5.02.03 countering torture

With Sadness, Myers Center Closes: Announces Awards for Outstanding Titles in Human Rights

Authors: Loretta J. Williams

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May our relationships and commitment to building a just and equitable future continue, for in the struggle for justice is the hope of the future.

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Closer to a Death-Penalty-Free World: But in 2008: 2390 Known Executions

For the World Day Against the Death Penalty, an anti-death penalty message was projected against the Roman Collosseum, a former public mass execution site. Italy banned the death penalty in 1947. PHOTO: NOVEMBER 30, 2006, FABIO RENZETTI VIA FLICKR
Authors: Amnesty International

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Capital punishment is a legalized process of physical and psychological terror.

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Egyptian Activist Twitters to Freedom: Wael Abbas Used Cell Phone from Custody to Mobilize Support

Egyptian blogger and activist, Wael Abbas, PHOTO: CAIRO, JUNE 18, 2008, E. ZARWAN VIA FLICKR
Authors: Wael Abbas

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I received solidarity messages from China to Argentina.

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Don't Let the Time Do You: A Survivors' Manual for Prisoners in Isolation Units

Robert King Wilkerson at podium
Authors: Bonnie Kerness

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No matter what name they are given, the purpose of these units is the same as it is in Abu Ghraib or Guantánamo -- the breaking of minds.

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Ant washing dishes drawing
Authors: Sara Burke

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Alternatives to the War in Afghanistan: Don't Escalate the War -- Pull Troops Out

This picture from a U.S. court martial file, drawn by military polygraph examiner George Chigi III, shows how Afghan detainee Dilawar was shackled by his wrists to the ceiling of an isolation cell at Bagram Air Base before being beaten to death in Decembe
Authors: Joseph Gerson

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Peace is negotiated between enemies.

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Do We Hear the 'Very Silent Minority'?: A Call for Solidarity Work with Muslims and Arab Americans

Authors: Nancy Milio

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Dialogue can begin on our initiative or in unexpected ways, and can be followed up - when there is a concerted search for opportunity.

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New York Yearly Meeting of Friends: A Minute on Torture

Authors: New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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Well Beyond Abu Ghraib: Expert Testimony on the Effects of US Torture Policy

Authors: Deborah Pearlstein

Summary:As of 2006 there had been more than 330 cases in which US military and civilian personnel were credibly alleged to have abused or killed detainees.

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From the Editor's Desk

Outside a bookstore in Beijing, China, February 2006. Photo: J. SAMUEL B.
Authors: Sam Diener

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Peacework Co-Editor Sam Diener reviews Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement by Fergus Bordewich and comments on the themes of this issue.

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