Fwd: [NATURAL_DEFENCE] SECRET U.S.A. TORTURE NETWORK

Mirimir mirimir at riseup.net
Tue Dec 13 01:27:46 PST 2016


Interesting:
http://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/session9/US/ITHACA_IthacaRights.pdf

http://www.guardianshipgonebad.com/
http://stopguardianabuse.org/victimsandtheirstories.htm

Revenge on the Boomers?

On 12/13/2016 02:05 AM, grarpamp wrote:
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> From: ECOTERRA Intl. <office at ecoterra-international.org>
> Date: Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 12:03 AM
> Subject: [NATURAL_DEFENCE] SECRET U.S.A. TORTURE NETWORK
> To: MAILHUB <mailhub at ecoterra.net>
> 
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 
> NEW REPORT TO U.N. SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
> BLASTS SECRET U.S.A. TORTURE NETWORK
> 
> LAKE ARROWHEAD, CA. 12 December 2016: A ground-breaking report just
> released to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture by the activist
> organization ITHACA reveals the existence of a massive, secret
> imprisonment and torture system that targets tens of thousands of
> Americans each year. Some have estimated it yields annual profits
> upwards of $40-billion annually to the perpetrators. (1)
> 
> The report contains affidavits of some 90 individuals documenting
> violations of the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture,
> including isolation, contraindicated forced drugging, starvation,
> medical neglect, intimidation, coercion, unnecessary/inappropriate
> medical procedures, and physical and mental abuse. The victims are not
> charged or convicted of any crime and are often denied legal
> representation.
> 
> “Our report, Adult Guardianships as a Form of Torture in the United
> States, uncovers something far worse--owing to its scope and extent--
> than the secret network of CIA prisons revealed last year by the U.S.
> Senate Intelligence Committee,” comments ITHACA spokeswoman Janet
> Phelan.
> 
> “These victims are not terror suspects. They are ordinary US citizens
> who fell into a system which is geared towards fleecing their assets,
> with no regard for their well being.”
> 
> Unlike the overseas “black sites” of the USA, the ITHACA report points
> out, the domestic torture system barely reaches the public
> consciousness because it is protected by a fearsome network of judges,
> attorneys and other court officers, court-appointed guardians, law
> enforcement, APS social workers, psychologists and medical personnel.
> Some of the so-called care facilities are little more than prisons
> that isolate vulnerable seniors from their loved ones—often from all
> outside contact.
> 
> Then the victims are “treated” while their finances are drained in a
> variety of ways, sometimes through documents they are coerced through
> a variety of “ways” to sign. Once their finances are sufficiently
> depleted, death often follows swiftly. And the evidence is frequently
> quickly destroyed by cremation before loved ones have a chance to see
> the body or get an autopsy.
> 
> Those fighting to defend their loved ones - and sometimes lawyers or
> others who make the mistake of trying to help - also face retaliation,
> detailed in the ITHACA report. This can include disbarment for
> attorneys and loss of licenses for medical and other professionals. In
> some cases, families are ruined by legal costs trying to save a loved
> one trapped in the system.
> 
> One account details an impoverished woman with a disabled husband
> threatened with $9000 in legal fees for objecting to a court-appointed
> guardian who was issued letters of guardianship, in violation of state
> law, listing false credentials. This threat was used to force her to
> drop the objection. Others grow sick from the hopeless struggle and
> die of heart attacks or other illness—sometimes under suspicious
> circumstances. Still others face legal harassment and are forced to
> leave the country. As detailed in the report, some have faced jail or
> prison.
> 
> The ITHACA report points out a major loophole for potential torturers.
> There is little hope from the higher courts, despite the fact that
> many victims and their loved ones should be protected by the Americans
> With Disabilities Act (ADA), states the report:
> 
> “The US Supreme Court has taken a position concerning guardianship and
> probate matters. Known as “the probate exception,” this essentially
> removes the Supreme Court from any necessity on issuing decisions in
> matters arising in state probate courts. The difficulty in finding
> remedies to exhaust is enhanced by the tendencies of probate courts to
> issue gag orders and restraining orders against litigants, which may
> bar them from exercising their legal rights to make further reports or
> otherwise engage justice agencies.”
> 
> That’s right. The ITHACA report reveals to the U.N. Special Rapporteur
> that the USAmerican legal system is complicit in this alleged
> wholesale looting and torture of seniors. The local courts have the
> power—and use the power—to seal records containing damning evidence,
> have photographs proving potential torture destroyed, issue gag orders
> to relatives and witnesses, and issue various restraining orders that
> prevent the exposure of  cross violations of the U.N. Convention on
> Torture by the USA.
> 
> [END]
> 
> NOTE TO REPORTERS:
> The complete report and attachments are available from ITHACA, P.O.
> Box 50, PMB 207, Lake Arrowhead, CA 92352, Tel.: (541) 708-3534.
> 
> (1) Estimate on pg. 53 of “Guardianship: How Judges and Lawyers Steal
> Your Money,” by M. Larsen, Copyright 2015, M. Larsen. ISBN No.:
> 0692586210.
> 
> 
> MEDIA CONTACT:
> Janet Phelan, Co-chair
> ITHACA
> e-mail: janet_c_phelan[AT]yahoo.com>
> phone: +1 (541) 708-3534
> 
> RELATED:
> To publish research findings like the above soon might be banned in the USA
> see: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-10/senate-quietly-passes-countering-disinformation-and-propaganda-act
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