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…
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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…
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,”…
NCCIT on NPR The State of Things
Tune in to The State of Things on NPR, June 6th, from 12pm-1pm to hear the heartbreaking story of one survivor, Mohamedou Slahi and the work that is being done to uncover NC’s role in the torture program. NCCIT Commissioner, Frank Goldsmith joins Slahi to talk about the past and the future. Learn more…
NCCIT begins work, gains news coverage
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…
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