January 11th: Vigil, Procession and Press Conference [DC]

Eight Years since the opening of the Guantánamo Prison

11:30 am: Gather in Lafayette Park (H Street and 16th) for 11:45 arrival at the White House (plaza between the White House and Lafayette Park) for “No More Guantánamos” Theater and Rally.

Following a theater performance comparing the Bush and Obama records on human rights, indefinite detention and Guantánamo, speakers will address the White House, demanding that Guantánamo be closed, the rule of law restored, and those who designed and executed torture policies held to account. We will launch the Fast and Vigil for Justice, which will end on January 22, the administration’s self-imposed deadline for closing the Guantánamo prison. Nearly 100 people from around the country (and 40 or so in Washington, D.C.) will participate in the 12-day fast.

We will have orange jumpsuits, hoods and signs at the White House. Please join us, and bring colleagues and friends. For more information,
contact us.

12:30pm: Guantánamo Prisoner Procession

From the White House to the National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC.

1:00: Public Briefing with the Center for Constitutional Rights

Human rights activists and lawyers from CCR, Witness Against Torture, and other groups will hold a public briefing. The briefing will include an update on conditions at Guantánamo and the struggle of detainees for justice, as well as the reading of letters from released and exonerated detainees addressing the Obama administration’s failure to fulfill the terms of his Executive Order closing Guantánamo.

National Press Club - 529 14th Street NW, Murrow Room, Washington

later that day...

7pm: Evening Gathering @ GU Law – Guantanamo, Torture, Accountability and Organizing in the Obama age.