Witness Against Torture:As Supreme Court Hears Guantanamo Cases Concerned Citizens Fast and Vigil Outside, Appealing For Justice and Rights For Prisoners
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 4, 2007
1:31 AM
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CONTACT: Witness Against Torture
Matthew Daloisio 201.264.4424cell daloisio@riseup.net
Frida Berrigan 347.683.4928 cell frida.berrigan@gmail.com
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As Supreme Court Hears Guantanamo Cases Concerned Citizens Fast and Vigil Outside, Appealing For Justice and
Rights for Prisoners
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WASHINGTON, DC - December 4 - On Wednesday, December 5th , the United States Supreme
Court will hear arguments asserting the legal rights of Guantanamo Bay
detainees.
In Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al Odah v. United States (06-1196)
lawyers for the detainees will argue that their clients have a
Constitutional right and a Common Law right to challenge their detention
through habeas corpus claims in U.S. Federal Courts.
*Outside the Supreme Court, from 9am to 4pm, people concerned with law
and justice will vigil and engage in public education about what is
taking place inside. Many of those witnessing outside will also be
wearing orange jumpsuits and black hoods. Many will be participating in
a 24-hour fast for justice in Guantanamo.*
The presence at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, December 5th is part of
a series of activities to build opposition to torture and abuse at
Guantanamo and is being organized by a grassroots movement called
Witness Against Torture, which walked to Guantánamo to visit the
prisoners in December 2005 and returned to launched the “Campaign to
Shut Down Guantánamo,” which consists of public education and community
outreach, networking and resource sharing, and acts of nonviolent civil
resistance to draw attention to the plight of prisoners in Guantánamo,
and victims of the war on terrorism everywhere. *December 5th , 2007
marks the three year anniversary of Witness Against Torture’s pilgrimage
to Guantanamo.*
In addition to the presence in Washington DC, other vigils taking place
on December 5th include:
New London, Connecticut - St. Francis House is asking people to gather
at 30 Broad St at 11:15 A.M. for a walk to the local court house, then
down to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument for a noontime vigil.
For more information, contact: Fr. Emmett Jarrett, TSSF,
stfrancishouse@mindspring.com ,
860-437-8890
Boston, Massachusetts: Action for the Rights of Detainees and Witness
Against Torture's Boston Bureau are organizing a solidarity
demonstration at the JFK Federal Building, Government Center, from 10 to
11 am. For more information, contact: Scott Langley,
scott@langleycreations.com ,
214-226-0503
On December 4th , students on campuses across the country are coming
together to bring channel attention to this important case on December
5^th . For more information on the student demonstrations, go to:
http://ccrjustice.org/get-involved/calendar/gtmo-student-action
On Friday, January 11, 2008, Witness Against Torture will return to
Washington, DC to mark six years of illegal torture and confinement at
Guantanamo. For more information, visit www.witnesstorture.org
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