Sign up at www.amnestyusa.org/jan11 to be part of a human chain between the White House and the Capitol in protest of the 10th anniversary of the Guantanamo detention facility! We'll start with a rally in front of the White House with inspiring speakers and then form a human chain down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol.
When: Noon - 2PM Eastern on January 11, 2012 - the 10th anniversary of the Guantanamo detention facility
Where: Meet at Lafayette Square (across from the White House: http://maps.google.com/?maps?hl=en&tab=wl)
Note: Please wear orange or black and bring signs that say "No Guantanamo. No Torture. No Excuses!"
Let us know you're coming or hold a solidarity event in your community: www.amnestyusa.org/jan11
More info: security@aiusa.org
Help spread the word! Please share this event and download and distribute the event flyer.
Why: Guantanamo is a global symbol of human rights violations and lawlessness by the US government. From torture to indefinite detention to military commissions, the human rights violations Guantanamo represents are immoral, illegal under US and international law and--according to military and intelligence experts--ineffective and counterproductive to security.
Despite President Obama's executive order to close Guantanamo, the detention facility remains open--and Congress is on the verge of passing legislation that would keep it that way. At the same time, fear-mongerers like former Vice President Cheney, Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Presidential hopefuls Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann and Rick Pain are calling for a return to water-boarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques"--otherwise known as torture.
On the 10th anniversary of Guantanamo help show the US government and media that citizens demand closure of Guantanamo and an end to human rights violations in the name of national security. We call for detainees to either be charged and fairly tried in US federal court, or be released. We call for an end to Islamophobia and fear-mongering. We call for accountability for torture and demand it is never used again. We call for security with human rights. Join us!
Who: Amnesty International, Witness Against Torture, Center for Constitutional Rights, Physicians for Human Rights, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, No More Guant?namos, Pax Christi, Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition, Catholic Worker, War Resisters League ? World Can?t Wait, Code Pink, War Criminals Watch, School of the Americas Watch, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, 8th Day Center for Justice, WarIsACrime.org, Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5, Rabbis for Human Rights USA, Refuge Media Project, War Criminals Watch. Add your group by emailing security@aiusa.org.
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