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On
January 9, CODEPINK
cofounders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans lead a 15-person delegation
to Guantanamo. The delegation included
family members of detainees, former detainees, detainee
Omar Deghayes's brother and mother,
constitutional lawyers and US peace activists including Cindy Sheehan
and Colonel Ann Wright.
On
January 11-- the International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo -- CODEPINK
and other groups participated in protests around the country, in Cuba,
and around the world to call for the closing of Guantanamo. CODEPINK
will continue to call for fair trials and to lobby congress to overturn
the Military Commissions Act and restore Habeas Corpus.
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 Latest
Videos:
 London's
Guantanamo vigil
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 11 1:46 PM- Protests
against Guantanamo
BBC via Yahoo! News - Jan 11 1:16 PM
- Afghans
want Guantanamo closed
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 11 10:42 AM
- Guantanamo
protest planned
BBC via Yahoo! News - Jan 10 10:55 PM
- 5th
anniversery of Guantanamo Bay
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 09 9:22 PM
- Raw
Video: Cindy Sheehan joins Gitmo protest
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 11 12:10 PM
- Activist
Cindy Sheehan Heading to Guantanamo Bay
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 07 2:25 AM
Latest
News Articles:
- White
House Near Decision to Close Gitmo, ABC News, June 22, 2007
- House
Dems Delay Efforts to Close Prison, RawStory, March 14, 2007
- The
Shame of Guantanamo Exposed in Cuba, By Medea Benjamin,
January 16, 2007
- Worldwide
protests against Guantanamo, Daily Dawn, Pakistan
- Close
Guantanamo, protesters say: Cindy Sheehan was among those who went to
Cuba. Protests were also held in the U.S., Philly.Com, January 12,
2007
- Global
protesters decry Guantánamo, MiamiHerald.Com, January 12, 2007
- Protests
worldwide target US prison at Guantanamo, Boston Globe, January
12, 2007
- At
the gates of Guantanamo, BBC News, January 12, 2007
- Guantanamo
stirs protests: In Cuba, Europe and the U.S., activists decry detentions
at the camp, where terror suspects first arrived 5 years ago, LA
Times, January 12, 2007
- 90
Guantanamo protesters arrested in Washington: organizer, Yahoo!News,
Jan 12, 2007
- 80
Arrested Protesting Guantanamo Detentions, Washington Post, January
12, 2007
- Activists
screen Guantanamo film to Cubans on eve of protest, DailyComet,
January 11, 2007
- New
U.N. chief urges Guantanamo's closing, CNN, January 11, 2007
- Guantanamo
prison draws protests worldwide, Washington Post, January 11, 2007
- Protests
swirl on fifth anniversary of Guantanamo prison, Yahoo!News, Jan
11, 2007
- U.S.
peace activists Welty, Wright, Benjamin and Sheehan attend news conference
at Havana's Jose Marti airport, January 7th, 2007
- 'Peace
mom' turns attention to Guantanamo, CNN, January 6th, 2007
- Peace
activists plan trip to Cuba to protest US base at Guantanamo, International
Herald Tribune, January 4, 2007
- Peace
Activists Plan Trip to Cuba to Protest US Base at Guantanamo, Common
Dreams, January 5, 2007
- CODEPINK
Press Release:
International Delegation Travels to Guantanamo,
Cuba to Protest Infamous US Prison
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Suggested
Actions:
Do
readings of the play Guantánamo: ‘Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'
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Watch
“The Road to Guantanamo”
The terrifying first-hand
account of three British citizens who were held for more than two years
without charges in the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Click
here for more info and downloads.
- View a clip of
the film:
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- Download
“The Road to Guantanamo” Action Guide.
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Watch
PBS video "The Torture Question"
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Read
& learn more
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Here For Guantanamo Photo Gallery, (Jan 9-12, 2007)
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| September
26, 2006: CODEPINK
members from around the country were in Congress all week protesting
the planned Military Commissions Act that will allow indefinite detentions,
the use of coerced evidence, and immunity for CIA and military personnel
for violations of the Geneva Convention. See
related news coverage in the New York Times: Security
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Out of Iraq
Caucus Press Conference, July 13, 2006: Capitol Police officers
talk to Medea Benjamin, left, and Nancy Mancias, both from San Francisco,
Calif., and carrying signs saying"Close Guantanamo", after
they created disturbance during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
on detainee and enemy combatant legal rights on Capitol Hill in Washington
July 12, 2006
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CODEPINK's
Statement Condemning the Military Commissions Act of 2006
Stop
the Torture Action 11-16-05: Chicago Area CodePINK
Action
To Honor American Values on Independence Day
Iraqis'
Human Rights Are Still In Peril, by Medea Benjamin and Andrea Buffa
CommonDreams.Org, December 10, 2005
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