BEIRUT:
The head of Lebanon’s Khiam Rehabilitation Center for victims of torture was
elected a member of the council of the International Rehabilitation Council for
Torture Victims, the Khiam center said Wednesday.
In
a statement, the center said Mohammad Safa, its secretary-general, was elected
along with two other members to oversee the IRCT’s operations in the Middle
East and North Africa for a three-year term.
The
council also includes members drawn from different regions such as North
America and the Pacific.
Based
in Denmark, IRCT is a nonprofit, independent organization that supports the
rehabilitation of torture victims and works toward the prevention of torture
worldwide.
The Khiam center is part of
the IRCT, which comprises more than 140 independent organizations in over 70
countries.
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