Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined nearly a hundred organizations in a letter to President Biden asking for the closure of the Guantanamo detention center
June 26 is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Find ways to speak out against torture.
The resettlement of Majid Khan from Guantanamo Bay prison to Belize, marks the first time a “high intelligence value” prisoner has been freed.
Every June, human rights and faith organizations join together to mark June 26 as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture and to raise awareness throughout the month.
This June, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) invites faith communities to incorporate the color orange into worship services or other gatherings throughout the month, as a symbol of solidarity with all who endure torture: those in orange jumpsuits in Guantanamo to all those held in conditions of torture.
The following was written by Kelly Kundrat, an intern with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, and was published in the November-December 2013 NewsNotes.
Faith communities are invited to participate in efforts to educate about the use of torture and about ways to end it.
On June 19, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights held the first-ever Congressional hearing to reassess the use of solitary confinement. Attendance was so high the hearing room filled and an overflow room contained over 100 more spectators. Following the hearing, Kathy McNeely, director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (MOGC), spoke at an interfaith press conference held by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT). The following article was written by Ainsley Rossitto, an intern with the MOGC, for the July-August 2012 issue of NewsNotes.
Maryknoll leadership endorsed this statement in June 2004.