPEZ NEYRA | Coordinator of the Sira Center This is an important week. We're launching our "Let's Be 100" campaign with great enthusiasm (and a little bit of vertigo). An invitation to all of you who are there, so close, to join us […]
Tenants“ union: ”Seeing a family being thrown out of their home is violence that you can't dissociate yourself from".”
Sabina Carau, spokesperson for the Tenants' Union, participated in the panel “Psycho-legal Strategies for Housing Defense,” as part of the “Let's Be One Hundred” event, organized by the Sira Center. The event also featured Pablo Fernández Cordón, psychologist at the San Juan de Dios homeless shelter, and Victoria Zunzunegui, […]
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 at a detention center in Syria, is seeking justice, accountability for the Syrian regime, and reparations for himself and other victims of torture. At the request of the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the Syrian Center for the Care of Victims of Ill-Treatment and Torture (SIRA) has filed a lawsuit.
Towards psychosocial communication: How to interview victims of violence
The guide "Towards 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 seeks to provide some key elements for conducting interviews with a psychosocial approach, promoting safer and more respectful interventions. The manual "Towards Psychosocial Communication: […]
Can communication repair the harm of victims of violence and trauma?
Communication can play a key role, provided it is understood from a community-based and transformative perspective. Over time, at Sira we have had the opportunity to support various individuals affected by communication processes. Thanks to their contributions and the collaborative work with communication professionals, we developed the manual "Towards a Communication […]
I keep the dignity
Rubber Bullets not only portrays the long and grueling legal battle that Carles and Ester have faced, but it also reflects the power of collective action, the necessity of care and solidarity to resist impunity. SEBAS RODRÍGUEZ | Head of Communications at the Sira Center I still have a lot of […]
Blanca Serra testifies as a victim of Franco's torture before the Public Prosecutor's Office for Democratic Memory
For the first time in Spain, a victim of torture committed during the Franco regime has testified before a prosecutor specializing in historical memory and human rights. The complaint, filed by Irídia with the support of Òmnium Cultural and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), includes an expert report prepared by the Center […]