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*[[Frida Berrigan]] from Brooklyn, NY | *[[Frida Berrigan]] from Brooklyn, NY | ||
*[[Beth Brockman]] from Durham, NC | *[[Beth Brockman]] from Durham, NC | ||
| − | *[[Anna J. Brown]] from Jersey City, | + | *[[Anna J. Brown]] from Jersey City, NJ |
*[[Charles Burgess]] from Mankato, MN | *[[Charles Burgess]] from Mankato, MN | ||
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*[[Leigh Estabrook]] from Champaign, IL | *[[Leigh Estabrook]] from Champaign, IL | ||
| − | *[[Tom Feagley]] from Malden, | + | *[[Tom Feagley]] from Malden, MA |
*[[Chris Gaunt]] from Grinnell, Iowa | *[[Chris Gaunt]] from Grinnell, Iowa | ||
| − | *[[Nancy Gowen]] from Richmond, | + | *[[Nancy Gowen]] from Richmond, VA |
*[[Lindsay Hagerman]] from New York City | *[[Lindsay Hagerman]] from New York City | ||
*[[Luke Hansen]], SJ, from Chicago, IL | *[[Luke Hansen]], SJ, from Chicago, IL | ||
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*[[Paul Thorson]] from New York City | *[[Paul Thorson]] from New York City | ||
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Revision as of 16:26, 25 March 2010
Witness Against Torture formed in 2005 and has planned several nonviolent direct actions to protest and build awareness about torture and indefinite detention, focusing on Guantanamo prisoners.[1]
Witness Against Torture is affiliated with the War Resisters League, United for Peace and Justice, TASST International, PAX Christi USA, Center for Constitutional Rights and other organizations.[2]
Fasting
The following are lost listed as affiliated with Witness Against Torture and fasting to protest torture, as of March 25, 2010:[3] There were 130 people around the United States who fasted between January 11th and January 22nd, 2010.
- Razia Ahmed from Illinois
- John Bambrick from Chicago, IL
- Mike Benedetti from Worcester, MA
- Frida Berrigan from Brooklyn, NY
- Beth Brockman from Durham, NC
- Anna J. Brown from Jersey City, NJ
- Charles Burgess from Mankato, MN
- Jean Chapman from North Carolina
- Bob Cooke from Gaithersburg, MD
- Bud Courtney from New York City
- Kate Cowley from New York City
- Angela Davis from New Orleans
- Matt Daloisio from New York City
- Marie Dennis from Washington D.C.
- Robby Diesu from Washington, DC
- Leigh Estabrook from Champaign, IL
- Tom Feagley from Malden, MA
- Chris Gaunt from Grinnell, Iowa
- Nancy Gowen from Richmond, VA
- Lindsay Hagerman from New York City
- Luke Hansen, SJ, from Chicago, IL
- Chuck Harris from Blacksburg, VA
- Sherrill Hogen from Conway, MA
- Diane Lopez Hughes from Springfield, IL
- Kate Kelly from Washington, DC
- Malachy Kilbride from Virginia
- Ed Kinane from Syracuse, NY
- Art Laffin from Washington, DC
- Scott Langley from Ghent, NY
- Margo Liebers from Lincoln, NE
- Jack McHale from Virginia
- Joe Morton from Baltimore, MD
- Amy Nee from Florida
- Matthew Ochalek from Erie, PA
- Jake Olzen from Chicago, IL
- Sister Dianna Ortiz from Washington, DC
- Beverly Rice from New York City
- Jack Ryan from Peoria, IL
- Helen Schietinger from Washington, DC
- Anna Shockley from Charleston, SC
- Fr. River Damien Sims from San Francisco, CA
- Adam Stone from Bucyrus, OH
- Ananda Strazzini from Brooklyn, NY
- Eve Tetaz from Washington, DC
- Paul Thorson from New York City
- Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA, from Chicago, IL
External links
- Witness Against Torture website
- Witness Against Torture on Twitter
- Witness Against Torture on Facebook causes
- Biographies of those fasting to end torture
- United for Peace and Justice website