Torture's "comeback" ends now from AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 27JUN11

TORTURE IS WRONG, PERIOD. IT IS NEVER JUSTIFIED, IT IS NEVER THE RIGHT, JUST, HUMANE OR LEGAL THING TO DO. Join Amnesty International's campaign against the propaganda campaign by proponents of torture, click the link to add your name to the call to end torture around the world. 

	Think the fight against torture is over? Think again.
	Torture didn't end after the Dark Ages, the Enlightenment, or the establishment of democracy. Torture continues, and yesterday we commemorated the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. And sadly, the US government's hands are far from clean. Just ask Maher Arar. In 2002 the US government unlawfully detained this Canadian engineer and father of two - likely on the basis of flawed intelligence from Canadian authorities - and sent him secretly, via Jordan, to Syria, where he was held for a year and tortured. Arar was eventually released without charge and completely exonerated by the Canadian government. In 2011, Arar is still waiting for an apology from the US government. Craig, join tens of thousands of other activists calling on President Obama and Congress to apologize to Maher Arar and begin the process of making things right. After all, torturing a human being is always wrong. Always. Yet somehow, there are those amongst us - both inside government and out - who just don't get it. Following the death of Osama bin Laden, torture proponents are out in force again, seeking to justify torture. But there's no justifying the unjustifiable. Fighting the use of torture around the world is one of Amnesty's signature issues. In the past 50 years we have made tremendous strides in pressing governments to criminalize the use of torture. But in the past decade, that progress has stalled. Impunity for torture is still the norm. That ends now. This Torture Awareness Month, we owe it to torture survivors worldwide to fight and win the torture "debate," making sure we end torture, once and for all. Join us by urging the US government to apologize to Maher Arar for their indefensible actions. Sincerely, Zeke Johnson Director, Security with Human Rights Campaign Amnesty International USA P.S. If you're on Twitter, we've got a special job for you. Help us put the pressure on President Obama and the State Department to formally apologize to Maher Arar - all you have to do is retweet!		Help us reach 50,000 signatures Demand an apology for Maher Arar! Even if you've already signed the petition, please share this message with others, so the US government will have no choice but to listen.
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