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Fact Sheets
Movie Guide
Amnesty International Resources
International Agreements
Other Resources and Organizations
Fact Sheets
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» U.S. and International Standards Against Torture
Poems from Guantánamo
Poetry written by detainees.
Movie Guide
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Movie Guide
This film is a gripping look into the prisoner abuse scandal that occured at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Taxi to the Dark Side Movie Guide
This film probes the death of an Afghan taxi drive art Bagrm Air Force in Afghanistan. The driver, put into the custody of U.S. interrogators, sustained severe trauma which resulted in his death five days after his arrival.
Road to Guantanamo Movie Guide
A film concerning the incarceration of three British detainees at a detainment camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Amnesty International Resources
Amnesty International's Counter Terror with Justice Campaign:
Multiple resources on how the "war on terror" has eroded a whole host of human rights. Background information, videos, activists, blogs, action news and updates.
Amnesty International's "Tear it Down" Campaign
An online pledge working to close Guantanamo and bring an end to illegal detentions.
National Week of Student Action 2008 Petition (PDF)
National Week of Student Action 2008 Letter (PDF)
International Agreements that US is Party to
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
A link to the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/h_cat39.htm
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The UDHR adopted in 1948 by the United Nations.
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/a_ccpr.htm
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
The Geneva Convention, adopted in August of 1949, dictates the treatment of Prisoners of War.
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/91.htm
The Third Geneva Convention
www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/375?OpenDocument
The Fourth Geneva Convention
www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/380?OpenDocument
Other Resources and Organizations
American Torture
Written by Paul Kramer, American Torture is a disturbing story about the origins of interrogation and its relevance to today's world situations.
http://www.americantorture.com/
Center for Constitutional Rights
CCR has fought for the right to due process, filing countless cases on behalf of detainees and others swept up in the so-called War on Terror.
http://ccrjustice.org/
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC)
The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) is an organization founded by and for torture survivors.
http://www.tassc.org
Witness Against Torture
This organization is organized with the goal of closing Guantanamo by working with interfaith, human rights and activist organizations.
http://www.witnesstorture.org/node/884
ACLU Close Guantanamo Page
The ACLU partners with AIUSA on a wide range of issues dealing with civil liberties. Amnesty's Denounce Torture Initiative works with the ACLU has focused on legislation dealing with the MCA, closing Guantanamo, as well as renditions.
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/detention/closeguantanamo.html
Physicians for Human Rights
This is a great website of Amnesty International's coalition partner Physicians for Human Rights with testimony from health officials on the practices used at Guantanamo Bay.
http://www.physiciansforhumanrights.org/torture/
Center for Victims of Torture
The Center for Victims of Torture works to heal the wounds of torture on individuals, their families and their communities and to stop torture worldwide.
http://www.cvt.org/main.php
International Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims
The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) is an independent, international health professional organisation that promotes and supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and works for the prevention of torture worldwide.
http://www.irct.org/
