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Banner holders arrested

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:19:14 -0500

Holding Banner, Jan 11: Shut Down Guantanamo! Art Laffin is being cuffed, Patrick Stanley is about to be arrested on the steps of the US Supreme Court.
Photo by Liz McAlister

Ellen's Voice Fills the Great Hall of the Supreme Court

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:09:44 -0500

Gathering in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, Ellen sings a call and response: the sacred tree of life. Her voice breaks the silence of the marble building.
photo by Liz McAlister

Holding pen for those arrested on the steps of the US Supreme Court

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:03:05 -0500

Those arrested outside, for walking up the steps to the Supreme Court, were cuffed and held in this outside area until well after dark. Many had wet clothes from the earlier rain.
photo by Liz McAli

Arrests Underway

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:59:47 -0500

Inside the US Supreme Court, arrests are underway.
Photo by Liz McAlister

Attempt to unfurl banner inside Supreme Court

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:54:01 -0500

Inside the US Supreme Court, we tried to unfurl the banner that read "Close Guantanamo."

photo by Liz McAlister

U.S. Supreme Court is shut down!

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:51:29 -0500

As the people gathered inside, as orange shirts emerged, as words of support for the prisoners were heard, the Supreme Court was closed!
photo by Liz McAlister

Banner outside the Supreme Court, Jan 11, 2008

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:34:22 -0500

Art Laffin, Kate Grady DeMott,Martha Hennessy, Leah Grady Savitz, Patrick Stanley and Tom Feagley hold banner on steps..on the landing.. in front of the Supreme Court.
Photo by Liz McAlister

Shut it Down!

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:27:07 -0500

Inside the Supreme Court, as arrests are happening, a chant wells up out of our grief: "Shut it Down!"

Photo by Liz McAlister

Why are we here today at the Supreme Court? Jan 11, 2008

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:21:50 -0500

Bill Frankel-Streit begins to read: We come to the Supreme Court today because it is the sixth anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo prison as a place were men, given the devious label "enemy comba

Inside the Supreme Court, Supreme Court Police confiscate banner which said "Close Guantanamo."

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:12:30 -0500

Jan 11, 2008 inside the Supreme Court, police confiscate banner which said, "Close Guantanamo."
Photo by Liz McAlister

Inside Supreme Court, putting on orange shirts

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:07:07 -0500

Inside the Supreme Court on Jan 11, 2008, the program started in the Grand Hall and we put on our orange "Shut Down Guantanamo" shirts.
photo by Liz McAlister

Las Vegas Action Day Close GITMO

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:37:38 -0500

For slideshow of the Las Vegas Action Day Close GITMO click the following link

Photos by Hossein Mokhtar Massacre and Torture Survivor from Iran

http://picasaweb.google.com/hosseinmzebaei/JAN11

US Supreme Court Jan 11 2008

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:37:17 -0500

Wearing black hoods and orange jumpsuits, a first wave of "prisoners" approach the supreme court and are arrested. Photo by David Meieran.

Amanda Daloisio, a founder of Witness Against Torture, and son Tobias, applaud in front of the Supreme Court as her husband Matthew is arrested for holding a sign reading "Shut Down Guantánamo." Phot

October 27, 2007

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:00:58 -0500

"Guantánamo cage" on the march during the October 27 Regional Demonstration in NYC to End the War in Iraq. Photo by Tam Turse http://www.TamTurse.com