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  • Video: Mara Verheyden-Hilliard Demands Accountability on Torture
    10 July 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Thursday, June 25, 2009, a spirited rally was held in John Marshall Park, in Washington, D.C. Its purpose: To demand that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appoint a “Special Prosecutor for Torture,” who will hold accountable to the supremacy of the Law, certain members of the Bush-Cheney Gang, including ex-President George W. Bush, Jr. and his Vice-President, Dick Cheney. They are suspected of authorizing torture on numerous detainees, in violation of the Geneva Convention, International (…)

  • Video: Bruce Fein Rips Obama’s Indifference to Torture at NPC
    1 July 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    A press conference was held, on Monday, June 29, 2009, in the Murrow Room of the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. It featured Kevin Zeese, Executive Director of VotersforPeace.US; Bruce Fein, former Associate Deputy Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan; and Shahid Buttar, Director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee. The trio presented “formal Complaints” against alleged “torture architects” CIA’s Acting General Counsel, John Rizzo and DMI lawyer, Jonathan Fredman, (…)

  • Video: Enver Masud: 9/11, Waterboarding, a Confession and the Iraq War
    28 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Enver Masud was one of the speakers at a “Demand Accountability for Torture” rally, on June 25, 2009, in John Marshall Park, in Washington, D.C. He questioned how Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was “waterboarded 183 times” by the CIA, and then confessed to being the “mastermind of 9/11,” can get a “fair trial” in this country. Mr. Masud connected the dots between 9/11, the waterboarding of a detainee, a so-called “confession,” and the Iraq War. Mr. Masud is the founder and CEO of “The Wisdom (…)

  • Video: Marcus Raskin: Hold President Obama to Account on Torture Issue!
    28 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    One of the speakers at a “Demand Accountability for Torture” rally, on June 25, 2009, in John Marshall Park, in Washington, D.C. was Marcus Raskin. He is an author and the cofounder of the Institute for Policy Studies. Check out: http://www.ips-dc.org/staff/marcus Mr. Raskin was introduced by David Swanson of afterdowningstreet.org. Mr. Raskin underscored: “The President [Barack Obama]...says he is ‘against torture.’ So, if that is the case, then he should be held to account...When do we (…)

  • Appoint a Special Prosecutor for Torture (A Slideshow)
    26 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Sights and scenes from the anti-torture rally, in John Marshall Park, on June 25, 2009, in Washington, D.C.; followed by the march to and demonstration, “Die-In,” at the U.S. Justice Department. For background, see: http://www.tassc.org/index.php?sn=42 and http://tortureaccountability.webs.com/ and http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/ For a brief overview of the Law concerning the subject matter of Torture, go to:
    http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/detainees/prohibits_torture.htm

  • Video: Torture Survivors: “Never Again!”
    26 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Survivors of Torture participated in a rally, on June 25, 2009, in John Marshall Park, in Washington, D.C. They came from all parts of the world: Africa, Central and South America, the Philippines, and the Middle East. Patricio Rice, an activist, who was a torture victim decades ago, in Argentina, served as the spokesman for the group. He was introduced by David Swanson of afterdowningstreet.org. Mr. Rice said: “The Bush administration made torture a tool in the war against (…)

  • Video: Activists Demand a “Special Prosecutor for Torture”
    26 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Thursday, June 25, 2009, a spirited rally was held in John Marshall Park, in Washington, D.C. Its purpose: To demand that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appoint a “Special Prosecutor for Torture,” who will hold accountable to the supremacy of the Law, certain members of the Bush-Cheney Gang, including ex-President George W. Bush, Jr. and V.P. Dick Cheney. They are suspected of authorizing torture on numerous detainees, in violation of the Geneva Convention, International Law, the (…)

  • Video: “Die In” at Justice Department, Re: Accountability for Torture
    26 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    In an act of nonviolent Civil Resistance, 11 activists participated in a “Die In” in front of the U.S. Justice, in Washington, D.C., on the afternoon of Thursday, June 25, 2009. The protesters were demanding a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to urge him to appoint a “Special Prosecutor for Torture.” Their purpose: To hold accountable to the supremacy of the Law, certain members of the Bush-Cheney Gang, including ex-President George W. Bush, Jr. and V.P. Dick Cheney, who are (…)

  • Dear Prime Minister Harper: Bar Bush or prosecute him for torture
    27 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    May 26, by Gail Davidson L.A.W
    Dear Prime Minister and Ministers Nicholson, Van Loan, Kenney and Cannon:
    George W Bush, former President of the United States of America (US) and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, is reported to be coming to Toronto, Ontario on May 29, 2009....If George W Bush enters Canada we demand that he be arrested as being inadmissable under the IRPA and as a person suspected of torture, and then either prosecuted in Canada for torture, or extradicted.. (…)

  • Obama’s Gitmo ’Blackshirts’: The Torture Continues
    16 May 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Jeremy Scahill
    As the Obama administration continues to fight the release of some 2,000 photos that graphically document US military abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, an ongoing Spanish investigation is adding harrowing details to the ever emerging portrait of the torture inside and outside Guantanamo.
    The torture, according to the Spanish investigation, all occurred "under the authority of American military personnel" and was sometimes conducted in the presence of medical (…)