North Carolina Stop Torture Now is a grassroots coalition individuals representing themselves and a diversity of faith, human rights, peace, veteran, and student groups across the state.
We aim to stop torture everywhere, and have worked since 2005 to expose and end North Carolina's central role in the accleration and escalation of U.S. torture programs guided by the Bush Administration.
Our special focus has been on the "torture taxis" of Aero Contractors, Ltd. of Smithfield, and Centurion Aviation of Fayetteville. Both are nominally private companies linked to the operation of aircraft in clandestine support of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. Extraordinary rendtion is a phrase that disguises the kidnap, detention and torture of individuals alleged to be enemies of the United States, including those guilty of nothing other than being misidentified.
Aero Contractors' headquarters is located at the Johnston County Airport near Smithfield, NC.
A Reading List Instructive books, and web resources on extraordinary rendition, torture, the U.S. torture program and anti-torture activism.
More Allies -- Co-Sponsors of the Oct. 27 Rally
Questionnaires NCSTN sent to every: Gubernatorial and US Senate candidate.
Where Are Rendition Aircraft Flying Today?
Neither live flight data nor arhival material are still available, but we are actively interested in hearing from those with computer skills that could help us acquire and share this data. Please CONTACT US if you can help.
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INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AT ALLIES' WEB SITES:
all of the following links are off-site
ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture)
German Affiliate
ACLU
Press Release of March 21, 2007 (ACLU-NC)
Includes link to 75 organizations calling for investigation of Aero Contractors

Act Against Torture (10 Things You Can Do)
Amnesty International
Call to reveal whereabouts and welfare of 39 disappeared detainees
(a multi-organizational effort)
Bill of Rights Defense Committees
Blackwater Watch
Cageprisoners - Write to forgotten prisoners, take action.
Center for Theology and Social Analysis (St. Louis) - Stop Torture Now Project
Code Pink Women For Peace - North Carolina
Evangelicals for Human Rights
Fayetteville Peace with Justice

Physicians for Human Rights
Video on Torture
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Quaker Intitiative to End Torture
Reprieve (United Kingdom)
Scotland Against Criminalising Communities
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition, International
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Veterans For Peace - Chapter 099, Asheville
Veterans For Peace, Triangle NC Chapter
Witness Against Torture
Video of Action at Whitehouse, April 19
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updated 06 October 2008, JMcI