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…
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Media Advisory: Citizens Will Tell Johnston County Commissioners: Aero Contractors’ Role in Torture Larger Than Previously Known
For more information, contact: Allyson Caison, 919-961-4130; Christina Cowger, 919-637-7678. Citizens of Johnston and neighboring counties are putting local involvement in CIA torture and rendition back on the Commissioners agenda and demanding action. NC Stop Torture Now members will speak at the March 5 Johnston County Commissioners meeting, which begins at 6:00 pm in…
Aero Flew Them
At least 34 CIA detainees were secretly transported by Aero Contractors Ltd., a CIA-affiliated aviation company based in Smithfield, North Carolina. Of those 34 people, the redacted summary of the Senate Torture Report, released in December 2014, confirmed that 18 were in direct CIA custody during their secret detention and torture. At least 16…
40 North Carolinians call for torture accountability at Johnston Regional Airport on June 26
Forty North Carolinians from several counties gathered on a sweltering June 26 afternoon at the Johnston Regional Airport (JNX). The public airport, half an hour southeast of Raleigh, has been one of the CIA’s main staging grounds for rendition missions during the Rendition, Detention & Interrogation program. Then and now, JNX hosts Aero Contractors, a…
Raleigh says Close Guantanamo Now!
In Raleigh, 32 human rights supporters gathered on January 11 outside the Federal Building to mark the 21st anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo prison, and call on President Biden to close it immediately. “From the beginning,” said MC Christina Cowger of NC Stop Torture Now, “Guantanamo meant 3 things: Islamophobia – only Muslim…
Tell Gov. Cooper & AG Stein: Stop Kidnappings from NC Airports!
Contact North Carolina’s Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein. Call on them to acknowledge our state’s role in torture and stop Aero Contractors from kidnapping again. October 2021 — Gov. Cooper and AG Stein have known for years that Aero Contractors, based at the Johnston County Airport, has helped the CIA kidnap dozens…
Rep. David Price Pushes CIA for Answers on Torture
Rep. David Price (D-NC) has taken a courageous step in pressing the CIA on its post-9/11 rendition, detention and interrogation (RDI) program. The program has long been veiled in secrecy despite the Senate’s investigation of torture at CIA black sites. Rep. Price’s letter is aimed at an aspect that the Senate did not examine —…
North Carolinians to Gov. Cooper: Break Your Silence on Torture
About 35 people held vigil in the hot sun outside Governor Cooper’s Raleigh office on Wed., June 26. They came from Mecklenburg, Orange, Durham, Wake, and Johnston counties to urge the Governor to break his silence on North Carolina’s shameful role in CIA torture. At the end of the vigil, Jeremy Collins, Director of the…