The The North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture (NCCIT) had its formal launch with a conference call for media on March 15, 2017. So far, here’s the coverage: WUNC, The State of Things: New Commission to probe alleged NC connection in extraordinary rendition flights (listen) AP national story (as seen in the New York Times, as…
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Shed Light on NC Ties to U.S. Torture
On January 13, 2017, the Raleigh News & Observer published an opinion piece by Deborah Weissman (Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law, UNC Chapel Hill) and Christina Cowger (coordinator of North Carolina Stop Torture Now). Read the piece at Shed Light on NC Ties to U.S. Torture. Note: This Point of View article…
Resolutions against Torture, in support of NCCIT
As of December 2016, the following organizations have passed resolutions condemning the use of torture and/or in support of the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture: City of Durham, NC City of Carrboro, NC Episcopal Diocese, NC Orange County, NC
Keep Pressure on Burr
NC Stop Torture Now got a mention in the front-page of the October 1, 2016 edition of the Raleigh News & Observer article on Burr’s Intelligence Committee record: Burr banking on Intelligence chairmanship to boost his re-election prospects Two quotes of note: “NC Stop Torture Now, a group of faith and human rights activists in…
Chuck Fager: New torture disclosures have Carolina implications
NCSTN friend Chuck Fager wrote a letter to the editor of the Fayetteville Observer. Please see the letter online at Chuck Fager: New torture disclosures have Carolina implications
The Senate Torture Report as Public Record
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is refusing to say whether the Senate Torture Report qualifies as a federal record. A coalition has just made public a letter to David S. Ferriero, the Archivist and head of NARA. NCSTN and the Duke Human Rights Center are signatories. BORDC/Defending Dissent has a blog post…
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights inquiry reports
NCSTN is giving a big shout-out to Prof. Deborah Weissman, Reef C. Ivey II Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Chapel Hill, and her former law students, who in October 2014 filed a petition on behalf of CIA rendition survivor Abou ElKassim Britel (also known as Kassim Britel) with the UN Special Rapporteur…
Candidates Cooper and McCrory: Break Your Silence on Torture!
Join us Wednesday, March 9 at two vigils and a press conference in Raleigh, calling on the likely Democratic and Republican candidates for Governor to investigate NC’s torture taxi program, demand accountability, and provide redress to those harmed. Sponsors: Movement to End Racism & Islamophobia, NC Council of Churches, NC Stop Torture Now.