[NYTr] Gitmo Gulag Day of Action Against Torture - Wash, DC - Jan 11

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

For San Francisco Action See:
https://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20080107/073817.html

For more info of actions elsewhere, see:
http://www.witnesstorture.org/jan11_events

Sponsored by:  Act Against Torture, AFSC

More info:  http://www.actagainsttorture.org/events.html#Gitmo6

If you're not able to join an action in San Francisco or elsewhere,
please wear orange on Friday, wherever you are.  A set of "talking
points" compiled by the ACLU may help you to explain to colleagues,
neighbors, and friends why you're wearing orange to demand Guantanamo's
immediate closure:

http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/closegitmo/gitmo_talkingpoints.pdf .

Act Against Torture
ActAgainstTorture at riseup.net
http://www.ActAgainstTorture.org

------------------ Washington, DC Action --------------------

sent by Kevin Martin, Peace Action - Jan 7, 2008

Mark your calendar. This January 11th is the 6th anniversary of the
first transfer of detainees to Guantanamo Bay. To mark the occasion we
are taking part in a worldwide protest denouncing torture and unlawful
detentions.  The largest protest will be in Washington but nation-wide
Peace Action affiliates will mark this day with their own actions.
Find out about the local events happening that day near you, here.

Orange jumpsuits provided...

An AI protester stands outside the US Supreme Court to mark the 5th
anniversary of Guantanamo Bay detentions. Join us January 11th on the
National Mall.

At U.S. embassies and other prominent locations in Great Britain, the
Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Greece and right here in Washington DC,
activists will rise up against the failed interrogation regime at
Guantanamo.

Join us on the National Mall in Washington, DC on January 11th.

    WHEN: Friday, January 11th at 11am
    WHERE: National Mall at 12 St NW (Smithsonian Metro)
    WHAT: Protest. Arrive early so you can suit up in an orange
jumpsuit and join the visual count of current detainees.

Join peace and justice activists all over the world and across our
nation to call for the closure of Guantanamo Bay, we cannot relent
until justice prevails.

Counter terror with justice at home and abroad.

Sincerely,

Kevin M. Martin
Executive Director
Peace Action