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Sister Dianna Ortiz is a U.S Roman Catholic nun of the Ursuline order. She is a native of the state of New Mexico in the United States. While serving as a missionary in Guatemala in 1989, she was abducted by right-wing forces and brutally tortured. Among other torments she was gang-raped and suffered over 100 cigarette burns. In addition, she was physically forced to stab another woman to death with a machete.

Ortiz has publicly testified that her ordeal was witnessed by an American man of unknown identity who was in charge of the Guatemalan torturers. He ordered them to stop torturing her because her disappearance had been reported by the media. This same man threatened Ortiz with dire consequences if she revealed what had happened to her, including the release of videotapes showing her being raped and killing the woman. When Ortiz came forward with her story regardless, the U.S. and Guatemalan governments staged a cover-up of the incident and a campaign of defamation against her^{[citation needed]}.

Sister Ortiz founded the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC), the only organization in the United States founded by and for survivors of torture. TASSC's current policy campaign is dedicated to repealing the Military Commissions Act of 2006, what the survivors of torture at TASSC call the US Torture Law.

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Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International
Campaign to Repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2006
Interview with Dianna Ortiz
Salon.com review of a book by Dianna Ortiz
Another interview with Dianna Ortiz (Available in transcript, audio and video)

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-'''Dianna Ortiz''' is a [[U.S]] [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] [[nun]] of the [[Ursulines|Ursuline]] order. She is a native of [[New Mexico]]. While serving as a missionary in [[Guatemala]] in [[1989]], she was abducted by right-wing forces and brutally [[torture]]d. Among other torments she was gang-raped and suffered over 100 cigarette burns. In addition, she was physically forced to stab another woman to death with a machete.
+Sister '''Dianna Ortiz''' is a [[U.S]] [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] [[nun]] of the [[Ursulines|Ursuline]] order. She is a native of the state of [[New Mexico]] in the United States. While serving as a [[missionary]] in [[Guatemala]] in [[1989]], she was abducted by right-wing forces and brutally [[torture]]d. Among other torments she was [[gang-rape]]d and suffered over 100 [[cigarette burn]]s. In addition, she was physically forced to stab another woman to death with a [[machete]].
 Ortiz has publicly testified that her ordeal was witnessed by an American man of unknown identity who was in charge of the Guatemalan torturers. He ordered them to stop torturing her because her disappearance had been reported by the media. This same man threatened Ortiz with dire consequences if she revealed what had happened to her, including the release of videotapes showing her being raped and killing the woman. When Ortiz came forward with her story regardless, the U.S. and Guatemalan governments staged a cover-up of the incident and a campaign of defamation against her{{Fact|date=January 2008}}.
-Sister Ortiz founded the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC), the only organization in the United States founded by and for survivors of torture. TASSC's current policy campaign is dedicated to repealing the Military Commissions Act of 2006, what the survivors of torture at TASSC call the US Torture Law.
+Sister Ortiz founded the [[Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition|Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International]] (TASSC), the only organization in the United States founded by and for survivors of torture. TASSC's current policy campaign is dedicated to repealing the [[Military Commissions Act of 2006]], what the survivors of torture at TASSC call the US Torture Law.
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