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The National Religious Campaign to End Torture (an inter-faith movement) is asking for prayers from now until the day after the inauguration for the U.S. to end torture. They have lots of materials to download and distribute, as well as a petition to sign, and a proposed Executive Order which would outline the new U.S. position on torture which they are asking Obama to implement.
http://www.nrcat.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=250&Itemid=185
It also includes a countdown clock:
President Obama can halt U.S.-sponsored torture on his first day in office by issuing an executive order based on the Declaration of Principles. Every hour that passes without President Obama issuing the Executive Order is another hour the world will have to wait to confirm this Administration's rejection of the torture policies of the past.
The countdown clock above was started on the morning of January 11th, the seventh anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo. It is counting down the hours until President Obama's first workday in office, when we hope and expect he will sign an executive order ending torture. If President Obama does not issue an executive order by 9:00 am (EST) on January 21st, the clock will begin "counting up," marking the hours that have passed without an executive order ending torture...
