Amnesty and Torture: Online Petitions and Information

Amnesty International has taken a strong stance against torture. Here are just a few links from AI and one from NRCAT.

•   Torture and Other Ill-Treatment - Amnesty International USA
  
  In the years since 9/11, the U.S. government has repeatedly violated both international and domestic prohibitions on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in the name of fighting terrorism. Click here for more information. 

•  Demand Accountability for Torture and Abuse, Nigeria: Moses Akatugba - Amnesty International USA  
  When he was only 16 years old, Moses Akatugba was arrested and tortured. He reports being beaten by the police, shot in the hand, and hung for hours at the station. Moses states he only signed the confession agreeing he was involved in a robbery because of the torture and asserts his innocence. In November 2013, after eight years of waiting for a verdict, Moses was sentenced to death. Click here for online petition.
•   Stop Torture President Obama came into office stating that he intended to look forwards not backwards, and would "turn the page" on the abuses committed under the Bush administration. That is simply not good enough. Click here for more information.
  
• Will Obama Affirm the Bush Position on Convention Against Torture? -from National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT)

In November, the Obama Administration will appear before the UN Committee Against Torture in Geneva to discuss the U.S. record on torture.  Though NRCAT applauded the President for banning torture on his second day in office, shockingly, recent reports indicate that the President is considering reaffirming a Bush-era interpretation of the Convention Against Torture (CAT) before this monitoring body.  The Administration is reported to be having an internal debate over whether or not the CAT applies to U.S. torture that is done outside of U.S. soil
Click here for an online petition asking President Obama to take a clear stand against torture.