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Several dozen activists from Amnesty International demonstrated in the front of the Prime Minister office in Warsaw on April 4. They urged Polish authorities to conduct a transparent investigation the secret CIA detention centres in Poland.
Participants at Saturday’s event wore white masks and yellow question and presented short statements on behalf of individuals that had been arrested and tortured during the “war on terror”.
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Art Attack, a festival of activist poetry was held from March 12-March 14 in Zagreb. The festival, held this year for the first time, was organized by the English Students’ Club in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb in Croatia.
On the last day of the Festival, Amnesty International Croatia organized a video projection of short movies and video clips on human rights violations committed in the name of security.
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Over 100 people, mostly students, attended the meeting with Rhuhel Ahmed – former Guantánamo detainee in Warsaw on April 2, 2009. Ahmed’s visit in Poland coincided with the launch of AI Poland’s Counter terror with Justice campaign.
“At the time when some people say, that tortures are justified during the ‘war on terror’ we have an unique possibility to hear testimony of the person that survived the hell of tortures in Kandahar and Guantanamo”, said Draginja Nadazdin, Director of Amnesty International’s section in Poland, introducing Rhuhel Ahmed to the public.
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Italy marked the Guantánamo anniversary on Jan 17 in Rome, with 254 activists dressed in orange jumpsuits representing 254 prisoners still in Guantánamo, with a corresponding prisoner name and number.
The activists marched in single file around central Rome and during the demonstration, Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome, signed our petition and send out a public statement supporting Amnesty International initiatives.
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In a joint action with Witness Against Torture on 30 April, approximately 200 people marched from the US Capitol to the White House to mark President Obama’s first 100 days in office.