London Guantánamo campaign action on 11 January 2009
The London Guantánamo Campaign with partner organizations held a demonstration outside the US Embassy in Mayfair on January 11, 2009.
Speakers included Green MEP for London Jean Lambert, CND Vice President and peace activist Walter Wolfgang, veteran peace campaigner and prisoner rights activist Bruce Kent, Martin Linton, Labour MP for Battersea, Camilla Jelbart, Campaign Coordinator at Amnesty International’s International Secretariat, Joy Hurcombe from Brighton Against Guantánamo and Imam Shakeel Begg from Lewisham Mosque.
Rap artist Mohammed Yahya performed a special song he had composed in solidarity with the detainees, and Mousa Brown who had been detained at Belmarsh and later acquitted by a jury in a “terror” trial spoke of his own experiences in the UK and how difficult it was for him and his family, even though he still had some access to them.
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On 10 January, Slovenian actors read poems and testimonies from Guantanamo detainees in the main square of Ljubljana, stopping people on their way from market. It was very cold but many signed postcards which we are planning to send to US embassy on the 20th of January together with the film from the event.
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Amnesty International / Action in Luxembourg, Guantanamo 7th anniversary
On the 12th of January 2009, Amnesty Luxembourg carried out an action on the 7th anniversary of Guantanamo in the main square of the city of Luxembourg.
We had a stand with information about the latest developments regarding the closure of Guantanamo and the detainees. Our volunteers walked dressed up as Guantanamo detainees: they collected signatures for the postcard to President elected Obama (155 signed postcards) and they asked to people to write messages to Obama on the orange overalls.
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Washington DC: On a chilly January 11, 2009, Amnesty International USA joined with Witness Against Torture for a very orange rally to shut Guantanamo. Approximately 250 people took part.
On Tuesday, January 13th during the evening rush hour, the New York Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International USA held a candlelight vigil to close Guantanamo in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. Approximately 50 people attended.
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En el séptimo aniversario de la llegada de los primeros presos al centro de detención de Guantánamo, Amnistía Internacional se ha concentrado frente a la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Madrid.
Bajo los lemas: “Bye Guantánamo” y “Cómo cuándo”, los activistas de la organización han pedido el cierre de este símbolo de la “guerra contra el terror”.
Visita la página web de Amnistía Internacional en España.
