Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition
- Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition
The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) is the only organization founded by and for torture survivorsFact|date=March 2008. The mission of TASSC is to end the practice of torture wherever it occurs and to empower survivors, their families and communities wherever they are. TASSC operates independently of any ideology, government or economic interest.
ee also
* Dianna Ortiz
External links
* [http://tassc.org/ TASSC]
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