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“A time comes when silence is betrayal” - Martin Luther King

Documents

   

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

President Bush Signing statement

This statement was issued when the President signed the McCain Amendment. Under the President’s expansive interpretation of executive powers, he states that he may disregard the McCain amendment if he feels it is in the interest of national security

UN Report on Guantanamo Bay

Issued February 15th, 2006

NCC Letter

Letter to Condoleezza Rice from the National Council of Churches urging compliance with the conclusions of the UN report on Guantanamo Bay

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS