LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION ON WEDNESDAY!
Please email svaz@notorture.org if you are interested in attending the Volunteer Orientation on Wednesday October 29th. We only have a few more seats available so please RSVP as soon as possible! You will learn all the ways you can help get involved with SURVIVORS during this orientation.
Check out this article:
"UN torture sleuth awaits new US government on Iraq"
By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The U.N.
The U.N. investigator on torture said on Friday he was waiting to see whether a new U.S. administration would change Washington's policy of not allowing him into its prisons in Iraq.The United States has turned down two requests by Manfred Nowak to visit facilities where it holds thousands of Iraqis suspected of involvement in attacks against its troops."They were very clear in saying at the moment we won't change. Might change under a new administration," Nowak, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture, told reporters.Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama face off in a Nov. 4 U.S. presidential election. The winner takes office on Jan. 20.
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