On 4 November 2008, the American people will go to the ballot boxes to vote for a new president, heralding a change for the first time in 8 years. Pitched against each other in a battle of words, both the main candidates have stated their commitment to change and to closing down Guantánamo Bay. The messages given out to the American people and the international community on the issue of US foreign policy has been more of a mixed bag.

On 4 November, the London Guantánamo Campaign invites you to join us for a vigil outside the US Embassy to call on the new American government to commit to upholding human rights and peaceful, legitimate solutions to domestic and foreign issues. Eight years of neo-imperialism, illegal wars, torture, extraordinary rendition and the flagrant and shameless abuse of human rights have not made the world a safer and more secure place but instead have led to economic and social crises, fear, insecurity and terror. We also call on the American people to hold their politicians to their commitments to human rights both at home and abroad.

VIGIL: OUTSIDE THE US EMBASSY
GROSVENOR SQUARE, MAYFAIR, W1A 1AE
(NEAREST TUBE: BOND STREET/MARBLE ARCH)
WITH SPEAKERS AND A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
6-8PM
SPEAKERS INCLUDE ANDY WORTHINGTON AND YVONNE RIDLEY

For more details, please email  london.gtmo@googlemail.com

Organised by the London Guantánamo Campaign
And supported by CAMPACC, Peace Strike, Brighton Against Guantánamo, Peace and Justice in East London, Eastbourne for Peace and Liberty
www.guantanamo.org.uk
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