Grant humanitarian workers immediate access
to Gaza now
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA
December 31, 2008
Possible Israeli Ground Incursion into Gaza Risks Increase in
Civilian Casualties, Warns Amnesty International: Human Rights
Organization Reiterates Call to Grant Humanitarian Workers Im-
mediate Access to Gaza
(Washington) — Amnesty International expressed great concern
today that a ground incursion into Gaza by Israeli forces could
greatly increase civilian casualties.
“Israeli forces must bear in mind that there are no ‘safe’ places
in Gaza for civilians to seek shelter. They know how densely popu-
lated the Jabalia Refugee Camp is and that the homes there are
flimsy structures with asbestos roofs not able to withstand the ef-
fect of strikes. Strikes are virtually sure to kill and injure civilians,”
said Amnesty International.
“The Israeli army must always choose means and methods of
attack that are least likely to harm civilians. Amnesty International
urges all parties not to target civilians and not to carry out indis-
criminate or disproportionate attacks that put civilian lives in dan-
ger.”
As the number of casualties contin-
ues to mount, civilians in Gaza are in in-
creasingly dire need of food, medical and
other emergency assistance, Amnesty In-
ternational said today.
International humanitarian and hu-
man rights workers, as well as journal-
ists, have not been allowed into Gaza by
the Israeli army since the beginning of
November, with the exception of a few
journalists who were allowed in for a
couple of days earlier in December.
“Humanitarian workers, journalists
and human rights monitors are urgently
needed to assess needs, report violations
and publicize the reality of the situation
on the ground,” said Amnesty Interna-
tional.
Amnesty International believes that risk to civilians is increased
by artillery attacks on Gaza launched from Israeli gunboats off the
coast. In the past, such artillery fire into densely populated areas
has been inaccurate, causing Israel to desist after the attacks caused
high numbers of civilian casualties.
As attacks continue, Amnesty International called on the Israeli
authorities, the Hamas de-facto administration and all other Pal-
estinian armed groups to stop all unlawful attacks. They must not
target civilians and buildings not being used for military purposes,
whether through air or artillery strikes or home-made rockets, and
must take all precautions necessary to protect civilians from the
dangers caused by military operations.
The following are examples of individual women and children
killed by Israeli attacks since Saturday, Dec. 27:
· On Dec. 27, seven students were killed outside a United Na-
tions school just after lessons finished as they left for home. The
Israeli bombardment started at about 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, a day
and time when the streets are very busy, particularly as children
finish school just after midday. At this time, the initial bombardment
was at its most intense.
· On Dec. 27, Muhammad al-Awadi finished his exam and left
the al Carmel School in the Rimal district of downtown Gaza City
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at about 11:30 a.m. to return to the orphanage where he lived with
his brother Ahmed. Muhammad was fatally wounded when a bomb
was dropped on the nearby police station just as he came out of the
school. After treatment by the intensive care unit of Gaza City Hos-
pital, Muhammad died the evening of December 30.
· On Dec. 28, five sisters from the Baalousha family aged four to
17, (Jawhir, 4; Dina, 8; Samar, 12; Ikram, 14; and Tahrir, 17) were
killed in their home in Jabalia Refugee Camp, located north of Gaza
city in Gaza’s most densely populated area. Four other child sib-
lings were injured when the mosque near their home was bombed.
Their homes, as well as others, were
destroyed and damaged.
· During the night of Dec. 28-29,
three brothers from the al-Absi family
aged three to 14 years old (Sedqi, 3;
Ahmad, 12; and Muhammad, 14) were
killed along with their mother and sev-
eral other siblings were injured when
their home was destroyed by an Israeli
strike on a refugee camp in Rafah, south
Gaza.
Since the beginning of the offensive
on Dec. 27, more than 360 Palestinians
have been killed, including scores of
unarmed civilians, including some 70
women and children. Some 1,700 Pales-
tinians have also been injured.
Four Israeli civilians have also been
killed and scores injured as all Palestin-
ian armed groups in Gaza, including the armed wing of the Pales-
tinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas’ al-Aqsa Martyrs’
Brigade, have continued to launch rockets from Gaza into south-
ern Israel.
Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning
grassroots activist organization with more than 2.2 million support-
ers, activists and volunteers in more than 150 countries campaign-
ing for human rights worldwide. The organization investigates and
exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public, and works to
protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are
denied.
Contact: AIUSA media office, 202-544-0200 x302,
lspann@aiusa.org
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on-israel-and-hamas-to-cease-all-unlawful-attacks/
http://aipdx.org/2009/01/02/grant-humanitarian-work-
ers-immediate-access-to-gaza-now/
 Central America Regional Action Network

RAN ACTION: MEXICO Javier Torres Cruz (m), aged 28

Javier Torres Cruz was released on 13 December, after being ab- APPEALS TO:
ducted on 3 December. On his return, he had a number of bruises,
particularly on his hands, and complained of strong abdominal Attorney General of the Republic
pains. His family stated that he was blindfolded and did not know Lic. Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza
where he had been held, and they believed that those who detained Procurador General de la República
him were soldiers. Amnesty International believes that Javier Torres Procuraduría General de la República, Av. Paseo de la Reforma nº
Cruz and his relatives are still in danger. 211-213, Piso 16
Javier Torres Cruz is from the tiny community of La Morena, Col. Cuauhtémoc, Del. Cuauhtémoc, México D.F., C.P. 06500,
Petatlán municipality, Guerrero state, and a member of a grassroots MEXICO
organization, Organización Ecologista de la Sierra de Coyuca y
Petatlán (Environmental Organization of the Coyuca and Petatlan Salutation: Señor Procurador General/Dear Attorney General
Mountains). At 5 am on 13 Novem-
ber, a group of about 100 soldiers Governor of Guerrero
went to La Morena in order to find Lic. Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo
Javier Torres Cruz and two of his Gobernador del Estado de Guerrero
brothers. The three brothers were Palacio de Gobierno, Edificio Centro, piso 2, Ciudad de los Servicios
not there at the time, but according CP 39075, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, MÉXICO
to relatives, soldiers searched four
houses. They also threatened, Email: gobernador@guerrero.gob.mx
slapped and pointed their guns at
women and children. That same Salutation: Señor Gobernador / Dear Governor
evening, a group of about 30 armed
men in plain clothes also came to the community in order to find Attorney General of Guerrero
Javier Torres Cruz and his brothers. They too, could not locate them. Lic. Eduardo Murueta Urrutia
In September 2007, Javier Torres Cruz and his uncle had testified Procurador del Estado de Guerrero
against a local political boss (cacique) following his alleged involve- Carretera Nacional México-Acapulco Km. 6+300
ment in the death of human rights defender, Digna Ochoa y Plácido, Tramo Chilpancingo-Petaquillos
in Mexico City in 2001. Chilpancingo 39090, Guerrero, MÉXICO

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as Salutation: Dear Attorney / Señor Procurador
quickly as possible, in Spanish or your own language:
- calling on the authorities to provide Javier Torres Cruz and mem- Marylou Noble
bers of his family with adequate protection, in accordance with their Central America RAN Coordinator
wishes;
- expressing concern at the abduction and torture of Javier Torres
Cruz, who may have been detained by soldiers on 3 December;
- calling on the authorities to conduct an independent and impar- AI Group 48 Contact Info
tial investigation into the abduction and torture of Javier Torres
Cruz, and bring those responsible to justice.
