Co-Sponsored by AFSC*
When: Tuesday, April 25, 7pm
What: Forum on "Torture: Illegal, Immoral and Ineffective"

Location: Founder's Lounge, Frick Center at Elmhurst College, 190 Prospect
Avenue, Elmhurst

The forum will offer suggestions for action in legislation, public
investigation, and appropriate safeguards against future human rights
abuses.

Distinguished panel members for the forum include: Anthony Ibeagha, a
torture survivor from Nigeria, Joseph Margulies, lead counsel in Supreme
Court case of Rasul v. Bush, involving the Guantanamo detainees, Dr. Antonio Martinez, an expert on Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and consultant to numerous national and international organizations on issues of severe trauma, and Scott Portman, working on projects in Iraq including torture treatment services, detention monitoring and legal assistance for victims of gender-based persecution. The panel will be moderated by Dori Dinsmore, the Director of Midwest Regional Office of Amnesty International USA. Co-Sponsored by several Amnesty International Groups in the Western Suburbs, the Office of the Chaplain of Elmhurst College, and American Friends Service Committee. Admission is free and the public is invited.

Contact: James or Alice Stuhlmacher, 630-690-4890, info@aiwheaton.org