Posts Categorized: Stopping torture
Ending violence against women and girls in State custody or State care – Orange Day June 2013
June 26 Tweet-in to #StopTorture
Munyagishari and Mladic arrested for genocide and crimes against humanity
Bernard Munyagishari, a suspect of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, was arrested this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after 17 years on the run. In Europe, Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive was also arrested…
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National Faith Leaders Join Outcry Over American Use of Forced Medical Experimentation, Call for a Commission of Inquiry Press Release from National Religious Campaign Against Torture WASHINGTON – National faith leaders are adding their voices to the outcry over the…
Read more »Call for Commission of Inquiry
Physicians for Human Rights on June 7 issued a report showing that physicians, working for the CIA, engaged in human experimentation in violation of international standards in the development of the CIA interrogation program. Not only did the U.S. engage…
Read more »NRCAT and Torture Awareness Month
The National Religious Campaign against Torture provides several ideas for how congregations could observe Torture Awareness Month this June. Find statements of the General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) about stopping torture.
Read more »Amnesty International and Torture Awareness Month
Amnesty International USA offers an activist action pack to hold an event calling for an end to torture. Fill in a form about the film screening, vigil, or other awareness-raising event you’re organizing in June to mark Torture Awareness Month…
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