Denounce Torture Events
Torturers used to practice their craft behind a wall of secrecy. Now some U.S. officials are defending torture as a necessary tool in the "War on Terror."
Eyal Press, Amnesty Magazine
Please check this page periodically for updates and events in your area.
2006
JuneVigil Against Torture
Members of Amnesty International, Pax Christi, and Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church participate. Won't you join us?
Portland, ME
June 26
Program
The Face of Torture: please join Amnesty International Local Groups 49 & 702 for an evening of introspection and discussion regarding the issues of torture.
Providence, RI
June 16
Film Screening & Discussion
Amnesty International Local Group 165 will be hosting a screening and discussion of PBS video "The Torture Question" with opportunities for action.
Andover, MA
May 22
Film Screening & Panel
The Torture Question: A documentary originally broadcast on PBS in the fall of 2005. Join us as we explore the film's allegations of mistreatment and torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
Brookline, MA
Apr. 20
Cabaret
Entertainers Jimmy Tingle, HUMANWINE, and The Mustn't Grumble using every tool at their disposal to fight illegal detention, torture, and human rights abuses by the United States government.
Somerville, MA
Apr. 19
Town Meeting
The Pioneer Valley Coalition Against Secrecy and Torture will host a Northampton Town Meeting.
Northampton, MA
Apr. 14
Demonstration
Amnesty International Local Group 565 will raise awareness about rendition flights and the CIA's illegal aviation practices, in support of Amnesty's recent report on the subject.
Buffalo, NY
Apr. 12
Torture Teach-in
The Franklin Pierce College Amnesty International Student Group will host a teach-in on "Human Rights and the War on Terror".
Rindge, NH
Apr. 10
Program
Getting Beyond Guantanamo:
St. Mary's Manhattanville & Amnesty International invite you to an evening briefing on Guantanamo Bay
New York, NY
April 8
Guantanamo Dramatic Reading
co-hosted by Amnesty International Local Group 371
Belfast, ME
March 30
Forum
Guantanamo Bay: Who Are the Detainees and Why Does the U.S. Continue to Hold Them? Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA will moderate a program with lawyers currently defending prisoners in Guantanamo Bay talk about who the detainees are and why the United States continues to hold them.
Boston, MA
Mar. 29
Talk
The Norwich University Amnesty International Student Group will host Josh Rubenstein, Director of AI's Northeast Regional Office who will speak about the "War on Terror".
Northfield, VT
Mar. 21
Rally
Rally for U.S. Accountability on HR: Join human rights advocates, civil rights leaders, criminal justice advocates and international allies to call for U.S. accountability.
New York, NY
Mar. 15
Teach-In
Please join the Wellesley College Amnesty International Student Group as they share in an open discussion of the topic of torture, its presences in the world today, and the US Policy toward this problem.
Wellesely, MA
March 15
Denounce Torture Teach-In
Please join the Wellesley College Amnesty International Student Group as they share in an open discussion of the topic of torture, its presences in the world today, and the US Policy toward this problem.
Wellesely, MA
2005
December 10Join Local Group 566 as they co-host a booksigning with Viveca Novak, author of “Inside the Wire” a gripping portrait of one soldier's six months at the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - a powerful, searing journey into a surreal world completely unique in the American experience. more »
Madison, CT
December 12
U.S. Representative Marty Meehan will host a public forum, on the issue of torture.
Boston, MA
November 17
Please join Local Group 56 for a public policy lecture and discussion, "Human Rights and the War on Terrorism," led by John Shattuck, CEO of the Kennedy Library Foundation and former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor in the Clinton administration.
Lexington, MA
November 19
International leaders in the field of human rights will converge at Colby College in Waterville, Maine for a symposium titled "Torture and Human Rights: The Challenge of Redress and Rehabilitation." Members of the public are invited to attend any or all of the events free of charge. more »
Waterville, ME
September 26 - 30
Amnesty International USA is joining forces with other organizations to sponsor a special week of lobbying Congressional district offices. We aim to have Congressional district office delegations in every state across the country. Find out what is going on in your state.
Nationwide
October 15
Illegal Detention and Torture - U.S. Policy
October 15 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. co-hosted by Amnesty International Local Group 49
Beneficent Congregational Church
300 Weybosset Street
Providence, RI
September 25
First Parish in cooperation with Amnesty International Observes "Social Justice Sunday"
Hear what is happening in the arena of human rights at home and abroad. Engage in a question-and-answer session with our guests. Learn how we can channel our interest and commitment into concrete action. "
Portland, ME
August 10
US Human Rights Letter Writing Event
Learn and take action at a public discussion and letter-writing event focusing on U.S. human rights concerns.
New York, NY
July 14 - 30
Chelsea Art Museum
212.255.0719
556 W. 22 St.
(at 11th Avenue)
New York, NY 10011
THROUGH MY EYES: Children's Drawings from Conflict Zones
Chelsea Art Museum in association with Amnesty International USA presents an exhibition of drawings made by children from Darfur, Uganda, Chechnya, Kosovo, Sudan and Iraq. Also featuring photos from Liberia and Sierra Leone by Teun Voeten and a video by young refugees from Burma/Myanmar more »
June 27
Federal Courthouse
Kennedy Plaza
Providence, RI
Members of Amnesty International & the Community Coalition for Peace will gather to demonstrate against torture. The group will demand to stop all torture, independently investigate allegations of torture, and cease indefinite detentions. Symbolism, signs, and torture victim testimonials will be used.
June 26
Church of the Covenant
42nd Street
(between 2nd and 1st Avenues)
New York, NY
Manhattan: UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Write-athon at 6:00 p.m. to write letters denouncing torture, then candle-lit vigil around twilight. Please bring writing implements, paper, envelopes, and stamps as you might be able to help in our letter writing.
June 26
Vigil
Park Street T Station
Boston, MA
Candlelight Vigil
June 26, 2005, 7:00-8:30 p.m. hosted by Amnesty International Local Group 27
Grand Army Plaza
(at entrance of Prospect Park)
Brooklyn, NY more »
June 26
Vigil & March
As part of the nation-wide observance, the Mid-coast Chapter of Amnesty International (Group 371) will hold a silent vigil and march to denounce torture.
Rockland, ME more »
June 9
GUANTANAMO: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom
Join the discussion at Boston-area community readings of the play "GUANTANAMO: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" on the following dates: more »
Community Church of Boston
(565 Boylston Street in Copley Square)
Friday, June 10 at 6:00 PM
Freedom House, Inc.
14 Crawford Street
Dorchester, MA
June 11
YMCA in Cambridge
820 Massachusetts Avenue (Central Square)
Cambridge, MA
April 8
TORTURE AND US POLICY
FIND OUT WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS
DOING IN YOUR NAME
April
Member of Congress from Michigan's 14th District
Mark Danner
longtime New Yorker writer
author of "Torture and Truth"
MacArthur Fellow
Barbara Olshansky
Senior Official at the Center for Constitutional Rights
Yale University
SSS 114
(Corner of Prospect & Grove St.)
New Haven, CT
May 2
Northeast Regional Office
Panelists will include:
* The Honorable Edward J. Markey, Representative of the 7th Congressional District in Massachusetts
* Professor Sanford Levinson, Yale and Harvard Law Schools
* Nancy Murray, ACLU of Massachusetts
* Viveca Novak, author of Inside the Wire (about the abuses at Guantanamo Bay)
Harvard University
Science Center
Hall D
Cambridge, MA
Co-sponsored by the Harvard Friends of Amnesty International
and the Northeast Regional Office of Amnesty International USA
For further information please call (617) 623-0202
May 3
Vigil, Demonstration, & Teach In
presented by Ford Hall Forum and Amnesty International USA
* Barbara Olshansky, Center for Constitutional Rights
* Eric Saar, co-author of Inside the Wire (he was a translator at Guantanamo Bay)
* Steve Oleskey, attorney for 6 Guantanamo Bay detainees
* Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA
* Pending visa clearance, the discussion will also be joined by
Sabiha Delic-Ait Idir and Emina Lahmar
(wives of prisoners detained in Bosnia and Guantanamo Bay)
organized by Amnesty International)
Faneuil Hall - Quincy Market
Boston, MA
This program will be preceded by a vigil and demonstration by AI members in front of Faneuil Hall.
May 5
Teach In
Viveca Novak
Co-author of Inside the Wire, an expose on military practices at Guantanamo Bay. Ms. Novak is a Washington Correspondent for Time, and a recipient of Harvard University’s Goldsmith Prize for investigative reporting and the Investigative Reportersand Editors and Award
Professor Karen Greenberg
Executive Director of the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. She is co-author of The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib
Scott Horton
A partner with Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP and President of the International League for Human Rights. Mr. Horton has represented many dissidents, including Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner, and is an outspoken advocate for human rights.
Columbia University
International Affairs Building
Altschul Auditorium, Room 417
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY
Co-sponsored by the Human Rights Center of Columbia University and
the Northeast Regional Office of Amnesty International USA
May 6
Vigil
New York AI Student Cluster
Vigil in lower Manhattan near the federal court house in Foley Square
New York City, NY
April 8
hosted by the Amnesty International Local Group 1 and Amnesty International Yale College Student Group
Teach In at Yale
Yale University
SSS 114
(Corner of Prospect & Grove St.)
New Haven, CT
April 8
TORTURE AND US POLICY
FIND OUT WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS
DOING IN YOUR NAME
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
Member of Congress from Michigan's 14th District
Mark Danner
longtime New Yorker writer
author of "Torture and Truth"
MacArthur Fellow
Barbara Olshansky
Senior Official at the Center for Constitutional Rights
Yale University
SSS 114
(Corner of Prospect & Grove St.)
New Haven, CT
March 31
Forum on Military Prison Torture
hosted by Local Group 568
Tri-County Community Action Center
Tamworth, NH
The featured speaker was Dean John Hutson, a retired rear admiral and Navy Judge Advocate General, now Dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concored, NH. Dean Hutson has been outspoken in his denuncation of the administration's policies permitting/condoning torture. more »
