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Daily Update – Day 8 of the Fast for Justice

Dear Friends,

21 Arrested: Demonstrators Interrupt US Senate; Block DC Central Cell Block Entrance

Washington, D.C.— Witness Against Torture held two actions in Washington, DC condemning domestic racism and the violation of human rights in the War on Terror.

January 11th, 2015: Videos

Daily Update – Day 7 of the Fast for Justice

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HandsUp Coalition DC to Bring ‘Coffin’ to Department of Justice

Up CoalitionDC  To Bring ‘Coffin’ to Department of Justice 

January 13, 2015, Washington, D.C .—Washington-based Hands Up Coalition DC will deliver a coffin to its ‘Justice Monday Vigil’ at the Department of Justice Monday, January 12, 4:00 PM. The coffin symbolizes the deaths of two mentally ill African Americans recently killed in police custody. We will also honor the life of unarmed Emmanuel Okutuga murdered by police.

Jeremy Varon’s Full Remarks from the White House Rally

Daily Update – Day 6 of the Fast for Justice

Dear friends,

From Ferguson to Guantánamo: Videos from the Panel

Arrests at Dick Cheney’s House: Press Roundup

Press Roundup (updated continuously):
CNN
The Daily Caller
The Daily Mail
The Hill
McClean Patch (contains inaccurate information)
Reuters
RT
Upper Michigan’s Source
The Washington Post
Yahoo News

Daily Update – Day 5 of the Fast for Justice

This update feels incomplete as we write, but it is getting late and we are leaving in a few short hours for the Torturer’s Tour, and preparing for a panel discussion Saturday night entitled From Ferguson to Guantanamo….followed by Sunday’s demonstration marking January 11th, and breaking the fast and actions on Monday.