6th. Anniversay Vigil to "Shut Down Guantanamo" *4-6pm, U.S. Embassy

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Saturday January 05, 2008 03:48 by E

Responding to an international call to act up and speak out on the 6th. anniversary of Guantanamo www.witnesstorture.org , a vigil to Shut Down Guantanamo will be held outside

The U.S. Embassy, Dublin
Friday January 11th 4pm - 6pm

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Today, there are still over 250 detainees held in the American military
detention camp in Guantánamo Bay. A legal no-man’s land, the detention camp opened its door on 11 January 2002.

Initially touted as a detention camp for “enemy combatants” caught fighting the Americans in Afghanistan, it has since emerged that many of the detainees were nowhere near Afghanistan or combatants and were sold by the Pakistani military for a mere $5000.

Over 800 men, of various nationalities, including 9 British nationals, have passed through its gates in the past six years. CIA rendition flights continue to be refueled at Shannon Airport, County Clare. Only one detainee has ever been convicted of a minor charge, less than a handful face charges and the rest have been held arbitrarily without access to the legal process, at the whim of the US military, for almost six years. Enough is enough. Will 2008 be the year to see Guantánamo close?