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…
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;…
Tell Gov. Cooper & AG Stein: Stop Kidnappings from NC Airports!
Contact North Carolina’s Governor Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein. Call on them to acknowledge our state’s role in torture and stop Aero Contractors from kidnapping again. October 2021 — Gov. Cooper and AG Stein have known for years that Aero Contractors, based at the Johnston County Airport, has helped the CIA kidnap dozens…
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…