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sunlit_music) wrote2009-04-18 04:19 pm
sunlit_music) wrote2009-04-18 04:19 pm
Sign petition urging for independent investigation into US torture
Hi all,
Send an email/letter to Congress demanding an independent investigation into the CIA's use of torture at http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&aid=12150&ICID=T0904A01&tr=y&auid=4756570
- Forced nudity.
- Slamming detainees into walls.
- Forced sleep deprivation for days of shackled prisoners, standing in diapers in excruciating pain and filth.
Although Attorney General Holder, on April 16, suggested that the Obama administration would not prosecute intelligence agents who carried out interrogations following legal advice, both those who authored the policy and those who executed it must be held accountable. We need an independent investigation to discover how the US became a nation that tortures, so that we can prevent this from happening again.
Send an email/letter to Congress demanding an independent investigation into the CIA's use of torture at http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&aid=12150&ICID=T0904A01&tr=y&auid=4756570
The recent release of memos has confirmed the Bush Administration's torture policies involved horrifying forms of torture including:
- Forced nudity.
- Slamming detainees into walls.
- Forced sleep deprivation for days of shackled prisoners, standing in diapers in excruciating pain and filth.
Although Attorney General Holder, on April 16, suggested that the Obama administration would not prosecute intelligence agents who carried out interrogations following legal advice, both those who authored the policy and those who executed it must be held accountable. We need an independent investigation to discover how the US became a nation that tortures, so that we can prevent this from happening again.