Children of the 20th Century wars must bear witness to the tragedies our government has imposed upon the world in the surge for world domination. We cannot call it anything else. Africa, America, Europe, Vietnam, Iraq, what country will next suffer from such "liberation" ? Warmongers and financial manipulators leave bullet holes and bomb craters wherever they go, with our silent complicity. We then have the audacity to ask why they hate us. There is no they, only WE, the people who work for our daily bread. It is up to us, not US, to bring down those who care nothing for our life and liberty. Please, for decency sake, take some form of action on January 11, even if only by wearing a bit of orange as you go about the day. Start a conversation, don't be afraid! You may be surprised by who agrees with you.
The 6 year anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to Guantánamo
--- Joseph Margulies, a lawyer challenging the indefinite detention of the prisoners at Guantánamo
On January 11th, 2002, twenty hooded and shackled men shuffled off a plane from Afghanistan, arriving at the U.S. prison at Guantánamo. In an attempt to sidestep the Geneva Convention protections for prisoners of war, the Bush administration created a new category of "enemy combatant" for these men captured in the "war on terror."
We call on the United States government to:
* Repeal the Military Commissions Act and restore Habeas Corpus.
* Charge and try or release all detainees.
* Clearly and unequivocally forbid torture and all other forms of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, by the military, the CIA, prison guards, civilian contractors, or anyone else.
* Pay reparations to current and former detainees and their families for violations of their human rights.
* Shut down Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, Bagram and all other U.S. prisons overseas, including secret CIA detention facilities.
http://www.witnesstorture.org/
No comments:
Post a Comment