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January 17, 2010

CALL TO ACTION: Join Witness Against Torture January 11-22, 2010 in a Fast and Vigil to Shut Down Guantanamo, End Torture and Build Justice “I believe strongly that torture is not moral, legal or effective.” Guantanamo is “a damaging symbol to the world… a rallying cry for terrorist recruitment and harmful to our national...
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Suicide Rates Surged Among U.S. Veterans

January 13, 2010

  By Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Jan 13, 2010 (IPS) – Suicides among United States military veterans ballooned by 26 percent from 2005 to 2007, according to new statistics released by the Veterans Affairs (VA) department. “Of the more than 30,000 suicides in this country each year, fully 20 percent of them are acts by...
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2009 TASSC Survivor Gathering: No More Torture!

October 7, 2009
2009 TASSC Survivor Gathering: No More Torture!

By Scott Wright TASSC Event Coordinator   For the 12th consecutive year, the Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition (TASSC International) gathered in the halls of Congress and the streets of Washington DC to call out to the U.S. government and governments of the world: “Torture Never Again!” the theme of this year’s gathering....
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Reclaiming America’s Soul

October 7, 2009
Reclaiming America’s Soul

By Paul Krugman New York Times April 23, 2009 Nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past.” So declared President Obama, after his commendable decision to release the legal memos that his predecessor used to justify torture. Some people in the political and media establishments have echoed...
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UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

October 7, 2009
UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

By Navi Pillay June 26, 2009   The prohibition of torture is one of the most absolute to be found anywhere in international law.  Article 2 of the Convention against Torture is unequivocal: “No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public...
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