From the Archive
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
Groups to Rally Monday at White House on 14th Guantánamo Anniversary
Washington, DC – This Monday, a coalition of human rights activists, torture survivors, Guantánamo attorneys, and members of diverse faith communities will hold a rally at the White House to mark the 14th anniversary of the first arrival of detainees at Guantánamo on January 11, 2002.
Daily Update – Day 7 of the Fast for Justice
Our community in DC continues to grow as we prepare to mark January 11th, the beginning of Guantanamo’s 15th year. As you read through this update, please watch and share the videos linked – like this one filmed in Union Station — inspired by the words of Mohammed Al-Hamiri, held captive in Guantanamo for 14 years.
Daily Update – Days 5 & 6 of the Fast for Justice
Good news as reported in the Miami Herald:
Daily Update – Day 4 of the Fast for Justice
Muhammed Rahim al-Afghani is the last prisoner to have arrived at Guantanamo – in March of 2008, after nearly seven months in secret CIA detention. Writing to his attorney, he quotes Camus:
Daily Update – Days 2 & 3 of the Fast for Justice
The Pentagon announced today it transferred two Yemeni men — Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby – from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Ghana.
Both men had been in Guantanamo for 14 years.
Join Us for a Panel Discussion on Jan 9th
Less Than Human: Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo North and the Criminalization of Muslims in the War on Terror
An Invitation to DC This January
You’re invited to join the Witness Against Torture community from January 3-13 to fast, reflect and lift the voices of the men unjustly detained at Guantanamo Bay Prison in the streets of Washington, DC.
