Our Team
Our team members come from 10 countries, speak 6 languages, and work on 3 continents.
Mulugeta Abai
Canadian Center for Victims of Torture
Executive Director
Gamal Basha
Legal Counsel (Middle East​)
Holly Cooper
University of California Davis School of Law, Immigration Law Clinic
Refugee Law Expert
Kim Thuy Seelinger
Director, Center for Human Rights, Gender & Migration, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
Hana Abu-Hassan, MD
Senior Medical Advisor
World Association of Cultural Psychiatry -
Global Mental Health Consortium at UCSD
Daryn Reicherter, MD
Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Laboratory, Stanford University
Medical Expert
Omar Al-Jarah
Middle East Operations Manager
Sawsan Ahmad
Middle East Program Assistant
Sura Smadi
Middle East Legal Intern
The team in action
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