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| International Protest Day Calls For The End of Guantánamo Bay |
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| Thursday, 06 July 2006 | |
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Guantánamo Bay, a result of the Bush Administration’s ‘War on Terror’ has been the cause of much injustice and heartache for families around the globe. The base set up four years ago has become notorious for the inhumane treatment of detainees. The recent tragic death of the three young men whilst detained has caused further controversy and calls for the illegal base to be closed down. These men along with hundreds of other innocent people have been arrested unlawfully and detained with neither charge nor trial. On the 15th of July 2006, the National Guantánamo Coalition along with many supporting organisations have called for an International Day of Protest demanding the closure of the base. NATIONAL GUANTANAMO COALITIONPRESS RELEASEInternational Protest Day calls for the end of Guantánamo BayGuantánamo Bay, a result of the Bush Administration’s ‘War on Terror’ has been the cause of much injustice and heartache for families around the globe. The base set up four years ago has become notorious for the inhumane treatment of detainees. The recent tragic death of the three young men whilst detained has caused further controversy and calls for the illegal base to be closed down. These men along with hundreds of other innocent people have been arrested unlawfully and detained with neither charge nor trial. Reports of inhumane treatment and torture of both physical and psychological have been revealed to face detainees daily when imprisoned at the base. The international community along with the UN have persistently called for closure of Guantanamo and regardless of much pressure, very little has been carried out in order to get any closer to the permanent closure of the base. On the 15th of July 2006, the National Guantánamo Coalition along with many supporting organisations have called for an International Day of Protest demanding the closure of the base. The demonstrations call to the end of detention, illegality, torture, deaths and Guantanamo Bay as a whole. The worldwide demonstrations will be held in the United States, Australia, Kuwait and Bahrain. The participation of countries worldwide highlights the coming together of people of all different races and religions in order to protest as one body against Guantanamo Bay, and demand for the detainees to be given their basic human rights. MEETING POINT: Marble Arch at 12pm – Saturday 15th July 2006.
The demonstration will make its way through central London, passing by the Home and Foreign Offices, and arrive outside the US Embassy where a number of speakers will call for the end to injustice. London
Birmingham
Brighton
Manchester
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Shazia Parveen:
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Please also take time to sign a petition calling for the closure of Guantanamo and an independant investigation into the deaths
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2006-07-11 09:33:01
abdallah Andersen:
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Assalaam o alikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakathu.
Guantanamo Abu Ghrib Pælestine Irak Gujrat Bosnia tjetjenien Brothers barbra ahmad Dr. Ali Al-Timimi Moazzam Begg (ex-Guantanamo detainee) This is truly a war on islam.What else!?? where do we else see such a treatment of peopel?
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2006-07-11 16:03:41
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