The Berkeley Says "No" to Torture coalition was joined by the Berkeley City Council with a unanimous vote on their Peace and Justice Commission's resolution "to educate the community about torture."
- 10-10-10 Authors event: Andy Worthington (The Guantanamo Files...) and Justine Sharrock (Tortured: When Good Soldiers Do Bad Things) at Revolution Books).
- 10-11-10 Film and discussion: Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo with co-producer Andy Worthington at the BFUU Fellowship Hall.
- 10-12-10 Day of protest of John Yoo, author of the Torture Memos teaching Law at UC Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall). Also, join World Can't Wait, lawyers and students for a debate over Yoo's theories and legal work defending torture at UC Berkeley.
- 10-13-10 A Round-table of Writers on Torture including Barry Eisler (Inside Out) at the University Lutheran Church. Also, Defying Torture - The Art of Dissent: A conversation with historian/critic/activist Peter Selz and artists Clinton Fein and Richard Kamler at the UC Berkeley Art Museum Theater.
- 10-14-10 Forum on Torture and the Law, Torture and Human Rights: with Marjorie Cohn (past president National Lawyers Guild), Andy Worthington, Shahid Buttar (Bill of Rights Defense Committee) and Debra Sweet (National Director, World Can't Wait)
- 10-15-10 Panel - Psychologists and Torture: Adrianne Aron and Ruth Fallenbaum at UC Berkeley Law school. Also, Readings from "Reckoning with Torture - An Evening of Conscience." An Evening of Conscience with Andy Worthington, Marjorie Cohn, Ray McGovern, Ann Wright, Mimi Kennedy, devorah major, Jeffrey Kaye, Fr. Louis Vitale, Renee Saucedo, Jason Leopold, Kathy Roberts, Abdi Soltani Sponsored by the Boalt Alliance to Abolish Torture (BAAT) and the National Lawyers Guild, Boalt Chapter at UC Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall).
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PRESS RELEASE
9-26-10, Contact: Linda Jacobs (415) 410-4484
Berkeley City Council Declares "NO To Torture" Week Oct. 10-16
In a move welcomed by civil liberties and human rights groups nationally, last week the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved a resolution declaring "Berkeley Says No to Torture" Week (October 10-16). The resolution emerged from a grassroots campaign supported by many local organizations and leaders.The campaign will present a week of public educational events, featuring prominent writers, attorneys, protest leaders, artists and religious leaders...
