Ex-Generals to Urge Obama Action on Torture Issue Tuesday 02 December 2008 by: Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters Republished by Truthout.org Nadja Dizdarevic, wife of a detainee ordered released last week from Guantanamo Bay prison. (Photo: Reuters) Washington – Barack Obama should act from the moment of his inauguration to restore a U.S. image battered by allegations [...]

I’m Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq Sunday 30 November 2008 by: Matthew Alexander, The Washington Post Republished by Truthout An American interrogator is still haunted by what he saw in Iraq. (Photo: ZORIAH) Matthew Alexander led an interrogations team assigned to a Special Operations task force in Iraq in 2006. He is [...]

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 [...]

Media Advisory from Southwest Witness to Stop Torture FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2008 Contact in Tucson: Jack or Felice Cohen-Joppa / 520.323.8697 THREE BARRED FROM FT. HUACHUCA AS 200 RALLY AGAINST TORTURE AND CRUEL TREATMENT OF “TERROR WAR” PRISONERS More than 200 people rallied against torture on Sunday, November 16, at Veterans Memorial Park [...]