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DESCRIPTION:Stop torture!  End the torture flights!\n\nVigil Against Torture at 
 Jeppesen headquarters\n\nJeppesen is a San Jose company that profits from 
 illegal kidnappings and torture. The company handles the logistics for the 
 CIA's so-called "extraordinary rendition" flights -- torture 
 flights.\n\nThis action honors the International Day in Support of the 
 Victims of Torture.  June 26 is the anniversary of the effective date of 
 the UN's Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading 
 Treatment or Punishment.  \n\nThe UN Convention Against Torture clearly 
 states that no country may "extradite a person to another State where there 
 are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being 
 subjected to torture." The convention entered into effect on June 26, 1987 
 and was signed by the U.S. in 1988. This means that the CIA’s practice of 
 "extraordinary rendition" -- outsourcing the interrogation of suspected 
 terrorists to countries known to practice torture -- violates U.S. as well 
 as international law.\n\nSan Jose-based Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary, has 
 been accused of providing logistics for those "extraordinary rendition" 
 flights. The U.S. Justice Department intervened in a lawsuit against 
 Jeppesen, claiming that state secrets would be revealed if the lawsuit were 
 allowed to go ahead.  But in July 2006, Jeppesen Managing Director Bob 
 Overby told employees, "We do the torture flights."\n\nSuppose a local 
 company had been accused of sex trafficking or drug running? Wouldn’t 
 there be a general outcry and condemnation? Should law-breakers be able to 
 do business freely in our city? Why is Jeppesen still a respected member of 
 the San Jose business community?\n\nFor more than a year, San Jose Peace 
 and Justice Center and other activists in San Jose and on the Peninsula 
 have been organizing protests against Jeppesen, demanding that it cut ties 
 to the CIA and torture flights. Jeppesen has so far refused to respond. 
 Tell Jeppesen: "We don't want torturers in our community! Stop working for 
 the CIA!"\n\nEndorsed by these Peninsula and South Bay groups affiliated 
 with the Iraq Moratorium project: \nAmerican Muslim Voice, Council of 
 Churches of Santa Clara County, Declaration of Peace - San Mateo County, 
 Global Peace Partners, Gold Star Families Speak Out, Green Party - Santa 
 Clara County, Jewish Voice for Peace - South Bay Chapter, Los Altos Voices 
 for Peace, Mountain View Voices for Peace, MoveOn District 14 Council, 
 Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice, Pacifica Peace People, Peace 
 Action of San Mateo County, Peace Umbrella - Unitarian Universalist Church 
 of Palo Alto, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Raging Grannies Action 
 League, The Rebuilding Alliance, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, San 
 Mateo County Democracy for America, South Bay Mobilization, Veterans for 
 Peace, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom - Peninsula 
 Branch\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/29/18502896.php
SUMMARY:Vigil Against Torture
LOCATION:Jeppesen Corporate Headquarters\n225 W. Santa Clara St. #1600, San Jose
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/29/18502896.php
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