An Event to Remember: Torture, the White House and TASSC
This entry was posted on 3/9/2007 6:04 PM and is filed under TASSC, torture.
3/9/07 – Members and friends of the Torture Abolition and
Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) gathered in front of the
White House today to remember the victims and survivors of torture. Many of
those in attendance were survivors of torture. Tragically, torture is still being practiced
by over 150 countries around the world today. TASSC focuses on the United
States Federal Government because it is one of those 150 countries and the Central Intelligence Agency and the School of the Americas
trained the interrogators who disappeared and tortured some of the survivors in
attendance.
TASSC, an organization founded by survivors of torture with
a vision of a torture free world, will be holding a twenty four hour vigil in
front of the White House on June 23
rd. TASSC has organized and
supports many Communities of Healing around the world and members of the
Communities fly to the United States every June to participate in the vigil and
share their experiences and techniques in their quest to overcome their torture
experiences.
Full disclosure: I am a regular volunteer with TASSC and
have been a paid employee in the past.
Sister Dianna Ortiz, founder and Executive Director of TASSC
Orlando Tizon of TASSC
Sister Alice Zimmerman, a longtime TASSC volunteer
