DC: Amnesty International Lobby Week on Congress to Charge or Release Guantanamo Detainees

EVENTS

VENUE:
Congress

Washington, DC 20001

starts: 06/30/2008 - 12:00am
ends: 07/03/2008 - 11:59pm

AIUSA will hold a Congressional lobby week to close Guantanamo. We'll be calling on the US government to charge detainees and give them fair trials, or release them. We'll also be calling for an end to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment--and for accountability for those responsible.

Most of the detainees at Guantánamo are held in isolation, many of them with virtually no access to natural light or contact with other human beings, for up to 24 hours a day. Compounding their suffering is the fact that they have no indication of when or if they will be freed from Guantánamo. Most are detained without charge. Those who have been charged face unfair trials by military commission. Some may face execution. For more information, email ctwj@aiusa.org.

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