NORTH CAROLINA
STOP TORTURE NOW
PO Box 50345
Raleigh, NC 27650
e-mail via:
contact AT ncstoptorturenow.org
(919) 834-4478
(evenings, or messages during business hours)
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
NORTH CAROLINA STOP TORTURE NOW (NCSTN) is a grassroots coalition of individuals committed to ending torture by first working against U.S. sponsorship and perpetration, and most specifically, investigating and ending the practice of extraordinary rendition.
Extraordinary rendition is a sanitized phrase that disguises the kidnap, detention and torture of individuals alleged to be enemies of the United States, including those guilty of nothing other than being misidentified.
Some of these captives were or are being transferred to the custody of third nations, such as Libya, Morocco, Syria and Egypt -- based on empty promises they would not be tortured.
Others were or are being interrogated directly by the CIA, using cruel, inhumane, torturous and counter-productive techniques at black site prisons in Eastern Europe, or in U.S.-run detention centers in Afghanistan and Iraq, shielded from monitoring by human rights organizations such as the International Red Cross.
Captives have included British, Canadian and German citizens, as well as refugees and asylum seekers.
One of the private companies linked to the extraordinary rendition program is Aero Contractors, Ltd., which is headquartered at a large hangar the Johnston County Airport near Smithfield, NC.
This page continues to be under development, but we will aim to post items that deserve public attention here, and always welcome calls and questions.
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Rep. Price authors, Reps. Miller & Watt co-sponsor bill to repeal Military Commissions Act, Close the Guantánamo Bay prison camp, and Prohibit Private Contractors from any role in Detention or Interrogation of Detainees
Congressman David Price (D-4th District, NC) again demonstrated his leadership in fighting to end the U.S.-sponsored torture program, by submitting legislation that would repeal the Military Commissions Act, close Guantánamo Bay, and prohibit private contractors from any role in detention or interrogation of detainees.
Among co-sponsors are North Carolina Representatives Brad Miller (D-13th District) and Mel Watt (D-12th District), and Representative Rush Holt, Chair of the Select Intelligence Oversight Panel Committee Appropriations, whom Price had earlier urged to hold hearings investigating Aero Contractors.
Constitutents are urged to write or call Price, Watt and Miller to thank each for his leadership and learn how best to support this legislation.
Read the legislation for yourself.
Price's press release on the bill.
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updated 09 October 2008, JMcI