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Message*	Press Release TAAD June 25th impt <a href="http://nrpv.org/actions/?id=2774">http://nrpv.org/actions/?id=2774</a> MEDIA ALERT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br /> <br /> Local Residents William Crain, representing Peace and Justice Forums Billings, MT and Lee Kern of Red Lodge representing Health Justice will attend the <br /> Nationwide Rallies to Demand Accountability for Torture<br /> to be held on Thursday, June 25, 2009<br /> <br /> i do hope you'll at least go to the website pleeeeze - we be gettin a lot a hits... we the people can not accept the unacceptable. It has been a heck of a ride being on the National Planning cmmt for this important event. <br /> It would be great if you out there would send this Press RElease off to your local newspaper ... delete our names if you wish but we really can't let this get swept under the proverbial carpet. <br /> <br /> Thank you,<br /> William Crain<br /> Co-State Coordinator PDA Montana<br /> Peace & Justice Forums, Billings MT co~producer<br /> Viet Nam combat Inf WIA Veteran drafted.<br /> WHEN: Thursday, June 25, 2009, has been designated Torture Accountability Action Day by a large coalition of human rights groups planning rallies and marches in major U.S. cities, including a rally in Washington, D.C.'s John Marshall Park at 11 AM followed by a 12 Noon march to the Justice Department where some participants will risk arrest in nonviolent protest if a special prosecutor for torture is not appointed. For more information go to: http://accountability4torture.com <br /> <br /> WHERE: Events are planned in Washington, D.C.; San Francisco, CA; Pasadena, CA;<br /> Thousand Oaks, CA; Boston, MA; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Las Vegas, NV; Honolulu, HI; Tampa, FL; Philadelphia, PA; and Anchorage, AK; with more to be announced.<br /> <br /> Details for events are available at: http://tortureaccountability.webs.com/eventsacrossus.htm<br /> <br /> <br /> In Washington, D.C., groups will maintain literature tables from 9 AM to 3 PM at John Marshall Park, 501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. A rally will begin at 11 AM with speakers including:<br /> <br />  Marjorie Cohn, President of the National Lawyers Guild, professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law;<br />  Njambi Good, Director of Counter Terror with Justice Campaign, Amnesty International USA;<br />  Enver Masud, Founder and CEO of The Wisdom Fund, recipient of the 2002 Gold Award from the Human Rights Foundation for his book "The War on Islam";<br />  Max Obuszewski, member of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance;<br />  Marcus Raskin, Cofounder of the Institute for Policy Studies;<br />  Patricio Rice, torture survivor;<br />  Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Cofounder of the Partnership for Civil Justice;<br />  Kevin Zeese, Director of Voters For Peace www.VotersForPeace.us, Board Member of Velvet Revelution www.VelvetRevolution.us.<br />  With performances by Jordan Page, Tha Truth, and David Ippolito.<br /> <br /> Participants will march at 12 Noon to the Department of Justice, where some but not all of the participating organizations will engage in nonviolent resistance if the Attorney General has not yet agreed to appoint a special prosecutor for torture. (Some of the organizations sponsoring the day of rallies do not engage in civil disobedience.)<br /> <br /> In Pasadena, CA, at 12 Noon PT citizens will submit a formal judicial misconduct complaint against 9th Circuit Judge Jay Bybee, former Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel: Courthouse steps, Chambers Courthouse, 125 South Grand Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Statement of Purpose:<br /> <br /> The highest officials in our government have trampled on our traditional ideals of making America a nation of laws, not of men, by illegally narrowing the scope of torture and authorizing waterboarding, walling, and other inhumane interrogation techniques. In doing so, they have violated the Anti-Torture Act, the War Crimes Act, the Geneva Conventions, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment.<br /> <br /> In order to enforce our laws and restore the free society that our forefathers envisioned, citizens must demand accountability for abuses of the laws pertaining to torture. In the tradition of the Civil Rights movement, change will not occur unless citizens stand up for their rights under the law.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Torture Accountability Action Day Is Sponsored By:<br /> <br /> Action Center for Justice, After Downing Street, Amnesty International, Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition, BuzzFlash, Coalition for Peace Action, CODEPINK, Consumers for Peace, Democrats.com, Eldoradans Against Torture, Global Exchange, High Road for Human Rights, Hip Hop Caucus, Historians Against the War, IndictBushNow, Individuals for Justice, Marcus Raskin,<br /> National Accountability Network, National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, NJ Peace Action,<br /> NJ People's Organization for Progress, Northern Virginians for Peace and Justice, Polygraph Radio,<br /> Peace Action, Peace and Justice Forums Billings Montana, Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, Progressive Democrats of America, Project Vote Count, School of the Americas Watch,<br /> Senior Action Network, The Torture Abolition Survivors Support Coalition, US Labor Against the War, <br /> Veterans For Peace, War Criminals Watch, Washington Peace Center, WeAreChange LA,<br /> Witness Against Torture, World Can't Wait<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> WHAT YOU CAN DO:<br /> <br /> Whether or not you can make it to one of the events, please do these things on Thursday:<br /> <br /> (1) Telephone Attorney General Eric Holder at (202) 514-2001 and ask him to appoint a special prosecutor for torture<br /> (2) Email him the same request at: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov<br /> (3) Also, Fax the same request to him at: (202) 307-6777. To easily send a fax for free, go here: http://www.peaceandjustice.it<br /> <br /> Please do these things now:<br /> <br /> (1) Sign the online petition to Attorney General Eric Holder, if you haven't already, at:<br /> http://www.democrats.com/special-prosecutor-for-bush-war-crimes<br /> (2) Twitter this: Rallies all over US on 6/25 demanding accountability for torture at: http://tr.im/pppa<br /> (3) Share this on Facebook: http://tr.im/ppqb
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Date(s): Wed, Jun 24th, 2009 thru Sun, Jul 25th, 2010

