International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26 June 2013,Press Statement by Abibiman Foundation in Ghana

PRESS STATEMENT

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26 June

Theme: Right to Rehabilitation Let`s make this right a reality”

DATE: 26^th June, 2013

Abibiman Foundation, Solidarity with all political prisoners and prisoners of insulation in all the prisons of the world today

According to Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”,

Torture seeks to annihilate the victim’s personality and denies the inherent dignity of the human being. The United Nations has condemned torture from the outset as one of the vilest acts perpetrated by human beings on their fellow human beings.

Women and Children in Ghana experience both mental and physical torture resulting in loss of self-confidence, insecurity and resilience to deal with other traumatic experiences. Such stress from multiple traumatizes also often the cause for young person to take the plunge into substance abuse, anti-social activities and immoral practices, Even though torture is a crime, torture persists as deep-rooted practice

Serious human rights violations, including torture and ill-treatment, have been and are still today perpetrated with almost total impunity in the name of national security.

Right of all men and women to live free of the fear of torture from inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment in any society, at any time, under any circumstance

Abibimman Foundation, IDAY-Ghana (International Day of the African Child and Youth), AYICC –Ghana and Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP-Ghana), Call for the criminalization of political arrests and the release of all political prisoners in the world

Kenneth Nana Amoateng 

Chief Executive Officer 

Abibiman Foundation 

 www.abibimmanfoundation.org,www.iday.org,/ Tel +233-303-213918