Join us and our allies on June 3, 2014 for:
Exposing the Truth of U.S. Torture: Restoring Human Dignity and the Rule of Law
The Washington State Religious Campaign Against Torture (WSRCAT) invites all to a presentation “Exposing the Truth of U.S. Torture: Restoring Human Dignity and the Rule of Law” featuring Brig. General David R. Irvine of The Constitution Project, and a panel of activists.
Tuesday June 3, 2014, 7:30 p.m., at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd Street, Seattle, free admission.
Information http://www.wsrcat.org
Brig. General David R. Irvine
Brig. General David R. Irvine was an Army Reserve strategic intelligence officer who taught prisoner interrogation and military law for 18 years. He is a member of the bipartisan Task Force on Detainee Treatment of the nonprofit organization, The Constitution Project, which spent over two years compiling a 600 page report on U.S. held detainees at Guantánamo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and CIA “black sites”. This report is available for the world to see at http://detaineetaskforce.org/read/
In contrast, the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s detention and interrogation program cost the taxpayers $40 million, and has yet to be released to the public.
The MC of this important program will be University of Washington Prof. Rob Crawford, a co-founder of WSRCAT.
Panelists include:
The Rev. Rich Lang, Pastor of University Temple United Methodist Church, a consistent voice for global and local justice.
Professor Beth Rivin, a pediatrician, Director of University of Washington’s Global Health and Justice Project
Scott Roehm, Senior Counsel, Rule of Law Program, The Constitution Project.
Sponsors of the event include the national organizations: The Constitution Project; KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights; National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT).
A growing list of local sponsors includes: American Civil Liberties Union of Washington State (ACLU-WA); American Friends Service Committee of Seattle; Amnesty International USA including Group 4, Seattle; Board of Church & Society, Pacific NW Conference, United Methodist Church; Church Council of Greater Seattle (CCGS); Faith Action Network; Interfaith Network of Concern for the People of the Middle East (INOC); Lutheran Peace Fellowship; Philippine-United States Solidarity Organization (PUSO); Seattle Chapter Fellowship of Reconciliation; Service and Justice Mission Team of University Christian Church/Disciples of Christ; United Nations Association Greater Seattle Chapter; University of Washington Center for Human Rights; Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility; Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation.