A number of organizations are circulating petitions related to the treatment of US detainees. They represent various approaches and priorities - not necessarily ours - but we list some below for those who wish to consider them.

Note: many online petitions have check boxes to add or not add the signer to an email list; so be sure that you set them appropriately.

Amnesty International USA

Urge Congress to: Close Guantanamo, Disclose the Rest

Support legislation: "Extraordinary Renditions" -- U.S. Outsourcing Torture?

Urge Congress to: Establish Independent Commission to Investigate Detainee Abuse

Urge US Authorities to: End All Incommunicado and Secret Detention

Center for Constitutional Rights

Call on Congress and the President for: A Special Prosecutor to Investigate U.S. Torture

CVT (Center for Victims of Torture)

Petition for detentions and interrogation standards, as well as an independent commission.

EPICS (Education for Peace in Iraq Center)

Open Letter for an Independent Commission on Torture

Human Rights First

Urge Senator Warner to: Take a Stand on Torture

Tell President: Torture Should Not Be Tolerated

Physicians for Human Rights

Petition: U.S. Health Professionals' Call to Prevent Torture and Abuse of Detainees in U.S. Custody

Rabbis for Human Rights - North America

Petition: A Jewish Statement Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment of Detainees Under United States Control

Veterans for Common Sense

Independent Commission Open Letter