CAGEPRISONERS PRESS RELEASE – 15 July 2006
The recent tragic death of three detainees whilst detained in Camp Delta has resulted in renewed calls for the facility 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 getting any closer to the permanent closure of the base.
CAGEPRISONERS PRESS RELEASE – 15 July 2006
The recent tragic death of three detainees whilst detained in Camp Delta has resulted in renewed calls for the facility 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 getting any closer to the permanent closure of the base.
On the 15th of July 2006, Cageprisoners as part of the National Guantánamo Coalition along with many supporting organisations has 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, Yemen, 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 Camp Delta, and demand for the detainees to be given their basic human rights.
UNITED KINGDOM
Meeting Point: Marble Arch, London
12pm – 4pm
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.
For further details, you can download the flyer at:
www.cageprisoners.com/internationalprotest.jpgSupporting organisations include:
The National Guantanamo Coalition, Birmingham Guantanamo Campaign, Cageprisoners, London Guantanamo Coalition, Save-Omar Campaign, Reprieve, Manchester Guantanamo and Belmarsh Campaign, Scotland Against Criminalising Communities, Stop the War, Amnesty International UK, Campaign Against Criminalising Communities, Stop Political Terror, Islamic Human Rights Commission, 1990 Trust, Islamic Forum Europe, Hizb-ut-Tahrir UK, Muslim Safety Forum, Young Muslim Organisation UK, Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK, British Muslim Initiative, Muslim Association of Britain, Muslim Directory, Muslim Voices
Contact: Asim Qureshi
Email: asim.q@cageprisoners.comLondon: 0044 (0) 7973264197
Birmingham: 00447721427690
Brighton: 00447796478421
Manchester: 00447808173031UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NEW YORK
Vigil, Noon-2pm
Washington Square Park, NYC
(Northern end, under the arch)Organised by: St Mary’s Church, The Riverside Church Global Justice and Peace Ministry, The Center for Constitutional Rights, Witness Against
TortureIf you are not in New York, consider organizing a vigil or demonstration in your own community.
On our website, we have a list of ten things you can to in the work to
Shut Down Guantanamo. http://www.witnesstorture.org/what_you_can_doWASHINGTON DC
White House, Washington, DC
Friday, July 14th Noon-1pm
Contact: Art Laffin, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker
Email: artlaffin@hotmail.com
Phone: 202-882-9649VERMONT
The Square, Springfield, Vermont
Saturday, July 15th, 3-4pm
Contact: Martha Hennessy
Email: marthahennessy@tds.netCONNECTICUT
New Haven Green, New Haven, Connecticut
Saturday, July 15th 6-7pm
Contact: Mark Colville, Amistad Catholic Worker
Email: amistadcwh@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 203 624-5517
For more information on the NYC action or for help in organizing
something in your local community:Contact : Centre for Constitutional Rights
Email: ebetru@ccr-ny.org
Number: 001 2126146477Contact: Witness Torture
Email: frida.berrigan@gmail.com
Number: 001 3476834928MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Area, Massachusetts
Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA
Saturday, July 15th, 12-2pmHarvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Saturday, July 15th, 6:30-7:45pm (in front of Au Bon Pain)Democracy Center, 45 Mt Auburn Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Saturday, July 15th, 8pm, viewing of “The Road to Guantánamo” filmFor more information on the three Boston-area events, please contact
Brookline PeaceWorks, at peace@texnology.com 617-738-8029AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE
11am
Starting from Flinders St Station Steps, MelbourneContact: Civil Rights Defence (www.civilrightsdefence.org)
Number: 0061 418897504 or 0061 407856628SYDNEY
12 noon, Sydney Town Hall
Please wear orange clothing if you can.Contact: Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group and Justice for Hicks and Habib
Email: mlobeid@hotmail.com
Number: 0061 2401758871YEMEN
Sit-in, in front of Parliament
Sana’a, YemenContact: HOOD (www.hoodonline.org)
Email: info@hoodonline.org
Number: 00967 1 212518BAHRAIN
UN House, Bahrain, 5:30pm
100 Orange Balloons will be released into the sky beside the UN House.
Former Bahraini detainees, who were returned from Guantanamo last November, will be attending and are expected to talk about their experiences during incarceration. Families of the three Bahrainis who are still being held without trial at Guantanamo will also attend.
A letter writing petition, leaflets, postcards and DVDs of the British Film “The Road to Guantanamo” will also be available at a stand.Contact: Guantanamo Campaign Bahrain
Email: gtmocampaign@gmail.com
Phone: Nabeel Rajab on (+973) 39633399KUWAIT
Kuwait City Demonstration
6 pm, Kuwaiti Bar Association
The demonstration will proceed to the seashore.
7pm
Public ColloquiumCalled by Kuwaiti Bar Association, Kuwaiti Detainees Committee and many Kuwaiti political groups – Parliament Members Society Association – Unions – University Professors and Human Rights Organisations
BOSNIA
Details forthcoming