rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/close-guantanamo-now-rally?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-close-guantanamo-now-rally' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> World Can't Wait https://actionnetwork.org/groups/world-cant-wait-3 https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/events/photos/001/358/163/normal/Screenshot_2022-12-18_at_8.51.10_PM.png Close the US torture camp at Guantanamo NOW Wednesday January 11 4:00 - 6:00 pm on steps of NY Public Library, 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue Sponsored by: World Can’t Wait; Witness Against Torture; NYC War Resisters League; Peace Action NY State, Veterans for Peace NYC Chapter 34 {list in formation: write info@WorldCantWait.org} RSVP & share here | on Facebook The Bush regime set up a detention camp on Guantanamo in January 2002, designed deliberately to be out of reach of US and international laws, as part of their “war on terror." 779 Muslim men were detained, almost all held for years with no charges.  9 died there; 735 have been released without apology or reparations.  21 of the remaining have been “cleared” for release, many of those when Obama was president.  3 of the remaining are called “forever” prisoners who the government will never charge, nor release, because to do so would reveal the torture methods the government developed on them.  Very few were ever found guilty of a crime, and none received legal due process. The open violations of human and legal rights of those detained — secret “renditions,” torture by third country allies, “enhanced interrogation," via the CIA -- shocked the world; and yet, the US has upgraded Guantanamo.   We gather on the 21st anniversary of this torture camp to say: Close Guantanamo NOW End indefinite detention without trial; allow prisoners to defend themselves Immediate release and repatriation to join their families for 21 men who have been “cleared” for years Health care & financial support for those men who have been “freed” but unjustly denied years of their lives through detention outside the law Join us to hear from experts on the prisoner’s situation, to participate in street theater and song. https://actionnetwork.org/events/close-guantanamo-now-rally