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26 June:International Day Against Torture:Demo in Support of Rendition Victims

London Guantánamo Campaign | 23.06.2010 17:51 | Guantánamo | Repression | Social Struggles | Terror War

26 June is international day in support of victims of torture, please join us for a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Mayfair, London, to call on Obama's government to put an end to its international practice of kidnap and torture affecting thousands AKA extraordinary rendition

On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture,
the London Guantánamo Campaign invites you to

A DEMONSTRATION IN SOLIDARITY WITH VICTIMS OF
EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION
Date: Saturday 26 June 2010
Time: 2-4pm
Venue: outside the US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street/Marble Arch)

Speakers include:
Yvonne Ridley, Journalist
Baroness Sarah Ludford, Lib Dem MEP for London
Ilyas Townsend, Justice for Aafia Coalition
Joy Hurcombe, Brighton Against Guantanamo
John Clossick, Stop The War Coalition
Liz Davies, Chair, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers and others


Torture. Kidnap. Waterboarding. “Disappearances”. Sensory deprivation. Simulated live burial. "Ghost" prisoners …all in a day’s work for the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme. An international “spider’s web” of illegal torture facilities has sprung up over the past decade with the collusion of the international community. Estimates of the number of victims range from 40,000 to over 200,000. President Obama has not promised to put an end to the practice of extraordinary rendition. Prisons such as Bagram continue to grow in size and stories of torture and abuse, including those involving the British security services, continue to emerge. This illegal practice and international complicity in it must end.
No to torture and enforced “disappearance”. Yes to justice and respect for human rights and the rule of law.

Organised by the London Guantánamo Campaign
For more details, please e-mail: london.gtmo[at]gmail.com
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London Guantánamo Campaign
- e-mail: london.gtmo[at]gmail.com