Phone Guy
Legislative Coordinator
Marty Fromer
Dan Johnson,
503-227-1878
503-310-4540
martyfromer@gmail.com
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Will Ware
On the Friday before the snow storm hit Portland, Group Joanne Lau,
503-227-5225
971-221-5450
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jlau@easystreet.net
write cards and letters as part of the Holiday Card Action
Treasurer Philippine/Indonesia RAN
and Global Write-a-thon. Members utilized the new Group Janan Stoll, Max White,
48 website (http://aipdx.org) to indicate what they would 503-282-8834 503-292-8168
bring to the gathering, resulted in an array of great food and JJJN4NOW@aol.com maxw33@attbi.com

drinks. The Holiday Card Action consisted of 12 cases rang- Central Africa RAN Central American RAN
ing from Turkmenistan, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Zimbabwe, In- Christine Glenn, Terrie Rodello Marylou Noble
503-452-8087 503-245-6923
donesia, Azerbaijan, Rwanda, China and more. The Global
christineglenn@comcast.net marylou_noble@yahoo.com
Write-a-thon was also as extensive, 14 cases altogether. It
was tough to decide which cases to write in less than one OR State Death Penalty Coordinator Newsletter Editor / Designer
Terrie Rodello, Dan Webb
and a half hour. All in all, members completed 45 greeting 503-246-6836 (503) 253-3491
cards and 18 letters. Thank you all for coming and contrib- trodello@igc.org danielw2@earthlink.net
uting to the food and supplies. Joanne
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Indonesia: Crackdown on freedom of expression
in Maluku
17 December 2008 At least 70 people have been arrested or im-
prisoned for peaceful pro-independence activities in the province
of Maluku, Indonesia over the last two years, Amnesty International
revealed today. The Indonesian government should immediately
and unconditionally release all those detained for the peaceful ex-
ercise of their right to freedom of expression, belief and association.
New research indicates that at least 22 of them were severely
tortured in detention. The 22 activists, led by Johan Teterissa, were
arrested on the 29 June 2007 after performing a traditional war
dance in front of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the city
of Ambon, the capital. The dance culminated with the activists
unfurling the Benang Raja flag, a symbol of the Maluku indepen-
dence movement.
After their performance the police, particularly the anti-terror-
ist unit Detachment-88, detained all 22 of them. They were not
granted access to legal representation and held incommunicado.
They were beaten, forced to crawl on their stomachs over hot
asphalt, whipped with an electric cable and had billiard balls forced
into their mouths. The police also beat them on the side of the head
with rifle butts until their ears bled and fired shots close to their ears.
Indonesia: Investigate forcible destruction of
homes by the police in Riau
December, 23 2008 Indonesian authorities should immediately
investigate the forcible destruction of an estimated 300 homes in the
village of Suluk Bongka on 18 December, Amnesty International
said today. Local sources told Amnesty International that two chil-
dren died during the confrontation and that nearly 400 villagers are
still homeless and living in a nearby forest. Fifty eight people re-
main in police custody.
“Hundreds of people are now living in the forest, their homes
destroyed, and two families are grieving the loss of their children.
The Indonesian government should immediately investigate why
and how this happened, and specifically examine the role of local
law enforcement officials in this incident,” said Josef Benedict,
Amnesty International’s Indonesia campaigner.
Around 700 local security forces fired bullets and tear gas to
evict the residents of the village in the province of Riau on the east-
ern coast of Sumatra. The police were assisted by Satpol PP (Mu-
nicipal Administrative Police Unit), Pamswakarsa (civilian security
groups) and civilians apparently hired to carry out the eviction.
Local sources reported a two-year-old died after she fell down
a well during the confrontation, while a two-month-old baby died
from burn injuries. Two other people suffered gunshot wounds.
As the villagers fled into the forest, two helicopters then
dropped what was thought to be a fire accelerant on the village of
Suluk Bongkal, Bengkalis, burning to the ground around 300
homes. Bulldozers then went in and flattened the area completely.
The villagers have been engaged in a land dispute with the
pulpwood supply company PT Arara Abadi since 1996, when the
Indonesian forestry ministry gave the company management rights
for industrial farming. Since then, the company has tried to evict
the villagers but official letters from the Ministry of Forestry and
the Riau Governor in 2007 stated clearly that the company could
not start operations until the dispute had been settled.
The police threatened them continually with further torture, some-
times at gunpoint, to force them to confess.
Twenty one of them, including Johan have since received sen-
tences of between seven and 20 years’ imprisonment for ‘rebellion’
under Articles 106 and 110 of the Indonesia Criminal Code, while
one is still awaiting trial.
In the past two years another 48 people have been arrested and
imprisoned on charges of subversion, some for up to 17 years, for
activities such as owning, sewing or transporting the ‘Benang Raja’
flag. The most recent arrest took place on 18 July 2008.
