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Stop the torture of innocent women in Ecuador.

Ali Rozell, CREDO Action

Stop human rights abuses in Ecuador.

Dear Friend,

It's shocking that this is happening in 2011: At 207 "clinics" across Ecuador, lesbians are held captive, raped, tortured, starved and beaten in an attempt to make them straight.¹

But far from being clandestine, this systematic brutalization of women happens in plain sight, with the tacit approval of the government of Ecuador.

Speak out to stop this unconscionable treatment of innocent women.

We know that the Ecuadoran government is sensitive to international public pressure — they already shut down a small handful of clinics in response to public outrage when the international press first learned of the existence of these clinics.

But we have to keep the pressure on the Ecuadoran government until they close every single clinic that continues to facilitate the torture and rape of women.

Tell Ecuadoran Minister of Public Health Dr. David Chiriboga that the torture and rape of lesbians cannot continue. Demand that he investigate and shut down all remaining 207 ex-lesbian "clinics." Click here to automatically sign the petition.

Paola Ziritti was one of the many women who were placed in one of the ex-lesbian programs. After learning Paola was raped and starved, her mother attempted to remove her from the program — but Paola's "doctors" wouldn't release her for over a year following her mother's appeal to bring her home.

The barbaric practice of holding women against their will and torturing them because of their sexual orientation has to stop. Put simply, there is no moral or medical justification for clinics that employ horrendous tactics in order to "cure" these women and turn them "back to normal."

The Ecuadoran Minister of Public Health has the ability to investigate and shut down the remaining 207 clinics.

He needs to know that the eyes of the international community are on Ecuador, and that we won't stop pressuring him until he has shut every one of the remaining clinics.

Thank you for speaking out against the human rights abuses in Ecuador.

Ali Rozell, Campaign Manager

CREDO Action from Working Assets

1. Survivors of many of these clinics all report the same "treatment program" that includes rape, starvation, and handcuffing.

"Lesbians Escape From Ecuador's 'Ex-Gay' Torture Centers," The Advocate, 10-7-2011

Clicking here will automatically add your name to this petition to Ecuadoran Minister of Public Health Dr. David Chiriboga:

"There are 207 clinics in Ecuador that rape, torture, starve, and chain lesbians in an attempt to make them straight. These clinics commit mass human rights violations against innocent women every day, and I demand that you investigate and shut down all of the remaining ex-lesbian clinics."

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