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Hi everyone,
Please read the email below and seriously consider adding your name to a letter that calls for an investigation into how torture and illegal detention ended up being used by the US. Once this is done, this will bring the US forward in ensuring that the torture and illegal detention, Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib never happen again.
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Our chance to learn from, fix and never repeat the policies that brought us torture, illegal detention, Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib is passing us by.
President Obama has already issued orders to close Guantanamo Bay and end torture. Though the orders are a major step in the right direction, they don't tell us how the world's most powerful democracy chose to renounce human rights and the rule of law.
Click here to add your name to this letter to US Congress:
Right now, conventional wisdom in Washington says that Obama's executive orders to close Guantanamo and end torture are good enough, that the public doesn't have the appetite for an investigation into how we became a nation that tortures.
What they don't know is how scared we are at the thought of repeating the horrors of the last eight years. We all want to move on, but you and I know that moving on means making sure we learn from our mistakes.
That's why we're asking you to add your name today to our letter to Congress demanding a full investigation. Getting to the bottom of how we became torturers and holding criminals accountable will demonstrate the exact opposite.
Sincerely,
Njambi Good
Director, Counter Terror with Justice Campaign
