Please come and invite others who may be interested!
WHAT: Vigil for Torture Accountability
WHERE: Johnston Regional Airport, home of Aero Contractors, the CIA’s “torture taxi” airline
WHEN: Monday, June 26, 2023, 4:00 to 6:00 pm
WHY: June 26 is UN International Day in Solidarity with the Victims of Torture. The U.S. has never held itself accountable for its program of systematic kidnapping and torture in the so-called “war on terror.” North Carolina has never acknowledged its vital role in providing pilots and planes to kidnap people and haul them to torture chambers. The CIA used Aero Contractors, its proprietary aviation company headquartered at the Johnston County Airport, for at least 49 of these kidnappings. We insist that the state investigate Aero Contractors, which may still be carrying out human rights abuses using public infrastructure.
PLAN: On June 26, 2023, we will join thousands of people across the U.S. and around the world in demanding that the U.S. close Guantanamo and hold itself accountable for the terrible acts of disappearance and torture it has committed. We will rally from 4:00 to 5:00 pm at the corner of Highway 70 and Swift Creek Road, just outside the Johnston County Airport. Then we will process with banners along Swift Creek Road to Aero Contractors’ gates at the south edge of the airport.
SPONSORS: Amnesty International (Raleigh Group 213); Chapter 157, Veterans for Peace; Libertarian Party of North Carolina; NC Stop Torture Now (list in formation)
For more information, email contact@ncstn.org.
