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Title:
16 years of Guantánamo and a year of Trump: The struggle for justice continues
When:
01.07.2018 - 01.14.2018 
Category:
Community Events

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In addition to the rallies taking place in Washington DC and around the country on Jan. 11th, the following events and actions will be taking place in Washington DC during this week.

Tuesday, January 9, 6:30 pm
UNJUSTIFIABLE MEANS BY MARK FALLON

Kramer Books, 1517 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036

“President Trump wants to bring back torture. This is why he’s wrong…In Unjustifiable Means, Fallon reveals this dark side of the United States government, which threw our own laws and international covenants aside to become a nation that tortured—sanctioned by the highest-ranking members of the Bush Administration, the Army, and the CIA, many of whom still hold government positions, although none have been held accountable.”  –kramers.com

Wednesday, January 10, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
THERE IS A MAN UNDER THAT HOOD: CLOSING GUANTANAMO AND ENDING TORTURE

Impact Hub, 419 7th St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20004

PEACE POETS – ANDY WORTHINGTON – ALIYA HUSSAIN – BOOK LAUNCH

Sponsored by Witness Against Torture & Center for Constitutional Rights

Please join us for a performance, speakers, and book launch on the eve of our annual January 11 demonstrations against Guantanamo. The book — “There is a Man Under that Hood” — sets the words of Luke Nephew’s (Peace Poets) remarkable poem of that title to images of anti-torture demonstrations: photographs taken or curated by Justin Norman (WAT). The afterword is written by Omar Farah, Senior Staff Attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Thursday, January 11, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
GUANTANAMO UNDER TRUMP

New America, 740 15th St., NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20005
ANDY WORTHINGTON – KAREN GREENBERG – THOMAS B. WILNER – MODERATED BY PETER BERGEN

“What will happen to the prison and its detainees in the remaining years of the Trump administration? Will Donald Trump reverse course and increase the number of detainees held there? Will the prison ever close?”  –newamerica.org

 

Close Guantánamo, Stop Torture: Seeking Justice and Resisting Islamophobia in the Age of Trump

Witness Against Torture invites you to join them in community in Washington, DC,  January 7 – 14, for Witness Against Torture’s 2018 Fast for Justice.  Please let them know you’re coming-- for the week or any part of it-- by sending an email to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

They will gather for a week of events marking a tragic and ongoing history:  After 16 years, the US detention camp at Guantánamo remains a living symbol of US torture and human rights abuses and a place of misery for the 41 Muslim men it still houses. Five of the men have been long cleared for release and yet still languish there.  The Trump administration is holding 26 of the detainees for indefinite detention without charge or trial. The Pentagon has plans to try only a small handful of the prisoners.

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