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Fast for Justice 2012: Day 2

Press conference before the second day of the trial. Photo by Paki Weiland.
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Occupy the Courtroom: Activists Put Guantánamo on Trial

A jury trial for five anti-torture activists begins on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 in D.C. Superior Court before Judge Fisher on a charge of unlawful conduct.

Fast for Justice 2012: Day 1

Anti-Torture Activists to Occupy Washington, January 2nd-12th

Marking 10th anniversary of Guantánamo, events to include 10-day fast, courtroom support for activists who spoke out in congress, and a human chain from the White House to Congress

Attention Obama, Congress and the Courts: Americans Still Believe that Torture, Abuse and Indefinite Detention Are Wrong

Anti-Torture Activists Shut Down Two Entrances to the Department of Justice

Activists Reach Hundreds of Employees with News of the Fast for Justice and Our invitation for Dialogue

There Is a Man Under That Hood

We are not here to make angels out of prisoners.
We don’t know them,
but we know they still are men.
And so we defend
those that disappear
under hoods into jumpsuits, bringing back
into the light every CIA black site
because right now
there is a man
under that hood.

Close Guantánamo with Justice Now

Day of Action Against Torture, Extra-Legal Detention at the White House and Department of Justice on Tuesday, January 11th, 2011