Join a vigil to protest President Trump’s planned order keeping Guantanamo open. Indefinite detention without trial is an outrage; it is torture. WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm LOCATION: Terry Sanford Federal Building, 310 New Bern (corner of Person St. and New Bern), Raleigh, North Carolina BACKGROUND: An executive order is reportedly being…
Month: January 2018
Report from “Close Guantanamo” in Washington DC
Joan Walsh, an anti-torture activist from North Carolina, with North Carolina Stop Torture Now, calls on Donald Trump to close Guantánamo at the annual rally outside the White House on January 11, 2018, the 16th anniversary of the opening of the prison. She was supporting the new Close Guantánamo initiative, counting how many days Guantánamo has…
Letters to NC officials needed to support first state-level inquiry into U.S. torture program
On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2017, the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture held ground-breaking public hearings on our state’s role in the post-9/11 U.S. torture program. To view the testimony, go to www.nccit.org. Although they were invited, neither Governor Cooper nor Attorney General Stein testified or sent a representative to the hearings….