One of those imprisoned for subversion is Simon Saiya, who
was also forced to confess his involvement in “terrorist” activities
after torture and other ill-treatment by the police. Amnesty Inter-
national has received information that he is being detained in a
police cell at the police mobile brigade (Brimob) detention centre
in Tantui, Ambon awaiting trial and is concerned about his safety.
The Indonesian authorities should conduct an effective and
independent investigation into the allegations of human rights vio-
lations by members of the security forces in Ambon, Maluku, in-
cluding the torture and other ill-treatment of detainees; and pros-
ecute those found to be responsible.
h t t p : / / w w w . a m n e s t y u s a . o r g /
document.php?lang=e&id=ENGASA210212008
The eviction of Suluk Bongka’s residents occurred without any
resolution of the dispute and without the residents receiving any
prior warning or being served official papers.
The police initially detained around 200 people. Fifty eight
people are still in detention at the polres Bengkalis (district police
station)
Police are preventing human rights organisations from enter-
ing the area. Komnas HAM, the national human rights commission,
has stated that it will, nonetheless, try to send an investigation team
in and provide protection for villagers who had lodged complaints
with them.
Amnesty International urgently calls on:
• the police to release those currently detained, or charge them
with recognizably criminal offences;
• the police to allow access to the area to Komnas HAM and
human rights groups;
• the Indonesian government to ensure the safety of villagers
still in the forest, and provide essential shelter, water and food for
those villagers made homeless;
• the Indonesian government to order an immediate investiga-
tion into the use of excessive lethal force by the police and into the
deaths of the two children, with those found responsible brought
to justice;
• the Indonesian government to provide reparation for those
who have lost their homes.
“The immediate priority is the welfare of those villagers forced
to live in the forest. Little information is coming out about the situ-
ation, which is why the Indonesian authorities need to act urgently
to allow local organisations in, or at least provide more detailed
information about how they are looking after these citizens,” said
Josef Benedict.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/
document.php?lang=e&id=ENGPRE200812238799
Send New Year Cards to Chinese Authorities
Chinese New Year is the most important celebration in the Chi-
nese culture. Sometimes called the Lunar New Year, the festival tra-
ditionally begins on the first day of the
first lunar month in the Chinese calen-
dar (which is January 26 in 2009) and
ends 15 days later.
This year, AIUSA is asking indi-
viduals to mark Chinese New Year by
sending greeting cards to the Chinese
authorities, wishing them a happy
new year and asking them to release
Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist impris-
oned for sending an email to a pro-de-
mocracy website in the US.
Look for Chinese New Year greet-
ing cards at your local Asian stores. If
you don’t have access to an Asian mar-
ket, you can make your own cards or
try the following links (print the card
in color, fold it, and use an envelope of appropriate size):
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3030/g00006/downloads/
chinesenew0001_k04l4e.pdf
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3030/g00595/downloads/
chinesenew0009_n04l4e.pdf
Amnesty Internatinal Facts and Figures: Illegal US Detentions
AI Index: AMR 51/147/2008
- 11 January 2009 marks 7 years since the first detainees were
transferred to Guantánamo.
- Nearly 800 detainees have been held in Guantánamo, the vast
majority without charge or trial.
- Approximately 250 detainees were still held in December 2008.
Nearly 100 of them were Yemenis.
- As of December 2008, 26 Guantánamo detainees had been
charged for trial by military commission; 3 had been convicted and
sentenced; charges against 6 had been dismissed (although they
could be re-charged); 6 were facing the death penalty
- By December 2008, approximately 520 detainees had been re-
leased from Guantánamo to other countries since 2002, including
Albania, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Belgium,
Denmark, Egypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya,
Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Spain, Sweden, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uganda, United King-
dom and Yemen.
- A majority of those detained are believed to be held in isola-
tion in Camp 5, Camp 6 or Camp 7.
- Camp 6 was built to house 178 detainees. Detainees are con-
fined for a minimum of 22 hours a day in individual steel cells with
no windows to the outside.
