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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 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 »

June 25, 2011

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Posted 8:06pm

June is Torture Awareness Month. June 26 is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has spoken many times against torture. From the National Religious Campaign against Torture comes a variety of worship resources including this prayer: God of all ages and times, we give… Read more »

August 12, 2010

Ask Obama administration to investigage allegations of CIA torture experiments

Posted 3:57am

From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture: The saga continues for the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) report that provided evidence of unethical and illegal medical experiments by the CIA on U.S.-held detainees. The Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP)…

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…

May 2, 2010

Observe Torture Awareness Month

Posted 1:11am

June 26 is United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Religious and human rights organizations in the United States have declared the month of June to be Torture Awareness Month as a way to provide greater visibility…

January 26, 2010

Peacemaking in Congregations

Posted 6:21am

Peacemaking in Congregations is one of the enewsletters published by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. It comes out about every other week and contains ideas for ways that congregations can implement the Commitment to Peacemaking. Subscribe online or by sending us…

November 14, 2009

Faith leaders to Congress: Close Guantanamo

Posted 4:10pm

Join faith leaders. Call Congress to close Guantanamo. More than 40 senior leaders of major faith groups in the United States, including the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have signed a letter addressed to the leaders of the…

October 23, 2009

Stopping torture – an Advent resource

Posted 3:46pm

The National Religious Coalition Against Torture announces a new resource [PDF] for Christian clergy to use during Advent 2009. With sections for all four Sundays in Advent, as well as Christmas Eve, the new resource [PDF] provides commentary on the…

August 25, 2009

Stop torture: inquiry and investigation

Posted 3:09am

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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