PRESS
STATEMENT
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 26
June
Theme: Right to Rehabilitation Let`s make this
right a reality”
DATE: 26th 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”,
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
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