From the Archive
Week of Actions: Closing Guantanamo, Ending Torture
We invite you to join Witness Against Torture and partner organizations for a series of events in Washington, DC, calling for closing Guantanamo and ending torture. Highlights include:
2018 Fast for Justice Schedule
WITNESS AGAINST TORTURE 2018 FAST FOR JUSTICE
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (Subject to change as the week progresses)
January 7 – 14, 2018
16 years of Guantanamo and a year of Trump: The work for justice continues
There is a Man Under that Hood: Book launch, performance and more news
There is a Man Under that Hood: Closing Guantanamo and Ending Torture in the Age of Trump
Announcing 2018 Fast for Justice, Jan. 7-14
Dear Friends,
Remembering Guantánamo on Independence Day
By Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files” and co-founder of the Close Guantánamo campaign
Torture: The Law is Clear, But the President is Committed to Breaking It
By Matt Hawthorne
Communications Management Units: Prisons for Victims of the Domestic War on Terror
by Helen Schietinger, organizer for Witness Against Torture
No Separate Justice: No SAMs
By Jeremy Varon, a member of Witness Against Torture.
Day 1 – Sufyian Barhoumi #foreverhumanbeing
Today, on the eve of Ramadan, Witness Against Torture begins its #ForeverHumanBeings & #41MenAtGitmo campaign, which is dedicated to renewing calls to close Guantanamo prison as well as uplifting the stories of the 41 men who remain imprisoned behind its walls. We just released a new video for our first profile – Sufyian Barhoumi – in collaboration with the Center for Constitutional Rights. Please check it out here and share widely.
