Swords Into Plowshares Stopping torture Archives

June 26, 2013

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – June 26

Posted 1:21pm

by Marissa Costello June is Torture Awareness Month. June 26 is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The UN proclaimed this day on June 26, 1987, It is set as a day to effect change in the hopes of total eradication of torture. The dates were not chosen at random since 25… Read more »

June 24, 2013

Ending violence against women and girls in State custody or State care – Orange Day June 2013

Posted 8:37am

The 25th of every month is an Orange Day to end violence against women and girls. The UNiTE Campaign is highlighting recommendations from the agreed conclusions of the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in the framework of ‘safe spaces for women and girls’. This Orange Day and in recognition of… Read more »

June 26, 2012

June 26 Tweet-in to #StopTorture

Posted 10:15am

Join @No_More_Torture, @PresbyUN, and others today – International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – by tweeting your members of Congress & the White House against torture, Guantanamo and Indefinite Detention under the NDAA. Also, feel free to tweet on any subject related to the injustice of torture and in support of victims of… Read more »

May 27, 2011

Munyagishari and Mladic arrested for genocide and crimes against humanity

Posted 6:32pm

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…

June 26, 2010

Stopping torture: new video from NRCAT

Posted 2:36am

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…

June 26, 2010

Call for Commission of Inquiry

Posted 2:15am

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…

May 28, 2010

NRCAT and Torture Awareness Month

Posted 4:54am

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.

May 28, 2010

Amnesty International and Torture Awareness Month

Posted 4:27am

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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