Thursday January 11th. is the 5th. anniversary of the U.S. Prison on Guantanamo receiving its first prisoner.

Thursday January 11th. 2007 will see an international day of action to Shut Down
Guantanamo stretching from Washington DC to Guantanamo Bay to Sydney to London!

*In LONDON the Catholic Worker will be hiolding a vigil on
Thursday January 11th.from 4pm-6pm
outside the
U.S. Embassy
24 Grosvenor Square London, W1A 1AE
More information Ph. 077 2699 7638

*ALSO LONDON
On Wednesday Jan 10th. 6pm outside Downing st.
Join the London Guantanamo Campaign and
its supporters
as we mark this day with a vigil outside Downing Street demanding the closure of the prison.Date:
Wednesday 10th January 2007
Venue: Downing Street
Time: 6pm For more information please contact:
 London_gitmo@yahoo.co.uk /07961033271



*In BIRMINGHAM
Thursday Jan 11th 1.30pm Birmingham
HIATTS - Suppliers of handcuffs, shackles and chains -
for African slaves in the 19th century to the
prisoners in Guantanamo Bay in the 21st
On the fifth anniversary of the illegal prison camp
at Guantanamo Bay, join our birthday protest outside
the Hiatts factory in Birmingham
11th January - 1.30pm
BALTIMORE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM 42
For more information, contact: 07721 427690
/ bhamguantanamocampaign@yahoo.co.uk
Break the Shackles
Break the Chains
Close Guantanamo Bay
www.guantanamo.org.uk

*In WASHINGTON DC there will be major civil nonviolent
disobedience on Thursday January 11th,
check out www.witnesstorture.org for more details.

*International Delegation Travels to GUANTANAMO, CUBA to
Protest Infamous US Prison
Delegates include mother of current prisoner, former Guantanamo
detainee, and high-level US peace activists
On January 9-13, a first-ever international delegation of former
prisoners, families of current prisoners, US lawyers and human rights activists
will travel to Guantanamo, Cuba to hold a conference on prison abuses and
march to the Cuban-side security gate of the US Naval Base to call for the
closure of the illegal prison. The protest in Cuba is part of the January 11
International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo, the day that marks the
5-year anniversary of the first prisoners being sent to Guantanamo.
"I am traveling all the way from Dubai because by heart is
overflowing with grief over the abuse and ongoing detention of my son," says Zohra
Zewawi, whose son has been tortured and blinded in one eye during his
detention, and has never been charged or tried. Her son was imprisoned in September 2002 and is still a prisoner in Guantanamo. Asif Iqbal, a former detainee who was freed on no charges after years of abuse, is coming to show his
support
for the basic rights of detainees.
All prisoners deserve humane treatment and fair trials, which is not
happening in Guatanamo," says retired US Army Colonel and delegate
Ann Wright. "US federal courts, not military commissions, should hear the
cases against those charged with terrorist acts and the infamous prison in
Guantanamo should be immediately shut down."
The group, organizing by US groups CODEPINK: Women for Peace and
Global Exchange, will hold a press conference in Havana on January 9, a
conference in Guantanamo on January 10 on prison conditions and international
law, and then on January 11 will march from the center of Guantanamo to the
security gate of the US Naval Base where the prison is located to hold an
interfaith service and call for the closing of the prison. The group will then
travel to Havana to debrief the press on January 13. A smaller group will
then travel to the US to lobby Congress to shut the prison, restore Habeas
Corpus, repeal the Military Commissions Act, and give all detainees
fair trials or release them.
In both Guantanamo and Havana, the award-winning film Road to
Guantanamo will be screened, with a post-showing dialogue with e film
co-producer Mat Whitecross and former prisoner Asif Iqbal, whose horrific story of
detention is portrayed in the docu-drama.
The 12-person delegation also includes renowned US "peace mom" Cindy
Sheehan whose son was killed in the war in Iraq; Adele Welty whose
firefighter son was killed on 9/11; US human rights/peace leader Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange and CODEPINK; retired US Colonel and diplomat Ann Wright who resigned over the invasion of Iraq; and legal director of the US
Center for Constitutional Rights Bill Goodman who has taken the cases of
Guantanamo detainees to the US Supreme Court.
On January 11, the International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo,
protests will be held all over the world, including England, Australia and Holland.
In the US major protests will take place in Washington DC and New York City,
plusdozens of cities throughout the country, including outside the US
Southern Command in Miami.
For interviews with delegates traveling to Cuba, contact Medea
Benjamin by phone or  medea@globalexchange.org. For information about US and other international protests on January 11, see www.witnesstorture.org or
contact Matt Daloisio, 201-264-4424.

There will also be actions at the following locations......
Jan 11: Actions Around the Globe
Check www.witnesstorture for more information
Below is a developing list of cities that are organizing events as part of the January 11th International Day of Action. Click on the city for more information about their event.
Albany, NY
Amherst, MA
Amsterdam, Holland
Boise, Idaho
Brevard, NC
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Doral, FL
Chicago, Illinois
Corvallis, Oregon
Dublin, Ireland
Duluth, Minnesota
Glasgow, Scotland (Jan 10)
Greenfield, MA
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Goose Creek, SC
Edinburgh, Scotland
Eureka, CA
London, UK
Lansing, MI (Jan 12)
Managua, Nicaragua
Miami, Florida
Minneapolis, MN
New Haven, CT
Melbourne, Australia
Montclair, NJ
Newcastle, Australia
New Haven, CT
New York City, NY
Northhampton, MA
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
San Andreas, CA
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
Saratoga Springs, NY
Seattle, WA
Sydney, Australia<
Syracuse, New York
Tallahassee, FL
Tuscon, AZ
West Chester, PA
Warsaw, Poland (Jan 6)
Washington, DC
Wichita, KS