End Torture Forever - Press Conference at Michigan Capitol 11 June 2009
End Torture Forever - Press Conference at Michigan Capitol, 11 June 2009
Press advisory:
“End Torture Forever” - 24-Foot Banner at Michigan Capitol
Michigan Religious, Legal, and Peace Groups Mark Torture
Awareness Month by Calling for Investigation, Legislation
WHAT Press Conference in front of “End Torture Forever” banner that will hang on the Michigan State Capitol Building’s East Steps
WHEN: Thursday, June 11, 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Michigan Capitol Building - East Steps.
SPEAKERS:
Dawud Walid is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) and the assistant Imam of Masjid Wali Muhammad in Detroit. Walid also serves as a board trustee for the Detroit Metropolitan Interfaith Workers Rights Committee (www.cairmichigan.org).
Mary Bejian, Deputy Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. “The ACLU, through the courts, legislatures and communities, has worked tirelessly to expose the abuse and torture of detainees in U.S. military prisons and “black sites” overseas, and to uphold the rule of law.” (www.aclumich.org)
The Rev. Reid Hamilton is the Chaplain of Canterbury House, the Episcopal Campus Ministry at the University of Michigan, and brings to anti-torture activism his experience as a military lawyer with the 82d Airborne Division. (www.canterburyhouse.org/)
Jim Turner is a Regional Representative for U.S. Senator Carl Levin. Sen. Levin has been a leader in the Senate, investigating torture. Senator Levin has pushed for strong standards to prohibit cruel treatment and torture (levin.senate.gov).
Erika McNamara is an attorney and serves as the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice representative to the Regional and State Partners Council for the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (www.nrcat.org).
Other events for Torture Awareness Month in Michigan include banners at local churches and:
Ann Arbor -- June 13th: Michigan Theater, 1:00 pm, Saturday, June 13, 2009. Showing of the documentary movie, Torturing Democracy, by Sherry Jones, describing how the U.S. government adopted torture as official policy in the aftermath of 9/11, followed by discussion with human rights expert Susan Waltz.
East Lansing -- June 23rd: MSU College of Law, 7:00 pm, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Panel presentation, “What is at Stake in the Torture Debate?” - with Catherine Grosso, Susan Waltz, Dorean Koenig, and Erick Williams. Contact Kenneth Harrow for more information on the panel: harrow@msu.edu , cell phone: 517 803-8839.
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (www.icpj.net) empowers people of faith and people of conscience in the Washtenaw County/Ann Arbor, Michigan area to act on their moral and religious values to build a better world. The Peace Education Center (www.PeaceEdCenter.org) & Greater Lansing Network Against War & Injustice (www.glnawi.org) educate & advocate in Lansing area for peace, justice, & human rights.
The Lansing State Journal carried this story 12 June 2009, with a photo.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009906120316
Posted at Monday, June 15, 2009
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End Torture Forever - Press Conference at Michigan Capitol, 11 June 2009
Press advisory:
“End Torture Forever” - 24-Foot Banner at Michigan Capitol
Michigan Religious, Legal, and Peace Groups Mark Torture
Awareness Month by Calling for Investigation, Legislation
WHAT Press Conference in front of “End Torture Forever” banner that will hang on the Michigan State Capitol Building’s East Steps
WHEN: Thursday, June 11, 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Michigan Capitol Building - East Steps.
SPEAKERS:
Dawud Walid is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) and the assistant Imam of Masjid Wali Muhammad in Detroit. Walid also serves as a board trustee for the Detroit Metropolitan Interfaith Workers Rights Committee (www.cairmichigan.org).
Mary Bejian, Deputy Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. “The ACLU, through the courts, legislatures and communities, has worked tirelessly to expose the abuse and torture of detainees in U.S. military prisons and “black sites” overseas, and to uphold the rule of law.” (www.aclumich.org)
The Rev. Reid Hamilton is the Chaplain of Canterbury House, the Episcopal Campus Ministry at the University of Michigan, and brings to anti-torture activism his experience as a military lawyer with the 82d Airborne Division. (www.canterburyhouse.org/)
Jim Turner is a Regional Representative for U.S. Senator Carl Levin. Sen. Levin has been a leader in the Senate, investigating torture. Senator Levin has pushed for strong standards to prohibit cruel treatment and torture (levin.senate.gov).
Erika McNamara is an attorney and serves as the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice representative to the Regional and State Partners Council for the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (www.nrcat.org).
Other events for Torture Awareness Month in Michigan include banners at local churches and:
Ann Arbor -- June 13th: Michigan Theater, 1:00 pm, Saturday, June 13, 2009. Showing of the documentary movie, Torturing Democracy, by Sherry Jones, describing how the U.S. government adopted torture as official policy in the aftermath of 9/11, followed by discussion with human rights expert Susan Waltz.
East Lansing -- June 23rd: MSU College of Law, 7:00 pm, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Panel presentation, “What is at Stake in the Torture Debate?” - with Catherine Grosso, Susan Waltz, Dorean Koenig, and Erick Williams. Contact Kenneth Harrow for more information on the panel: harrow@msu.edu , cell phone: 517 803-8839.
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (www.icpj.net) empowers people of faith and people of conscience in the Washtenaw County/Ann Arbor, Michigan area to act on their moral and religious values to build a better world. The Peace Education Center (www.PeaceEdCenter.org) & Greater Lansing Network Against War & Injustice (www.glnawi.org) educate & advocate in Lansing area for peace, justice, & human rights.
The Lansing State Journal carried this story 12 June 2009, with a photo.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009906120316
Labels: human rights, Michigan
Posted at Monday, June 15, 2009
Email glnawiWebEMail
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