From the Archive
July Newsletter : RNC Report & News
News from Guantanamo Bay Prison
We celebrate the releases of Abdul Rahman Ahmed, a Yemeni who is either 36 or 37 and Omar Hamzayavich Abdulayev, 37, from Tajikistan who are now in Serbia. Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman, 41 was released to Italy. We think of them and their newfound “freedom,” knowing their struggles for healing are not over. We also celebrate the clearing for release of New York Times best selling author Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Please join his family’s work to get him released immediately – you can sign the letter to Secretary of Defense Carter here and call your representatives to ask that they release him immediately.
WAT in Cleveland for the RNC, Saying, “No to Torture!”
We’re converging on Cleveland today on the eve of the Republican National Convention to take part in the People’s Justice and Peace Convention. The convention organizers tell us that “the PPJPC2016 is a legacy of countless efforts of people who have longed for justice and sought to transform the world nonviolently to end oppression.” We are answering the call!
Platform Planks – Torture Abolition and Accountability
Torture Abolition and Accountability[1]
WAT Torture Abolition and Accountability Platform
Torture is always and in every sense wrong. It is a violation of human rights; a breach of domestic laws and international conventions; a sin to all faiths; a moral outrage; a profound abuse of the body, the psyche and the soul; and an enduring trauma that can destroy individuals, families, and whole communities.
July 15-18 (Cleveland, Ohio): The People’s Convention in Response to the RNC
Join the WAT community as we participate in the People’s Justice and Peace Convention and the first day of the Republican National Convention protest in Cleveland, Ohio. WAT will be in Cleveland from July 15th thru 18th participating in the following activities to speak against the pro-torture stances of Donald Trump and to protest the racist and islamophobic rhetoric that has permeated his campaign. As torture and closing Guantanamo have been treated with horrifying humor, this is an important opportunity to remind the public that torture is always wrong and Guantanamo should be closed today.
June Newsletter: Join upcoming events, Presente Joe, Dan and Michael
Dear friends,
Newsletter: Retreat Report Back and Calendar
Dear Friends,
March Newsletter
Dear Friends,
WAT Responds to Obama’s Guantanamo Plan
Close, Don’t Move Guantanamo
Witness Against Torture Responds to Obama’s Guantanamo Plan
February Newsletter: Update, #MuslimsRally2CloseGitmo, Save the Date.
We hear a beautiful sound
It is the breaking of chains
We see a path full of hope
We have found the way
Let them go home
Let them go home
Let them go home
Let them go today
