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(Campaign Ended) End U.S. use of torture, inhumane treatment, and extraordinary rendition

End U.S. use of torture, inhumane treatment, and extraordinary rendition

Join BORDC and human rights groups by asking your Senators and Representative to end U.S. torture.

September 02, 2010

Subject:
End U.S. use of torture, inhumane treatment, and extraordinary rendition

I urge you to affirm that the United States may not engage in acts of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment anywhere in the world.  U.S. engagement in torture and inhumane treatment and complicity in torture through “extraordinary rendition” are grave legal and moral wrongs.

In addition, they have made the world a more dangerous place, especially for members of our armed forces, and have diminished our country’s standing and the example we set for other countries.

As your constituent, I urge you to restore adherence to our Constitution, which you have pledged to uphold and defend, and to the Geneva Conventions, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which the United States is a party to.  Please ensure that all U.S. government agencies enforce our Constitution and treaty obligations against torture by sponsoring and supporting legal and agency enforcement procedures.

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