by KeithS | Jan 27, 2025 | Success Stories
Through a program linked with NATO, “Aamir” lived abroad, receiving military training and a free college education in exchange for working for the Afghan National Army (ANA). He had just graduated when the Taliban took over his native Afghanistan. They raided his...
by Jquin | Jan 10, 2025 | Success Stories
Afraid that “Jorge” might suffer the same fate as fellow peaceful protestors who had been imprisoned and beaten or “disappeared,” he and his wife decided to flee to the U.S. with their two-year-old daughter. Jorge was severely injured by police during a political...
by Jquin | Jan 10, 2025 | Success Stories
For over a decade, “Ana” weathered a storm of violence unleashed by her husband’s cruel hands. The scars of his brutality marred her body and soul after he held a knife to her throat, smashed her head against furniture, dragged her by her hair, and threatened to cut...
by Jquin | Jun 8, 2024 | Success Stories
Shot by police during a demonstration, “Jairo” avoided going to the hospital to have his wounds treated for fear of being arrested and jailed. But, police sought him at his home and workplace. He fled the country in Central America with his wife and child. APA...
by Jquin | May 30, 2024 | Success Stories
“In Honduras, a dead woman is just a statistic.” – Mother of murder victim Contracorriente, August 8, 2020 Having requested asylum in 2016, a Honduran survivor of extreme domestic violence and her two daughters have finally won their case after seven tedious years of...
by Jquin | May 30, 2024 | Success Stories
AFRICA — Georges was at his home in east Africa when government security agents came calling. For no apparent reason, they took him to headquarters for interrogation. Under duress, he agreed to show his “patriotism” by spying on someone he had met through his work;...