- At least 12 of those held at Guantánamo were under 18 years
old when taken into custody. At least three were still there in De-
When you write to Chinese government authorities, please fol-
low these guidelines:
· Feel free to add your own words of concern about Shi Tao and
about the restrictions on freedom of expression in China.
· Sample message: “You can help bring good news to a prisoner
of conscience and his family in the New Year. Please release Shi Tao
from prison.”
· Airmail postage from the U.S. to China for a 1 or 2-sheet letter
is 94 cents ($0.94).
· While Chinese New Year begins on January 26, 2009, you can
continue sending cards to the authorities through mid-February.
Addresses for Chinese Government Authorities
President of the People’s Republic of China
HU Jintao Guojia Zhuxi
The State Council General Office
2 Fuyoujie
Xichengqu
Beijingshi 100017
People’s Republic of China
Salutation: Your Excellency
Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
2300 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
Salutation: Your Excellency
cember 2008
- At least 4 men are reported to have died in Guantánamo as a
result of suicide. Dozens more suicide attempts have been reported.
- Detainees have been taken into custody in more than 10 coun-
tries before being transferred to Guantánamo without any judicial
process.
- An analysis of around 500 of the detainees concluded that only
5 per cent had been captured by US forces; 86 per cent had been
arrested by Pakistani or Afghanistan-based Northern Alliance
forces and turned over to US custody, often for a reward of thou-
sands of US dollars.
- 14 detainees were transferred to Guantánamo in September
2006 after they had been held incommunicado in secret CIA cus-
tody for up to 4 and a half years; 5 other men have been transferred
to Guantánamo since, at least two of them from secret CIA custody.
- An unknown number of people have been held in secret CIA
custody. At least three dozen people believed to have been held in
secret remain unaccounted for, their fate and whereabouts un-
known.
- Hundreds of people remain detained without charge, trial or
judicial review of their detentions at the US air base in Bagram,
Afghanistan.
www.amnesty.org/counter-terror-with-justice
 Central Africa Regional Action Network

Call for and end to attacks on humanitarian aid workers

On December 22, 2008, Amnesty International issued an online ment. On December 15, 2008, a Congolese humanitarian worker
appeal to stop attacks on humanitarian workers in the Democratic was killed by unidentified gunmen in Rutshuru territory.
Republic of Congo. (http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for- His death brings to more than 100 the number of attacks, vehicle
action/humanitarian-access-drc-displaced-hindered-attacks). It hijacking, shooting and other acts of intimidation against humani-
appeals to the leaders of the armed groups in the Democratic Re- tarian workers, vehicles or facilities in North-Kivu since the begin-
public of Congo and asks them to use their influence to end attacks ning of 2008.
against humanitarian workers.
Please urge your fellow Amnesty International members, activ- Action Request:
ists and anyone interested to take this action or send the appeal
directly to the leaders shown below... Please send a polite email appeal to the following leaders involved
The following is the text of this online action for your use and in the DRC conflict who can end the attacks on humanitarian work-
distribution. Due to the lack of a reliable postal delivery system, ers. Amnesty International is appealing to all parties to the conflict:
Amnesty International requests that if possible, email actions be
sent to the leaders · To allow unconditional and unhindered humanitarian access to
displaced and vulnerable populations.
HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO DRC DISPLACED HINDERED · To immediately end all attacks against humanitarian personnel
BY ATTACKS and property.
· To halt the systematic looting of food supplies.
Thousands of Congolese people fled across the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) border into Uganda in late November. An Send appeals to:
Amnesty International research team was present, recording their
stories. Son Excellence Joseph Kabila
Many of those fleeing had been Président de la République,
on the road for days, carrying what Cabinet du Président de la République,
few possessions they had been able Palais de la Nation,
to gather in the moments before an Kinshasa/Gombe,
armed group attack swept down République Démocratique du Congo
on their towns and villages. Email: cabinet_president@yahoo.fr
Many told the research team
how they had been robbed by ma-
rauding gunmen on the roads lead-
ing to the border inside DRC. Oth-
Sample Letter:
ers witnessed abductions of civilians by armed group fighters, usu-
ally to serve as porters to carry looted goods.