MEDIA ALERT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Local Residents William Crain, representing Peace and Justice Forums Billings, MT and Lee Kern of Red Lodge representing Health Justice will attend the
Nationwide Rallies to Demand Accountability for Torture
to be held on Thursday, June 25, 2009

i do hope you'll at least go to the website pleeeeze - we be gettin a lot a hits... we the people can not accept the unacceptable. It has been a heck of a ride being on the National Planning cmmt for this important event.
It would be great if you out there would send this Press RElease off to your local newspaper ... delete our names if you wish but we really can't let this get swept under the proverbial carpet.

Thank you,
William Crain
Co-State Coordinator PDA Montana
Peace & Justice Forums, Billings MT co~producer
Viet Nam combat Inf WIA Veteran drafted.
WHEN: Thursday, June 25, 2009, has been designated Torture Accountability Action Day by a large coalition of human rights groups planning rallies and marches in major U.S. cities, including a rally in Washington, D.C.'s John Marshall Park at 11 AM followed by a 12 Noon march to the Justice Department where some participants will risk arrest in nonviolent protest if a special prosecutor for torture is not appointed. For more information go to: http://accountability4torture.com

WHERE: Events are planned in Washington, D.C.; San Francisco, CA; Pasadena, CA;
Thousand Oaks, CA; Boston, MA; Salt Lake City, UT; Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Las Vegas, NV; Honolulu, HI; Tampa, FL; Philadelphia, PA; and Anchorage, AK; with more to be announced.

Details for events are available at: http://tortureaccountability.webs.com/eventsacrossus.htm

In Washington, D.C., groups will maintain literature tables from 9 AM to 3 PM at John Marshall Park, 501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. A rally will begin at 11 AM with speakers including:

 Marjorie Cohn, President of the National Lawyers Guild, professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law;
 Njambi Good, Director of Counter Terror with Justice Campaign, Amnesty International USA;
 Enver Masud, Founder and CEO of The Wisdom Fund, recipient of the 2002 Gold Award from the Human Rights Foundation for his book "The War on Islam";
 Max Obuszewski, member of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance;
 Marcus Raskin, Cofounder of the Institute for Policy Studies;
 Patricio Rice, torture survivor;
 Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Cofounder of the Partnership for Civil Justice;
 Kevin Zeese, Director of Voters For Peace www.VotersForPeace.us, Board Member of Velvet Revelution www.VelvetRevolution.us.
 With performances by Jordan Page, Tha Truth, and David Ippolito.

Participants will march at 12 Noon to the Department of Justice, where some but not all of the participating organizations will engage in nonviolent resistance if the Attorney General has not yet agreed to appoint a special prosecutor for torture. (Some of the organizations sponsoring the day of rallies do not engage in civil disobedience.)

In Pasadena, CA, at 12 Noon PT citizens will submit a formal judicial misconduct complaint against 9th Circuit Judge Jay Bybee, former Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel: Courthouse steps, Chambers Courthouse, 125 South Grand Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105.

Statement of Purpose:

The highest officials in our government have trampled on our traditional ideals of making America a nation of laws, not of men, by illegally narrowing the scope of torture and authorizing waterboarding, walling, and other inhumane interrogation techniques. In doing so, they have violated the Anti-Torture Act, the War Crimes Act, the Geneva Conventions, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment.

In order to enforce our laws and restore the free society that our forefathers envisioned, citizens must demand accountability for abuses of the laws pertaining to torture. In the tradition of the Civil Rights movement, change will not occur unless citizens stand up for their rights under the law.

Torture Accountability Action Day Is Sponsored By:

Action Center for Justice, After Downing Street, Amnesty International, Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition, BuzzFlash, Coalition for Peace Action, CODEPINK, Consumers for Peace, Democrats.com, Eldoradans Against Torture, Global Exchange, High Road for Human Rights, Hip Hop Caucus, Historians Against the War, IndictBushNow, Individuals for Justice, Marcus Raskin,
National Accountability Network, National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, NJ Peace Action,
NJ People's Organization for Progress, Northern Virginians for Peace and Justice, Polygraph Radio,
Peace Action, Peace and Justice Forums Billings Montana, Portland Peaceful Response Coalition, Progressive Democrats of America, Project Vote Count, School of the Americas Watch,
Senior Action Network, The Torture Abolition Survivors Support Coalition, US Labor Against the War,
Veterans For Peace, War Criminals Watch, Washington Peace Center, WeAreChange LA,
Witness Against Torture, World Can't Wait

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Whether or not you can make it to one of the events, please do these things on Thursday:

(1) Telephone Attorney General Eric Holder at (202) 514-2001 and ask him to appoint a special prosecutor for torture
(2) Email him the same request at: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
(3) Also, Fax the same request to him at: (202) 307-6777. To easily send a fax for free, go here: http://www.peaceandjustice.it

Please do these things now:

(1) Sign the online petition to Attorney General Eric Holder, if you haven't already, at:
http://www.democrats.com/special-prosecutor-for-bush-war-crimes
(2) Twitter this: Rallies all over US on 6/25 demanding accountability for torture at: http://tr.im/pppa
(3) Share this on Facebook: http://tr.im/ppqb