June 26 is UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Gather to observe the cruel links in the mistreatment of disproportionately Black and Brown prisoners in North Carolina and the all-Muslim Black and Brown prisoners in the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Per capita, more people are incarcerated in the U.S. than in any…
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Give to the Guantanamo Survivors Fund
Their ordeal does not end when men are transferred from the Guantanamo Bay prison to another country. Often they remain isolated, without resources to travel or learn language and job skills, and under regular surveillance. Whether they return to their home countries or are resettled elsewhere, survivors of Guantanamo detention face significant hurdles to resuming…
Appalachian State Univ. students call on Gov. Cooper & AG Stein to investigate “torture taxis”
In 2020, students in Dr. Belinda Walzer’s course Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum in the English Department at Appalachian State University took on an unusual assignment. They put together a short video explaining North Carolina’s role in the CIA rendition-and-torture program that was a key part of the U.S. “war on terror” launched shortly after the devastating events of…
Raleigh protests 20 years of Guantanamo prison
About 40 people stood vigil outside the Federal Building in Raleigh this afternoon, calling for the immediate closure of the shameful prison at Guantanamo. Thanks so much to the sponsors, participants, sign-makers, and excellent speakers at today’s vigil! Rep. Deborah Ross should add her voice to those of 75 other US Representatives, calling on President…
Raleigh Vigil to Close Guantanamo – Jan. 11, 2022
President Biden, close Guantanamo now! January 11 vigil in Raleigh to commemorate 20 years since the opening of Guantánamo prison WHEN: Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM WHERE: The Federal Building at New Bern Avenue and Person Street in Raleigh SPONSORS (list in formation): NC Stop Torture Now; NC Council of Churches;…
Write to a Guantanamo prisoner
The Guantánamo detainees are even more isolated in these days of Covid-19. The International Red Cross is no longer making regular visits, and attorney visits have been greatly cut back due to the need to quarantine at either end of a visit. Click here to sign up to write a letter to a prisoner. A letter template is…
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 —…
Rep. David Price calls for torture accountability at Raleigh screening of “The Report”
Rep. David Price (D-NC) welcomed the audience at a Nov. 2, 2019 screening of the new thriller film “The Report” at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. “This film emphasizes the continuing role and obligation of Congress to bring light to the mistakes of our country’s past,” Rep. Price said. In “The Report,”…