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#NYC Event on #torture: NY City event on CIA Torture Experiments

Dear NRCAT Supporter, I want to encourage you to participate in this important event NRCAT is co-sponsoring with the Metro NY Religious Campaign Against Torture, Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – details and flier below. Two of the panelists are co-authors on the recent report from PHR providing evidence of CIA medical experiments involving the torture of detainees in U.S. custody following September 2001. You'll find details about the report atwww.phrtorturepapers.org, and you can join the formal complaint requesting an investigation by the federal Office of Human Research Protection. Please also visit NRCAT's new…

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