Torture and Extraordinary Rendition

Mar 29 2007 - 7:00pm
Mar 29 2007 - 9:00pm

A Look at the Realities and Legalities of U.S. Policies on Outsourcing Torture. At the Veterans' Memorial Building Hall, 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA.

Speakers include:

  • Phillip Butler, Ph.D., Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.), 2nd-longest-held POW in North Vietnam (8 years). "I never dreamed, on my worst day, that I'd someday have to give this talk as a testament against the institutionalization of torture in our country." - Phillip Butler
  • Don Zimmerman, Board member, ACLU Santa Cruz
  • William W. Monning, Professor, Monterey Institute of Int'l Studies

And also featuring Outlawed, a 28-minute film on the extraordinary rendition cases of Khaled El-Masri and Binyamin Mohamed.

Emcee - Diane Rejman, US Army 1977-80, MBA Int’l Management

 Click here for the event flier in pdf form

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replays on community TV in santa Cruz county

Submitted by Richard Hausman on Tue, 04/24/2007 - 9:43am.
ACLU-Santa Cruz Chapter co-sponsored this event that was held on March 29 at Vets Hall, filmed by Community TV, and to be broadcast several times. The following is the preliminary schedule for airtimes. Torture and Extraordinary Rendition (1 hour 53 minutes) Comcast 25/Charter 71 4/17 @ 10:00 pm 4/18 @ 2:30 pm 4/19 @ 2:30 pm 4/23 @ 12:30 pm 4/25 @ 9:00 pm 4/27 @ 9:00 pm 4/29 @ 2:00 pm

Outlawed, the video

Submitted by Richard Hausman on Sun, 03/11/2007 - 6:53pm.

This is a very gripping video. Check it out on-line through the link in the above posting.

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