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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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;…
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,”…
John Kiriakou speaks to large crowds in North Carolina
North Carolina was ready for the message about truth, fear, and torture that whistleblower John Kiriakou brought on his five-city tour. Over 100 people attended a gathering with the former CIA officer at UNC’s Carroll Hall on October 27. Mr. Kiriakou explained how he came to confirm the CIA’s use of illegal torture on detainees, and how…
CIA whistleblower to visit North Carolina
The only ex-CIA officer to suffer consequences for the U.S. torture program comes to North Carolina Oct. 27-29, 2015. John Kiriakou is a former high-ranking CIA counter-terrorism officer and the first U.S. official to confirm the CIA was torturing its detainees by waterboarding them. As a whistleblower, Mr. Kiriakou served nearly two years in a Federal…