Actions to shut down Guantanamo

In front of the Supreme Court. Resistance Media / Ted Stein

Yesterday was the International Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo.  Witness Against Torture has compiled 76 action reports from around the world.

There were two events in the Bay Area yesterday and there will be a demo tomorrow in San Francisco from 1 - 3pm at Union Square, organized by Act Against Torture, Amnesty International USA, Presente! and the AFSC.  Bay Areans should come out tomorrow and get involved in the continuing work of these groups fighting to close Guantanamo.

This video about one of the detainees, Adel Hamad, was brought to my attention recently.

Regardless of if a detainee has a video or website about them, the horridness that is Guantanamo and all its accompanying disgraces must end.  Act Against Torture has enumerated some solid demands in that regard:

• Shut down Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Baghram and all other U.S. prisons overseas, including secret CIA detention facilities.
• Release all detainees held without charge.
• Pay compensation to current and former detainees for violations of their human rights.
• Hand over real suspects to the International Criminal Court.
• Repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
• Enact new laws unambiguously prohibiting torture and all other forms of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment, by the military, the CIA, prison guards, civilian contractors, or anyone else.