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Consider a Resolution in Support of Campaign to Make North Carolina a No-Torture State.
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Staff:
Department:
Ralph D. Karpinos, Town Attorney
Town Attorney's Office
Overview: The attached Resolution would urge the Governor and Attorney General of North Carolina to hold private contractors involved in torture programs accountable for their actions.
Recommendation:
That the Council consider the attached resolution and take such action as it deems appropriate.
Background: On February 13, 2017 the Town Council adopted a Resolution supporting the work of the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture. At that time the Council received information on the work of the Commission.
On November 7, 2018, the Town Council received a petition asking the Council to pass a proposed resolution urging the Governor and Attorney General to hold private contractors in North Carolina accountable for their involvement in torture programs and to enforce state, federal and international law.
Attachments:
* Resolution
* Petition Requesting Resolution
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF CAMPAIGN TO MAKE NORTH CAROLINA A NO-TORTURE STATE (2018-12-05/R-5)
WHEREAS, the non-governmental North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture (NCCIT,www.nccit.org) was established to examine the role of North Carolina in the United States' secret, global torture program launched soon after 9/11/2001; and
WHEREAS, the volunteer led NCCIT has conducted an inquiry into the use of our public airports by the CIA to facilitate torture and learned that Aero Contractors, a CIA affiliated company, transported at least 49 people for torture, many of them innocent of any terrorist ties; and
WHEREAS, Aero Contractors is headquartered at the Johnston County Airport in Smithfield, and also used the state-run Global TransPark in Kinston for "torture taxi" flights; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina citizens have been calling since 2005 for investigation of Aero Contractors, and sup...
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