[Antiracism] Re: [AriseAction] PRESS RELEASE: JANUARY 11 ACTIONS TO SHUT DOWN GUANTANAMO

Fri Jan 5 10:29:22 EST 2007

Hello, everybody.

In addition to the events in Northampton and Amherst on the 11th, there 
will be a solidarity rally and speak-out on the Greenfield Town Common on 
Saturday, January 13, at 11 a.m. The annual commemoration of the 
anti-war/human rights legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., co-sponsored 
by the Greenfield Weekly Peace Vigil and the Coalition for Women's Lives, 
will be dedicated this year to the prisoners at Guantánamo.

Susan Dorazio (367-9356)

At 08:50 PM 1/4/2007 -0500, Marty Nathan wrote:

>DATE: January 2, 2007
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>Against Secrecy and Torture
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>FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Marty Nathan 413-584-1079 or 
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>“Fifth Anniversary of Guantanamo Prison Marked by Local Actions Demanding 
>Its Closure”
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>On Thursday, January 11 the Pioneer Valley Coalition Against Secrecy and 
>Torture (PVCAST) will mark the fifth anniversary of the opening of the 
>U.S. prison at Guantanamo with a “Shut Down Guantanamo” demonstration from 
>noon to 1 pm on the lawn of First Churches, 129 Main Street, Northampton.
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>In Amherst the January 11th anniversary will be marked by a candlelight 
>vigil on the Common at 7 pm followed at 7:30 by the showing of a short 
>film at the Unitarian Society of Amherst, 121 North Pleasant 
>Street.  Speaking on the Common and at greater length at the film showing 
>will be Attorney Buz Eisenberg who helped secure the repatriation of a 
>young Saudi detainee in 2004 and currently serves on a legal team seeking 
>habeas corpus rights for many other detainees. The film, produced by 
>Amnesty International, is titled "Outlawed: Rendition, Torture and 
>Disappearances in the War on Terror". The Amherst events are sponsored by 
>the local social justice group SAGE and the Amherst group of Amnesty 
>International, in cooperation with PVCAST.
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>In the past five years more than one thousand men and boys have been 
>imprisoned at Guantanamo. Accounts of cruel, inhuman and degrading 
>treatment have been condemned by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch 
>and other reputable bodies.
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>Not a single prisoner has been charged, tried or convicted of any crime. 
>Many have been released because no evidence has been found against them, 
>but more than 430 men remain in indefinite detention without hope of release.
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>Far from shutting down the prison, a permanent prison has recently been 
>built and the Defense Department is claiming the right to build a new 
>courthouse at Guantanamo, without Congressional approval, at an estimated 
>cost of $125 million, in spite of an already existing courtroom.
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>PVCAST was formed last year to educate the public about and demand an end 
>to government sanctioned torture, “extraordinary rendition” (abducting 
>foreign nationals for detention and interrogation in secret overseas 
>prisons) and domestic surveillance of American citizens. The Coalition 
>held a community forum last spring and is currently circulating a petition 
>asking for the repeal of the Military Commissions Act which further 
>deprives Guantanamo detainees of fair treatment and fair trials.
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>The actions on January 11, 2007 are part of an “International Day to Shut 
>Down Guantanamo.” Local endorsers include the Western Mass AFSC, ACLU of 
>Massachusetts, Smith College Group and Groups 76 and 128 Amnesty 
>International, Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Arise for Social Justice, 
>Buddhist Peace Fellowship-Pioneer Valley, Granby / South Hadley Peace and 
>Justice Committee, Justice for Woody, Men’s Resource Center, Northampton 
>Committee to Stop the War in Iraq, Out Now, Pioneer Valley Interfaith 
>Coalition for Peace and Justice, Rosenberg Fund for Children, SAGE, and 
>Social Workers for Peace and Justice.
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