Upcoming Anti-Torture Activist Events:
Spring 2008:
Steven Reisner is campaigning to become the new President of the American Psychological Association, with a platform opposing the use of psychologists by military organizations in order to enhance torture and other cruel and coercive methods of interrogation.
May 2008:
Miami, Florida: 11:30 AM, May 8, 2008, in Miami 's Bayfront Park, near the Perpetual Torch of Friendship, Amnesty International begins its Cell Tour, in which people can look at a "life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica." The replica Guantanamo cell will be in Miami until May 11.
May 30 - June 1, the Amnesty International Guantanamo cell replica will be in Philadelphia, place to be announced.
June 2008:
June 4 - June 8, the Amnesty International Guanatanamo cell replica will be in Portland, Maine, place to be announced.
June 21 and 22, the Amnesty International Guantanamo cell replica will be in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, for the Clearwater Festival
June 25 - June 30, the Amnesty International Guantanamo cell replica will be in, Washington DC, place to be announced.
On June 26, Amnesty International will hold an event in Washington DC to mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition 24 hour vigil. Outside the White House, in Lafayette Park,
June 28 - June 29, from 7:00 AM to 7:00 AM. For information, contact rebecca@tassc.org or call 202-529-8334
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