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Amnesty international: Close Guantánamo - join the protest in London

Amnesty international | 10.01.2008 22:11 | Repression | Terror War | London | World

Friday 11 January 2008 marks the 6th anniversary of the first ‘war on terror’ detainees being transported to the US military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Amnesty International is campaigning for the closure of Guantánamo Bay and all other unlawful detention camps.




Please join our demonstration

To mark the 6th anniversary we want as many people as possible dressed in Guantánamo-style orange boiler suits (provided by Amnesty), kneeling outside the US Embassy in London. Anyone can attend - please wear warm clothes but avoid bringing a bag with you.

We will assemble in the South East corner of Grosvenor Square promptly at 9:30am for dressing. The demonstration will take place inside the square from 10:30.

The nearest tube station is Bond Street.

If you would like to wear an orange boiler suit, or just want to let us know you are attending, please contact us at  guantanamoanniversary6@amnesty.org.uk.

Amnesty international
- Homepage: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=627

Additions

Also at U.S. Embassy Fri Jan 11th. 4pm-6pm

11.01.2008 04:32

If you're too late for Amnesty's demonstration, consider joinng us at the U.S. Embassy from 4pm-6pm Friday January 11th. We plan to leave five shrines for those who have died at Guantanamo since it opened 6 years ago.

*Camp 1
June 10th. 2006
3 Suicides
Manel al Otaibi
Yasser al-Zahrani
Ali Abdullah

*Camp 5
May 30th. 2007
Suicide
Abdul Rahman al-Amri

Abdul Razzak, 68
December 30th. 2007
Cancer

The 4pm-6pm vigil is organised by the London Catholic Worker community and in support of the nonviolent direct action happening in Washington D.C. around the same time. For more info on the resistance in D.C. check www.witnesstorture.org

LCW
- Homepage: http://www.witnesstorture.org


Support Anti-War Resister/Prisoners in the U.S.A.

11.01.2008 10:42

Fr. Steve Kelly SJ, Fr.Louie Vitalie, Betsy Lamb and Fr. Jerry Zawada are presently in prison for their nonviolent resistance at the U.S. military torture training school Fort Huachuca in Arizona, USA.

Graduates from Fort Huachuca go on to practise their techniques at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and the secret dungeons of the C.I.A./U.S. military.

More background on the resister prisoners, Fort Huachuca, torture as U.S. policy check out
 http://tortureontrial.org/

The best way to write to the four prisoners is individually and care of the following address
c/o the Nuclear Resister,
PO Box 43383,
Tucson,
AZ 85733
USA

This redirection service will ensure your letter gets to them and is not returned in event of prison move or release.

Having spent 13 months in jail in the enormous facist rabbit warren that is the U.S. prison system, I can't emphasise enough the significance of a postcard or a letter from Ireland or anywhere else.
Prison is designed to break the resister - too isolate, atomise, scare, humiliate, convince them no one cares about them or torture in this case. Solidarity is the only anti-venom we have!

I received a letter from Fr. Louie Vitale recently. I first met Louie in '87 when he was provincial of the Franciscans on the west coast (U.S.). His province were were spearheading nonviolent resistance at the Nevada nuclear test site. The Franciscan Pace Bene were doing interesting stuff with desert spirituality and nonviolent resistance. On release Louie and Jesuit Steve Kelly face further prosecution with some L.A. Catholic Workers for earlier nonviolent resistance at Vandenburg Air Force Base.

Louie was in good form in his recent letter.

Related Link:  http://tortureontrial.org/

Ciaron
- Homepage: http://www.tortureontrial.org


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