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Event
- Title:
- Close Guantanamo Now - 20 Years Too Long
- When:
- 01.11.2022 - 01.11.2022 16.00 - 18.00
- Where:
- NY Public Library - New York
- Category:
- Community Events
Description
The US torture camp at Guantánamo was hastily set up in 2002 by the U.S. military under the orders of the Bush regime, with the authorization of Congress, to threaten the world by illegally detaining and holding prisoners indefinitely without charges. It became a training ground to develop torture “enhanced interrogation” techniques, drawing on brutal methods used by tryannies around the world in an official governmental effort to subvert, ignore, and trample on the rule of law.
U.S. actions at this camp are war crimes in clear violation of the Geneva Conventions and international law.
On Tuesday January 11, the heinous - and some felt unthinkable - 20th anniversary will leave 39 men, 13 of whom have been approved for release, some for many years, still imprisoned. Another 14 are “forever” prisoners, without charge or path to trial. Only 12 have charges….out of 779 men imprisoned. Nine of those died, three of suspicious “suicides.”
Join us January 11 to demand Close Guantanamo Now on the New York Public Library steps.
Initiated by World Can't Wait. Co-sponsored by War Criminals Watch and NYC War Resisters League (list in formation).
Confirmed speakers:
Seth Farber - Attorney and writer.
Nancy Hollander - Attorney for Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Abd Rahim Al-Nashiri as well as Chelsea Manning.
Debra Sweet - Director, World Can't Wait.
Jeremy Varon - Activist and professor of history.
Seth Farber - Attorney and writer.
Nancy Hollander - Attorney for Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Abd Rahim Al-Nashiri as well as Chelsea Manning.
Debra Sweet - Director, World Can't Wait.
Jeremy Varon - Activist and professor of history.
Venue
- Venue:
- NY Public Library
- Street:
- 5th Avenue at 42nd Street
- ZIP:
- 10018
- City:
- New York
- State:
- NY
- Country:
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