Jan. 11 - International Day of Action to Shut Down Guantánamo

[marmar]

http://www.witnesstorture.org/


Friday, January 11, 2008: The 6 year anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to Guantánamo.

Last year on January 11th, after 500 people processed from the Supreme Court to the Federal court, 150 people risked arrest on behalf of the men in Guantanamo, with 88 being arrested inside the Federal Court in DC. Many of those arrested withheld their identification and took the names of men at Guantanamo. It was a very powerful day, made possible by the contributions of many in the extended Catholic Worker family.

This year, we again are working with many groups on a demonstration in Washington, D.C. The day will begin with a rally at the National Mall co-sponsored with Amnesty International and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture followed by a “prisoner procession” to the Supreme Court. Endorsed by Bill of Rights Defense Committee, CodePink, International Federation for Human Rights, Network of Spiritual Progressives, Peace Action, School of the Americas Watch, Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International, United for Peace and Justice, War Resisters League, and other groups.

Come to DC or organize a vigil, demonstration or speaker in your own community!

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Shut Down Guantanamo! (Washington, DC)
Start: Jan 11 2008 - 10:00am
End: Jan 11 2008 - 3:00pm
Timezone: Etc/GMT-5
Body:

Prisoners of Guantanamo march to the Supreme Court: A provocative street theater performance involving people wearing orange jumpsuits and black hoods. We will march in an orderly, silent procession, hauntingly evoking the moral disgrace that is Guantanamo. All participants are strongly encouraged to attend a final planning meeting and training on Thursday (January 10th), 4|6pm. After dinner, there will be a public program on Guantanamo from 7-9 pm. Location: St. Stephens and the Incarnation Church, 1525 Newton Street NW, at 16th Street.

January 11th Schedule

10:00 am - Gather at the National Mall for Orientation to Prisoner March (National Mall @ 12th street NW btwn Madison Dr NW & Jefferson Drive SW - near the Smithsonian Metro Stop)

11: 00 am - Permitted demonstration on the National Mall co-sponsored by Amnesty International and National Religious Campaign Against Torture

Noon - Guantanamo Prisoner Procession from the National Mall to the Supreme Court (2 plus miles)

1:30 pm - Funeral Ceremony at the Supreme Court remembering the four men who died in custody at Guantanamo and mourning the death of Habeas Corpus

FIND housing, food, transportation, legal and other logistical info.

Location
National Mall
12th street NW and Madison Dr NW
Washington, DC, 20004
United States

[demnan]

1. I'm going

but they can count me out on wearing the orange jumpsuit. No one wants to see a woman my size in an orange jump suit.