Torture Awareness Month is held every year in June because it’s so easy to overlook torture. After all, most of us have never seen torture taking place, and most of us never will. Most of us will be lucky enough to escape being made to suffer in order to serve the will of another.
Torturers are counting on the general public, the non-tortured, to remain silent. They need our indifference to give safe space for their abuses. They’re betting that because torture has never happened to us personally, we won’t care enough to stop it from happening to other people.
You don’t have to go comply with the torturers’ expectations. You can join organizations that are active in resisting torture, get involved in their work, or start an anti-torture campaign of your own. Every action counts.
Please, lend your voice. Help to break the silence that enables torture to thrive.
