PRESS RELEASE: Over 80 Arrested in Guantánamo Protests at Supreme Court

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 11, 2008

DIRECT ACTION TODAY DEMANDED SHUT-DOWN OF GUANTANAMO AND AN END TO TORTURE AND INDEFINITE DETENTION

WASHINGTON, DC – Early this afternoon, over 80 activists organized by Witness Against Torture delivered a message to the U.S. Supreme Court demanding the shut-down of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo and justice for those detained there. 35 activists were arrested inside the Court building and another 35 on the steps. The arrests followed a solemn march from the National Mall of 400 persons that included a procession of activists dressed like the Guantánamo prisoners in orange jumpsuits and black hoods – part of an International Day of Action that was endorsed by over 100 groups and that included 83 events around the world.

Former Guantanamo Detainees Deliver Letter to 10 Downing Street

PRESS RELEASE

09 January 2008

Former Guantanamo Detainees Deliver Letter to 10 Downing Street
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LETTER EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:00hrs GMT FRIDAY 11^th JANUARY

As Supreme Court Hears Guantanamo Cases Concerned Citizens Fast and Vigil Outside

WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, December 5th, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments asserting the legal rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

DRAMATIC DEMONSTRATION TO CALL FOR SEN SCHUMER TO VOTE DOWN ATTORNEY GENERAL

News Advisory from WITNESS AGAINST TORTURE
DRAMATIC NOV. 6 DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE SENATOR SCHUMER’S OFFICE TO CALL FOR SCHUMER TO VOTE DOWN ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINATION

MICHAEL MUKASEY WRONG ON TORTURE, ILLEGAL SPYING, PRESIDENTIAL POWERS

CHARGES DISMISSED FOR ANTI-TORTURE ACTIVISTS, BUT FOURTEEN OF THEM ARE LATER ARRESTED AT THE WHITE HOUSE

On April 18, 2007 at 9:30 AM, around fifty anti-torture activists went to U.S. District Court, 333 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. for trial to face a charge of disorderly conduct as a result of a January 11 arrest in the atrium of the same courthouse. Courthouse officials seemed surprised that the defendants appeared in Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson’s courtroom.

CCR Release: Supreme Court Denies Immediate Review of Guatanamo Cases

Supreme Court Denies Immediate Review of Guatanamo Cases

CCR Disappointed That Clients May Wait Another Year In Detention Without Meaningful Way To Challenge Imprisonment

New York and Washington, DC - The Supreme Court announced today that it would not be hearing the cases of the Guantánamo detainees for the time being. The Court denied the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel's motion to hear the case with three justices dissenting and two issuing a statement that the detainees should exhaust the process set up by the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA), allowing for limited appeals from the decisions of military review panels, before they would consider ruling on constitutional questions. Attorneys with the Center for Constitutional Rights expressed disappointment with the ruling.

International Day of Action Press Release

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
Witness Against Torture

Press Release

January 11th, 2007:
The International Day to Shut Down Guantánamo

International Delegation Travels to Guantanamo, Cuba to Protest Infamous US Prison

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 Guantanamo, 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.

International Day of Action Begins with Warsaw 1/6/07

Warsaw, Poland
Damien Moran
Approximately 40 people from various anarchist groups, including the Warsaw Anarchist Federation, Anarchist Black Cross, and the Pupil's Initiative gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw at 12 noon on Saturday January 6th (I know, 5 days early!) in solidarity with the International campaign to Shut Down Guantanamo.

CATHOLIC JUSTICE ACTIVISTS MARK INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY WITH “END TORTURE – SHUT DOWN GUANTANAMO” VIGILS

For Immediate Release: December 8, 2006
Contact: Matthew W. Daloisio, 201.264.4424; Frida Berrigan, 347.683.4928; Ethan Vesely-Flad, 510.701.5267

Catholic Justice Activists Mark International Human Rights Day With "End Torture – Shut Down Guantanamo" Vigils at St. Patrick's Cathedral & Other Catholic Cathedrals Nationwide; Vigils to be held in NYC, Des Moines, Boise, Wichita, Winona, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Washington DC, & at Loyola University in Chicago