WarCriminalsWatch Events

Two internationally known anti-torture activists will headline the
third Quaker Conference on Torture. Human rights attorney and  
investigator Scott Horton will be the keynote speaker. Father Roy  
Bourgeois, founder of SOA Watch, will also bring his unique  
perspective on the work.

Scott Horton has been one of the most tenacious investigators and  
reporters on issues of torture and accountability. Earlier this year,  
he broke the stunning story about three Guantanamo prisoners, whose  
deaths there were previously reported as suicides. Horton’s  
investigations showed they more likely died during torture by US  
secret units. They were killed at a previously unknown “black site”  
outside the Guantanamo complex. Scott continues his reporting at a  
hard-hitting blog, “No Comment.” 

Roy Bourgeois, a decorated Vietnam veteran and former missionary to  
Bolivia, founded SOA Watch in 1990, and has been active in the effort  
to abolish the “School of Assassins” ever since. He has also been  
active in the struggle for women’s ordination in the Catholic church.

Friend John Calvi, coordinator of QUIT, The Quaker Initiative to End  
Torture, has been working on the concern for torture and  
accountability for several years.

Accountability today is the way to prevent torture in the future. The  
road to accountability will be long and difficult. This 2010 Quaker  
conference (which is open to other interested persons as well) will be  
one strong step down that long path. Watch for more details soon about  
the program. Fees will be kept as modest as possible, and registration  
will be limited. More information at the QUIT website.