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Event 

Title:
Accountability Now - Ending Torture Forever
When:
06.25.2010 - 06.25.2010 17.30
Where:
National City Christian Church - Washington
Category:
Speaking Engagements

Description

A Panel Discussion and Conversation With Survivors

Moderator:

Jim Winkler, General Secretary, United Methodist General Board of Church and Society

Speakers:

David Cole, JD, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Sr. Dianna Ortiz, DC Office Director, Pax Christi USA and torture survivor

Sondra Crosby, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

and Physicians for Human Rights Consultant

Matthew Alexander, author of How to Break a Terrorist and former senior interrogator, United States Air Force

5:30 PM – Doors Open, Music

6:00 PM – Panel Discussion with Q&A

7:30 PM – Reception & Small Group Dialogue with Survivors. Participants will divide into small groups for dialogue with 50 torture survivors from around the world brought together by TASSC International to mark the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (June 26).

The church is 3 blocks north of McPherson Square Metro.

Co-Sponsors: National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Amnesty International USA, Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition, Physicians for Human Rights, Alliance for Justice, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Human Rights First, Pax Christi USA, War Criminals Watch and Friends Committee on National Legislation

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Venue

Venue:
National City Christian Church
Street:
5 Thomas Circle NW
ZIP:
20005
City:
Washington
State:
DC