NRCAT report - April 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010 at 04:03PM Report from Patti Muldoon
During the 2009 Sessions, New England Yearly Meeting made the decision to officially join the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. We endorsed the "Torture is a Moral Issue" statement. I was appointed to be our representative and have been participating in the monthly strategy sessions for interfaith organizations. Many Quaker Meetings from around the country are also represented.
I am very pleased that the NRCAT Board of Directors voted to expand NRCAT's mission to include two new areas of work. The decision, made at the Board's December 2009 meeting, followed a 6-month planning process.
NRCAT will now have three areas of work as we carry out our mission to end forever torture that is sponsored or enabled by the United States:
- Continuing our efforts to secure permanent changes in U.S. policy to prohibit - without exception - all U.S-sponsored torture and cruel,inhuman, or degrading treatment of detainees;
- Working to end torture in U.S. prisons, including the use of longterm isolation and devices of torture; and
- Advocating for U.S. policies and practices that will help endtorture by other countries.
We will continue to focus much of our energy this year on efforts to secure a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the use of torture since 9/11 and recommend measures needed to ensure that U.S.-sponsored torture never happens again.
The reports on each of the two new areas presented to the Board in December are available on the NRCAT website, www.tortureisamoralissue.org. The website also has this year's work within each of these areas in our new 2010 Agenda and a new edition of the NRCAT brochure.
You can also find a webpage highlighting our initial work to end torture in U.S. prisons, including our active support of an ongoing legislative campaign to limit the use of solitary confinement in Maine's state prisons.
I will soon be sharing with you new opportunities for local action as we prepare for Torture Awareness Month in June. In the meantime, please share this news of our expanded mission with your Meeting -order some new brochures to distribute locally.
Questions? Please email campaign@nrcat.org or contact me .
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