In this SOA Watch Email Newsletter:
Legislation to Suspend Operations at the School of the Americas and to Investigate its Connection to Human Rights Abuses in Latin America Introduced in Congress.
Colombian SOA Graduate Arrested for his Participation in Massacre
Believe Together: June 24th Interfaith Mobilization for Health Care for All
24-Hour Vigil to End Torture on June 27, 2009 in Washington, DC
Father Larry Rosebaugh ¡Presente!
Contact your Representative Now!New SOA/ WHINSEC Legislation Introduced in Congress!
 On May 21st, 2009, Representative Jim McGovern introduced HR 2567 in the House of Representatives with 42 original cosponsors! This new legislation would suspend operations at the SOA/ WHINSEC and investigate the association of torture and human rights abuses associated with the school.
We need your help generating more cosponsors and support for HR 2567! Visit the Legislative Action Index on our website to learn more about how you can get involved and add your cosponsor as a supporter of this legislation. Use our Online Action to send an automatic email or fax to your Member of Congress or access our sample call script and the toll-free congressional switchboard phone number to make your views heard in Washington! You can also access the updated list of cosponsors at the bottom of the Legislative Action Index.
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For more information, please contact the Legislative Coordinator of SOA Watch, Pam Bowman at pbowman@soaw.org or 202-234-3440.
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Colombian SOA Graduate Arrested for his Participation in Massacre
 Saturday 23 May 2009, by Prensa – Colectivo: A preventive measure of detention was issued against the former commander of the Palacé Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Jorge Alberto Amor Páez, by the specialized human rights prosecutor in the city of Calí, Juan Carlos Oliveros Corrales. This warrant confirmed Amor Páez’s participation in the massacre of 24 peasant farmers, which took place in the rural communities of Alaska, Tres Esquinas and La Habana, in the municipality of Buga in the department of Valle del Cauca, on October 10, 2001.
Believe Together: June 24th Interfaith Mobilization for Health Care for All
 On June 24th, on Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C., national religious networks and chaplaincy organizations will sponsor an Interfaith Service of Witness and Prayer for Health Care for All, with echo events across the country, and with lobby visits to congressional offices on behalf of comprehensive health care reform. The event will draw attention to the moral message offered by every American faith tradition: quality, accessible, and affordable health care coverage for all, this year. Over 30 national faith-based organizations, including SOA-Watch, have endorsed this event, as have numerous regional and local religious entities. For more information, and to add the endorsement of your faith community, please visit the website: www.WeBelieveTogether.org
24-Hour Vigil to End Torture
 For its 12th consecutive year, the Torture Abolition Survivor Support Coalition (TASSC) will hold a 24-Hour Vigil in Washington, DC, on Saturday, June 27, across from the White House. The Vigil will be attended by survivors of torture from around the world and supported by many friends and colleagues.
Commemorating the U.N. International Day in Support Of Torture Victims and Survivors
When: Saturday June 27, 2009
Where: Lafayette Park, in front of the White House
Organized by: TASSC International and Friends of TASSC
Father Larry Rosebaugh ¡Presente!
In sadness, we share that Fr. Larry Rosebaugh OMI was shot to death in Playa Grande, Guatemala on May 18th. He was a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He was killed by gunmen in an alleged carjacking while he and 4 other Oblates were on their way to a meeting. The gunmen escaped and did not take the van. One other Oblate, Fr. Jean Claude Nowama OMI was wounded, although not mortally.
Larry Rosebaugh, along with Fr. Roy Bourgeois MM and Linda Ventimiglia carried out the first action at Fort Benning in 1983. After scaling a tree, they played one of Romero’s final sermons overlooking the barracks where the Salvadoran soldiers were training. Larry served 15 months in prison for the action. Many of us see this as the beginning of movement in the US.
Since the 1960′s when Larry began protesting the Vietnam war he found him self in front of many judges and in numerous prisons for his protests against the School of the Americas, nuclear arms and war. In 1975, he was assigned to the missions in Brazil, where he spent 6 years. Returning to the US in 1981, he was a member of the Catholic Worker House community in New York City for 4 years, spent some time in El Salvador as a volunteer with Christian Volunteer Ministries, and, in 1993, was assigned to the Oblate mission in Guatemala, where he was serving when he was killed During his many years of ministry, Fr. Larry, often known as Fr. Lorenzo, was an advocate for peace and justice wherever he served. His autobiography, To Wisdom through Failure, was published in 2006. He spoke and read his new book at the 2006 November Vigil.
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