Report Details Strategies for Enforcing Accountability for Torture by U.S. Officials Post 9/11

January 26, 2012

Join Us on Friday, January 27, 12 – 1 pm at the American University Washington College of Law.   Indefensible: A Reference for Prosecuting Torture and Other Felonies Committed by U.S. Officials Following September 11thMore than a decade after the onset of the Bush Administration’s post-9/11 anti-terrorism policies, not a single torture survivor has succeeded in holding a top government official accountable in a U.S. court for the indefensible act of torture. This report lays the groundwork for litigation against those responsible for approving and using illegal interrogation techniques that were the official policy of the Bush Administration. Read more, see the press release, or download the full report. You may request a hardcopy...
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Please Join us for a TASSC Open House – Sunday, January 15

January 5, 2012

Dear friends, We would like to extend our invitation for you and your family to come and celebrate the New Year at TASSC office on Sunday, January 15, 2012, 2-4 pm. TASSC, along with our friends and supporters, will contiue to show leadership to end torture wherever it exists and to empower survivors. As we begin 2012, we are hopeful about what we can accomplish for TASSC together. There is so much good we...
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January 11, 2012 – National Day of Action to Close Guantanamo

January 5, 2012

January 11, 2012 10 Years Too Many: National Day of Action Against Guantánamo Washington DC – Join Us! What: Be part of a human chain between the White House and the Capitol in protest of the 10th anniversary of the Guantánamo prison and the human rights violations it represents, including torture, detention without charge, unfair trials, Islamophobia, and impunity for crimes by US government officials. When: Noon – 2PM Eastern on January 11, 2012...
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Guantánamo: Ten Years and Counting

January 2, 2012

David Cole | January 4, 2012 Georgetown University Law School Published on *The Nation* (http://www.thenation.com)   On January 11 it will have been a decade since the first of the men we once called “the worst of the worst” were brought to Guantánamo Bay, a location handpicked by the...
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TASSC International Joins Families of the Disappeared at Historic Meeting in Geneva

November 22, 2011

On November 7 - 9, TASSC International joined families of the disappeared from four continents at a historic meeting in Geneva, Switzerland to convene the first assembly of the International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED). The meeting was convened just prior to the first meeting of the United Nations Committee against...
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Human Trafficking & Slavery Still Thriving in the U.S. and Abroad

November 14, 2011

National Catholic Reporter feature article: At a Catholic University conference on human trafficking, sponsored by the Franciscan Action network, a panel of four survivors of torture from Ethiopia, all members of TASSC International, said that they encountered new forms of torture upon their arrival in the United States, where...
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The London Declaration On Poverty and Torture

November 11, 2011

    We, the undersigned, Council Members of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), representing health professionals and other relevant professionals who provide multidisciplinary rehabilitation for victims and survivors of torture throughout the world, gathered at the Annual Council Meeting in London, United Kingdom, 9 and 10...
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The Survivor Journey: Torture, Human Trafficking and Detention

November 1, 2011
The Survivor Journey: Torture, Human Trafficking and Detention

  On October 16, 2011, survivors of torture from TASSC International testified on a morning panel at a conference on Human Trafficking held at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. The conference was sponsored by the Franciscan Action Network and the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic...
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TASSC Invites You to See a Play: “Alternative Methods”

October 31, 2011
TASSC Invites You to See a Play: “Alternative Methods”

Pat Davis, president of the board of TASSC International and a good friend of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, has written a remarkable play on U.S.-sponsored torture called Alternative Methods. Catholic University’s Drama Department is sponsoring staged readings of the play, followed by panel discussions. The readings will...
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