School of the Americas Watch-Los Angeles,

Palisadians For Peace & The Church In Ocean Park

 

Invite You to a Special Evening

 

Uncommon Courage

Patricia Isasa

Saturday, February 28^th - 7:00 PM

Church In Ocean Park

235 Hill Street, Santa Monica 90405

Fresh Tamales for Sale at 6:30 PM

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Special Guest
Demissie Abebe
Executive Director of TASSC

(Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International)

Mr. Abebe was tortured after he tried to expose corruption

in an agency responsible for development and assistance to the poor

in his native Ethiopia.

 

MC

Jim Lafferty

Director of the National Lawyers Guild LA;

 Host of  “The Lawyer’s Guild Show” - Thursdays at 7pm on KPFK;

  A Fellow of the Institute for the Humanities at USC;  A national leader in the

 anti-war and social justice movement in the U.S. for nearly 50 years.

 

Music

Jose-Luis Orozco

 

$10 Requested Donation

(No one will be turned away for lack of funds)

For more information:  310-573-1901  -  ulisandra.paz@verizon.net
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Also 

 

Survivor of Torture Speaks Out

You are Invited to Share an Evening with

Patricia Isasa

 

Thursday, February 26th - 7:00 PM

at

St. Matthias Episcopal Church

7056 Washington Avenue, Whittier  90602

(Corner of Wardman & Washington Ave)

 

Free Event

 

For more info call (562) 587-6270 or (562) 698-9154

Free refreshments will be provided

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Argentine torture survivor Patricia Isasa has fought for justice and transparency for 30 years.  Patricia was abducted by the military and police in her native Argentina when she was only 16 years old.  She was tortured and held for over 2 years at one of the 375 clandestine detention and torture centers set up during the dictatorship.  Unlike so many of the disappeared.  Patricia survived and was released (1979).

 

She then compiled complaints to be presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, which was about to visit Argentina.  She was again abducted with another 30 men and women.  She was released after 3 days, but was one of only 4 to survive.   Due to her exhaustive research  her torturers were put in jail and are awaiting trial.  Even after receiving death threats in recent years, she has continued to work tirelessly and courageously to bring her perpetrators to justice .  After constant postponements in the trial date,  Patricia expects to finally be able to testify in her case this summer. 

 

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