In May of 2003, three Christian PeaceMaker Teams members were refused entrance to Airport Detention Center near Baghdad Iraq. As we stood there, two taxis arrived filled with families desperate to get information about fathers, brothers, and sons seized in raids of homes and on the street.

After that we found many other families in the same situation. We began a campaign, not claiming innocence or guilt of the prisoners, but calling for their basic human rights to be respected. Now twenty five of us Christians from peace groups across the United States are marching toward Guantanomo where Iraqis and others are being held. They are being held with out access to visitors, legal representation and many are experiencing torture and inhumane, degrading, and humiliating treatment.

Tom Fox, a Christian Peace Maker Team member who is being held hostage in Iraq, said just before his capture, “War and oppression make people less human than they should be.”

We march praying that all prisoners. We are marching as close as we can get to Guantanomo praying for prisoners, guards and all who war makes less human than they should be.

We will arrive tomorrow fasting and praying at the first gate of the demilitarized zone. We beg for release or fair trials for all the prisoners held there. We humbly beg the same thing of the kidnappers of the CPT members held hostage in Iraq.