Activists peacefully object SOA November 20th, 2008 by Eric Owen NAU Lumberjack Genital electrocution, waterboarding, sleep deprivation, sensory confusion and starvation are a few elements of the curriculum of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) in Fort Benning, Ga. On the weekend of Nov. 15 and 16, hundreds of activists from across the [...]

The Sierra Vista Herald published this article on Sunday 16 November 2008 – the day of our protest to End Torture in Sierra Vista – that recounted some aspects of the previous demonstrations and made mention of some of the issues we have raised. The article follows below or you can visit the Sierra Vista [...]

Col Ann Wright – who will join us to speak in Tucson and in Sierra Vista to stand before the gates of Fort Huachuca, AZ to protest torture – recently stood before the gates of Ft Bragg in North Carolina to protest deadly violence against women in the US military. Only this year, 4 women [...]

From the current issue of the INTERCONNECT Newsletter: Torture on Trial: The 5th Annual Southwest Witness to Stop Torture by Rev. Ken Kennon The SOA Watch group in Tucson became aware that seven torture manuals at the U.S. Army School of the Americas were written and produced at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Tucson [...]