| Torture and political killing on a
massive scale have erupted throughout the world in recent
decades. The perpetrators decimate their societies as
they fuel growing cycles of violence. Torturers and
killers assume they will escape accountability for their
deeds. Whenever they go free, they set appalling examples
for others. Get
more background information . . .
Act Now:
Request and Read
Learn how people in
Brazil and Uruguay confronted torture in their societies,
or read about one person’s experience during the
Armenian genocide in Turkey.
Act Locally
Stop torture
worldwide from your own home by sending your letter or
email on behalf of individuals in life-threatening danger
from torture and other abuses.
Act Nationally or Internationally
Urge President
Clinton to arrest and prosecute war criminals responsible
for mass killings, and to support a permanent
International Criminal Court.
Grab a Partner
Press leading NATO
governments to order the arrest of all indicted war
crimes suspects in Bosnia and Herzegovina – join the
"Arrest Now!" campaign.
Raise Your Voice
Free Aktham Nu'aysa
from a 9-year sentence in Syria where he was jailed for
"confessions" extracted under torture so severe
he couldn’t stand at his own trial.
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