No more Torture

Protest Against Torture

There was a protest against torture in front of Rep. Peter King’s offices in Massapequa Long Island on June 25, 2006 by a coalition of Groups for Peace and no more torture of anyone. Why Rep. Peter King’s offices because Peter King as been a strong supporter of torture and the School of the Americas (SOA).
The School of the Americas is a notorious combat training school for Latin American soldiers located at Fort Benning Georgia. Over its 59 years, it has trained over 60,000 soldiers in illegal torture techniques. Peter King has always voted against any legislation for reducing funds, investigation or closing the SOA.
Human rights are not just for American citizens, but for the Global citizens. It is time to stop the torture, since September 11th, the United States has openly authorized and utilized torture in the name of the “War on Terror” this is a global human rights crisis. So we rang our bells on June 25, 2006 at 12noon in a global protest against torture so in our small way we can try to bring awareness and maybe change some minds.