Washington, DC

Commemorate Torture Awareness Month by joining T'ruah, NRCAT and many other co-sponsors on June 25, 2013 for "Healing a Culture of Torture," featuring UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez.

Healing a Culture of Torture
Date: Tuesday, June 25th
Place: Lutheran Church of the Reformation
212 East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C.
Time: Reception: 6:30 pm. Presentation: 7:00-9:00 pm

Featured Speaker:

• Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Panel Responders:

• Aileen Bacalso, Secretary General of the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances
• Zeke Johnson, Director, Security & Human Rights Program, Amnesty International
• Rev. Mike Neuroth, Policy Advocate for International Issues, UCC’s Justice and Witness Ministries’ Office

Co-sponsors include Advocates for Survivors of Torture & Trauma, Amnesty International, Center for Victims of Torture, Council on American–Islamic Relations, Interfaith Action for Human Rights, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, The Refuge Media Project, Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition, T’ruah – A Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, War Criminals Watch, Witness Against Torture, World Can’t Wait.