Please join us(or be with us in spirit) in the following events in honor of

Torture Survivors and The Third Annual United Nations Day

Commemorating Victims and Survivors of Torture

24-HOUR VIGIL:

Beginning 7:00 a.m., June 26, 2000

OPENING PRAYER SERVICE AT 8:00 AM (come share in blessing this day)

Ending 7:00 a.m., June 27, 2000

Lafayette Park (across from the White House)

Washington, D.C.

Organized by:

The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC)

PANEL DISCUSSION: USING INFORMATION TO COMBAT TORTURE:

What the U.S. Should Contribute

With: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, (D-OH)

Sister Dianna Ortiz, TASSC

Professor Doan Viet Hoat, RFK Human Rights laureate

Kate Martin, National Security Archive

10:00 a.m., June 29, 2000

2358 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C.

Sponsored by:

The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights

RECEPTION: June 29, 2000

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Amnesty International

600 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E.

Fifth floor

Washington, D.C.

Co-sponsored by:

Amnesty International

Guatemala Human Rights Commission /USA

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights

To RSVP for the panel discussion or the reception, please call Brenda

Strickland at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights at

(202) 463-7575, ext. 269 or e-mail strickland@rfkmemorial.org.