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 Guantánamo, 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 Guantánamo, the day that marks the 5-year anniversary of the first prisoners being sent to Guantánamo. “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 Guantánamo. 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 Guantánamo,” 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 Guantánamo should be immediately shut down.”
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http://www.witnesstorture.org/node/504
Please also see:
CALL TO ACTION: International Day of Action to Shut Down Guantánamo
http://www.witnesstorture.org/node/429
Close Guantánamo
http://blogs.amnesty.org/blogs/closeguantanamo?open&day1
Sheehan Leads Gitmo Protest in Cuba
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1165994385531&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout
“All prisoners deserve humane treatment and fair trials, which is not happening in Guantánamo,” 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 Guantánamo should be immediately shut down.”
PLEASE READ!
http://www.witnesstorture.org/node/504
Please also see:
CALL TO ACTION: International Day of Action to Shut Down Guantánamo
http://www.witnesstorture.org/node/429
Close Guantánamo
http://blogs.amnesty.org/blogs/closeguantanamo?open&day1
Sheehan Leads Gitmo Protest in Cuba
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1165994385531&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout