[Peace-presence] Halloween demonstration against torture

[Bob Tregilus]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: 10/16/2006

CONTACTS: Alexanderia Mason, 775-342-3132, alexanderialmason at yahoo.com

CALENDAR ITEM: Halloween demonstration against torture

FACT SCARIER THAN FICTION

RENO, NV -- Dead by asphyxiation, strangulation, hypothermia or blunt 
force beating – forms of torture acknowledged and used by the U.S. 
Government on more than 27 detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Come 
costumed as the dead and rally in support of humanity and human rights 
law to let U.S. leaders know they should stay out of the International 
War Crimes Tribunal.  This haunting is prompted by the passage this 
month of the Military Commissions Act which prohibits any person from 
invoking the Geneva Conventions or their protocols as a source of rights 
in any action in any US court. Further, the act legalizes actions 
similar to those that lead to the deaths of 27 individuals in U.S. custody.

WHEN:  Tuesday, October 31, 2006 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM

WHERE:  Bruce R. Thompson U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse,
400 South Virginia Street, Reno, NV

ADMISSION: Free

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