On January 11, 2024, NC Stop Torture Now held a vigil to mourn and protest the opening of Guantanamo prison, now in operation for 22 shameful years. We protested outside the office of Rep. Deborah Ross for her failure to take any action in support of accountability for torture or closure of Guantanamo, including refusal…
Needed: letters to the US State Department about dangers to Ravil Mingazov
Please take action to prevent continued abuses of a released Guantanamo prisoner! Ravil Mingazov is a Russian national of Tatar origin and Muslim faith who was held without criminal charges in Guantanamo for nearly 15 years. He was then transferred from Guantanamo to the UAE in 2017, based on an agreement with the US Government….
Close Guantanamo, say protesters in Raleigh
Human rights activists gathered at the Terry Sanford Federal Building in Raleigh, North Carolina to call on the Biden Administration to close the unlawful and shameful US prison in Guantanamo. “We are all involved in US torture, and it’s past time that our Members of Congress take action to end this appalling symbol of cruelty…
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…
June 26, 2023: Vigil at Aero Contractors
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…
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…
Bush Dishonors the Boy Scouts
North Carolinians responded on short notice to witness against former president George W. Bush as he addressed a Boy Scout fundraising luncheon on Sept. 14 in Raleigh. As president, Bush authorized a systematic program of secret detentions, kidnappings and torture, and took the country to war in Iraq on the basis of false information, some…
June 26: Join Us in Raleigh to Support the Imprisoned
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…