Torture, Rendition, and Indefinite Detention

“Not in my backyard”: How Louisiana’s prison system is kicking the coronavirus can down the road

April 7, 2020 –

“Not in my backyard!”  That’s how those

December 23, 2019 –

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We Need to Close Guantánamo, Not Expand it

January 24, 2019 –

Defending Rights & Dissent strongly opposes any efforts to expand the military prison at Guantánamo. We reiterate our call for the military prison to be closed, for the AUMF to be repealed, and for the policy of indefinite detention to be rejected.

Report Exposes North Carolina’s Deep Involvement in the CIA’s Illegal Torture and Rendition Program

September 27, 2018 –

Today, the North Carolina Commission to Investigate Torture (NCCIT) published a report, Torture Flights, that investigates North Carolina’s role in the CIA’s illegal Rendition and Torture program, and traces 49 cases of torture in which the state was directly involved.

Press release: 6000 days of Guantanamo

June 15, 2018 –

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War cabinet opposition letter to Senate Democratic Caucus

April 23, 2018 –

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Haspel Opposition Letter

April 19, 2018 –

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Talking points for the Local Civil Liberties Protection Act

June 30, 2017 –

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Letter opposing executive action to facilitate torture or abuse, 2017

January 27, 2017 –

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Letter to Archivist on Executive Branch Copies of SSCI Report (April 2016)

April 28, 2016 –

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Reject Senator Sessions nomination for Attorney General

January 9, 2016 –

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Restore Due Process Model Resolution

October 21, 2015 –

President Obama signed the National Defe

Executive Accountability for Torture Model Resolution

October 21, 2015 –

Our model resolution aims to promote exe

Sample resolution: due process and right to trial

June 30, 2014 –

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Model Resolution for Local Governments re Torture and Other Abuses

June 30, 2006 –

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