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Book Talk: Eric Fair, Author of “Consequence: A Memoir” (2016)
Eric Fair, an Army veteran, served as an interrogator in Iraq working as a military contractor. He was stationed at the Abu Ghraib prison and in Fallujah in 2004. In […]
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Colonel Morris Davis, Confronting Torture: How it Makes America Less Safe
Colonel Morris Davis served in the U.S. Air Force from 1983 to 2008. He was the chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay from 2005 to 2007. Col. […]
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Weaving a Net of Accountability: Taking on Extraordinary Rendition at the State and Regional Level
This public conference explores how to achieve accountability for extraordinary rendition in North Carolina and at the regional level. Bisher al-Rawi, a former Guantanamo detainee and torture survivor, will speak via […]
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The Unresolved Legacy of Guantanamo
Renowned writer, Harper’s Magazine editor and lawyer Scott Horton talks about the legacy of the US prison at Guantánamo Bay and accountability for human rights abuses committed during the “war […]
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An End to Torture of the Divine Image
The service will attune us to the cries of the tortured as they rise to the Holy One by means of Divinity’s infinite names, some of which we learn from […]
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Guantánamo Bay: Beyond the Law’s Reach?
Sharifullah, an Afghan Army soldier, was detained by United States forces on January 29, 2003, during a raid on an Afghan military compound where improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found. […]
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Pauli Murray Center: January Book Club
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Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret
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Mendez Award Winner: Reagan’s Gun-Toting Nuns with Theresa Keeley
March 16 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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