PERSONS AGAINST RITUAL ABUSE

PERSONS AGAINST RITUAL ABUSE - TORTURE
AND OTHER FORMS OF NON-STATE ACTOR TORTURE

Jeanne and Linda in Ottawa, Canada, 2007

The Persons Case, 1927 - 1929

WHO WE ARE

Jeanne Sarson MEd, BScN, RN
Linda MacDonald MEd, BN, RN

Since 1993 we have been relationship educators and human rights defenders working with persons who have experienced various forms of relational torture, including ritual abuse-torture. We listen to persons who have survived torture by non-state actors and continue to integrate this research into writings for academic publication. Our goal is to transform the worldview about the reality of non-state actor torture that happens in the home; including ritual abuse-torture.

“We are speaking the unspeakable;
because, without reality there is no truth,
and without truth how can there be healing?”

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WHAT IS NON-STATE ACTOR TORTURE?

Non-state actor torture is torture committed, for instance, by parents, spouses, other kin, guardians, neighbours, trusted adults, or strangers in the private sphere, for example, in homes, warehouses, cabins, rented buildings, in fields, or in various public and private places.

? Is Canada a Torture Free Zone ?

WHAT IS RITUAL ABUSE-TORTURE?

Ritual abuse-torture is one form of non-state actor torture and is about pedophilic parents, families, guardians, and like-minded adults who abuse, torture, and traffic children using organizing ritualisms.

Ritual Abuse-Torture: The Power of Naming

Ritual Abuse-Torture: Torture of Children in the Private Sphere

Songs

Holocaust, song written and performed by Jeannette Westbrook
Produced by Andy Westbrook
To listen click here

A R.A.T. Race, song written by Peter Love
To listen click here
(First music player box, song #8)
To purchase A R.A.T. Race http://www.peterlove.biz

WHAT'S NEW:

Participate in our Research

If you are a person willing to be part of our participatory research please click the 'Cast Your Vote' button below. All of our results will be anonymous. Thank you in advance, Jeanne and Linda

OUR CURRENT RESEARCH IS ON DISCRIMINATION AND STIGMATIZATION.

ON-GOING QUESTIONNAIRES

QUESTIONNAIRE ONE – For persons who have survived torture
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QUESTIONNAIRE TWO – For anyone who wants to share their opinions about abuse vs. torture
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Round-table discussion for Canadian Human Rights Museum
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Behavioural Harms: Enforced and Survival Tactics in Ritual Abuse- Torture Victimization
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Paper Presented at: Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists
Setting Sail: Best Practices for the Next Decade
31st SALIS Conference
May 8, 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Defining Torture by Non-State Actors in the Canadian Private Sphere
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Paper published in First Light - A Biannual Publication of the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT), Page 29-33

Ritual Abuse-Torture Within Families/Groups
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Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2008, pages 419 – 438

Stalking Criminal Harrassment Pamphlet
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Torture Free Zone Fact Sheet
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Communication from the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women to Canada on the issue of Ritual Abuse Torture
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Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural, including the Right to Development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women,
its causes and consequences, Yakin Ertürk
Page 11, para. 47 – 64

Petition to Government of Canada to make Non-State Actor Torture a distinct criminal offence.
40^th Parliament, 2^nd Session
Hansard Report Number 013
February 11, 2009
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(Under Routine Proceedings, Petitions, Torture)

Bill Casey, MP presenting the petition

The following letter was written in response to Australia – Time for action Report on Violence against Women and Children
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Original reports - Australia – Time for action Report on Violence against Women and Children
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Barriers Women face when trying to access Justice at the National Level – A Canadian perspective on Non-State Actor Torture committed in the Private or 'Domestic' sphere
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Report submitted to International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW)

The Rights of the Older Woman
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RELATIONSHIPS CARTOON

In this section we use an animated cartoon character to illustrate and educate about the common and normal responses that persons can experience within the context of healthy, unhealthy, abusive, and ritual abuse-torture relationships.

Our cartoon was animated using the Flash 5 program. You may need to install the Micromedia Shockwave Player to view the Relationships Cartoon.

Click here to install this shockwave program http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/ download.cgi?&P5_Language=English

You will also need version 4 of Internet Explorer or Netscape.

You may have trouble viewing the cartoon if you have a MacIntosh computer or an older version of Windows. Sorry if you cannot view our Relationships Cartoon. How about trying your local library or a friend's computer?

CLICK HERE TO VIEW CARTOON

GLOBAL MAP OF THE PREVALENCE OF RITUAL ABUSE-TORTURE

If you are a person who has experienced ritual abuse-torture, or have a child who experienced ritual abuse-torture, or are the spouse of a person who has experienced ritual abuse-torture, please click on the guest map link and add a mark for the original site where these ritual abuse-torture violations occurred. The map looks a little crowded in some places. You can use the zoom icon at the top of the map. This will give more space to pick your geographical spot. If you have trouble using the map you can e-mail us at flight@ns.sympatico.ca and we will help you.

1. Click the red tack at the top of the map

2. Move, do not drag this tack to the place on the map where the ordeals of ritual abuse-torture occurred and hit this spot on the map.

3. A box will pop up. You need to type something in this box for your mark to stay. You can write a real name, a nick name, initials, or a pseudonym. Pick a little person icon that feels right. Click the flag of the country. Write in the name of the place in the comments section of the box (you can write in other places where ritual abuse-torture occurred in addition to the original site). An e-mail or website are not required.

4. Click the submit box and your mark is on the map.

If you are a helper or bystander click this link to see the evolving global image of the prevalence of ritual abuse-torture.

Click the View My Guest Map icon below to add your mark to our guest map.

Our map only holds 100 submissions at one time. Check the links below to see previous map lists beginning in April 2003.

Map 1 April - June 17/03

Map 2 June 22 - July 26/03

Map 3 August 14 - December 17/03

Map 4 January 14 - March 6/04

Map 5 March 6 - March 22/04

Map 6 March 22 - August 14/04

Map 7 September 10 - November 17/04

Map 8 January 1 - April 5/05

Map 9 April 30 - July /05

Map 10 August 12 - December 19/05

Map 11 January 5 - June 15/06

Map 12 June 19 – December 8/06

Map 13 December 11/06 – August 6/07

TORTURE AND RITUAL ABUSE-TORTURE BY PERPETRATORS WHO ARE “RELIGIOUS” MEN AND/OR WOMEN

This section is dedicated to the persons who have endured torture or ritual abuse-torture by perpetrators who hold religious positions as priests, nuns, ministers, or rabbi, for example. Read and learn from the stories shared or from the summary of media article reports as these become available. Submit your stories, poems, and/or art that are representative of your ordeals of torture or ritual abuse-torture victimization and traumatization by religious men and/or women. Sharing stories with others helps to break the isolation; it helps to realize one is not alone. For persons who have endured abuse perpetrated by religious men and/or women please check our link section for excellent web sites links that focus on abuse by clergy.

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The Modus Operandi of Pedophiles

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Updated November 11th, 2009

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