Dear __________
A large proportion of those fleeing were children, many of
whom had become separated from their parents during their flight.
I am writing to you to express my deep concern about the
Around 30,000 have so far sought refuge in Uganda.
situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo where hun-
Elisa, 18 and heavily pregnant, told Amnesty International that
dreds of thousands of people have fled and millions have
her husband had been shot dead a few meters from their home in
died in the past ten years.
Kiwanja by armed group fighters who had then stolen his motor-
I am very concerned that humanitarian workers, who risk
bike.
their own safety to bring emergency aid to displaced and
“We had only been married for six months,” she said. She fled
vulnerable people, have been victims of numerous acts of
in fear and spent four days hiding in the bush before returning
violence and harassment. There have been more than 100
home to bury her husband. Then she took the road to Uganda with
attacks, vehicle hijackings, shootings and other acts of intimi-
her elderly mother-in-law, walking for more than 50km.
dation against humanitarian workers, vehicles and facilities
Within DRC, tens of thousands of displaced remain beyond
in North Kivu since the beginning of 2008, including the kill-
humanitarian assistance because of continuing insecurity. These
ing of a Congolese humanitarian worker by unidentified
people are often without adequate shelter, food supplies, water or
gunmen on December 15, 2008 in Rutshuru territory.
sanitation. More than 10,000 cases of cholera have now been re-
Government and armed group forces have also been respon-
ported in the province.
sible for the looting of humanitarian supplies as well as acts
Across North Kivu, many people are too traumatized and afraid
of violence and intimidation against displaced people.
to go into their fields to collect food, deepening food insecurity and
I am appealing to all you to ensure your forces allow unconditional
levels of malnutrition in the province. Amnesty International has
and unhindered humanitarian access to all displaced and vulner-
received numerous reports of soldiers and armed group members
able populations in North Kivu. I urge you to end immediately all
pillaging food stores and stealing crops. Army soldiers and armed
attacks against humanitarian personnel and property and to halt
group fighters have also deliberately looted food aid after humani-
the frequent looting of food and other humanitarian supplies.
tarian distribution.
Humanitarian workers, braving the roads without adequate
protection, are acutely vulnerable to acts of violence and harass-
(page five)
Rights Groups Demand CIA Turn Over 49 Cables Related to Waterboarding
Lawsuit Seeks Further CIA and DOJ Documents about Secret Deten-
tion, Rendition, and Torture Program
(New York and Washington, DC, December 23, 2008) — The
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must turn over information re-
garding 49 cables it has admitted it has in its pos-
session related to the waterboarding of Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed, said three human rights
groups today.
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), the
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the
International Human Rights Clinic at New York
University School of Law’s Center for Human
Rights and Global Justice (NYU IHRC/CHRGJ)
filed papers Monday night, as part of an ongo-
ing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit they have brought
against multiple government agencies, including the CIA, seeking
information on the administration’s secret detention, rendition, and
torture program.
The human rights advocates are challenging the agency’s re-
fusal to provide these cables related to the waterboarding of Khalid
Mohammed, charging that the government has already publicly
admitted the former ghost detainee and current Guantanamo de-
Amnesty International USA
Group 48
Portland, Oregon USA
Amnesty International Group 48 Newsletter January 2009
tainee was waterboarded while being held in the CIA’s secret de-
tention program. However, in response to this FOIA litigation, the
CIA has refused to adhere to its most basic dis-
closure obligations.
“We can no longer allow the details of the
calculated program of torture inflicted on de-
tainees within U.S. custody to remain secret,”
said CCR Staff Attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez.
“Where convenient, the U.S. government has
acknowledged the use of specific torture prac-
tices. Yet, the government continues to hide be-
hind improper classification arguments in this
case. The public has a right to know what is being done in our
name.”
For more information about the organizations involved, please see
their websites: www.amnestyusa.org www.ccrjustice.org or
www.chrgj.org
To see the most recent documents from this CIA filing, go to
http://www.ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/cia-foia-docu-
ments