H.R. 1678 authorizes for two years additional appropriations for domestic centers and programs for the treatment of victims of torture. for foreign centers for the treatment ot victims of torture. and for the U.N. Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. There is no question about the need for this tunding. Twothirds of the worlds countries still practice torture. An estimated 500.000 torture survivors live in the United States. and about 1.100 refugees and 400 asylum seekers enter my state of Colorado alone each year. Repressive govemnments use torture to target the very leaders who share our principles of freedom and democracy. Without their voices. communities are fearful.
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