Posts Tagged: commission of inquiry

Stopping torture: new video from NRCAT

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…

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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…

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Stop torture: inquiry and investigation

The CIA Inspector General’s report released on August 24 describes the horrific abuse of detainees in U.S. custody. The report goes beyond what has previously been released to describe CIA agents threatening prisoners with death and carrying out a mock…

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Call for a Commission of Inquiry

From the National Religious Coalition against Torture (the links have been added): In response to statements by Senators Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, and Diane Feinstein that a Commission of Inquiry investigating the use of torture should not be established until…

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A Commission of Inquiry – Join the Call

Join the call for a Commission of Inquiry to investigate U.S. torture policies and practices. A critical moment in the effort to stop the use of torture by the United States appears to have arrived. On April 16, 2009, the…

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Stopping torture

The National Religious Campaign against Torture (NRCAT) has launched a campaign to create an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate the treatment of detainees. Endorse the Call for a Commission of Inquiry. Ask your Congressperson to support H.R. 104, a…

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