Links page rev. 13 Nov 2008
Links to websites with further information:
 

American Association for the Advancement of Science:  AAAS Science and Human Rights Program.  http://shr.aaas.org 

Amnesty International USA.  Torture Issue Page;  http://www.amnestyusa.org/Torture/Get_Involved/page.do?id=1031009&n1=3&n2=38&n3=1053

Association for the Prevention of Torture - www.apt.ch  (Geneva-based NGO with programs to prevent torture through transparency in detention policies and facilities, support for effective national and international legal torture prevention instruments, and training of individuals and institutions in torture prevention).

Campaign to Ban Torture.  www.campaigntobantorture.org

Center for Victims of Torture.  www.cvt.org

Evangelicals for Human Rights.   www.evangelicalsforhumanrights.org

Human Rights First.   www.humanrightsfirst.org

Human Rights Watch.  www.humanrightswatch.org

National Religious Campaign Against Torture.   www.tortureisamoralissue.org

Physicians for Human Rights.  www.physiciansforhumanrights.org 

School of the Americas Watch.  www.soaw.org  (Advocacy organization founded in 1990, dedicated to closing the School of the Americas, now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Secuirty Cooperation, Ft. Benning, Columbus, GA.  SOA/WHISC is the training site for Latin American militaray and paramilitary personnel in counter-insurgency, military intelligence and counter-narcotics operations, and is notorious after leaks of its "torture training manuals.")

World Organization Against Torture.   www.omct.org  (Geneva-based international network of organizations dedicated to the prevention and treatment of torture.)


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