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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHundreds protest on 10th anniversary of Guantanamo prison
Hundreds protest on 10th anniversary of Guantanamo prisonhttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-guantanamo-protests-20120112,0,400199.story
Chants of "Guantanamo has got to go" echoed down Pennsylvania Avenue on Wednesday as a crowd of rain-dampened protesters marked the 10th anniversary of the arrival of the first 20 detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
More than 800 people demonstrated in what they said was solidarity with the 171 inmates who remain in the prison, as well as the unknown numbers detained at the U.S. military prison at Bagram, Afghanistan.
Smaller protests were held elsewhere, including Los Angeles.
More than 800 people demonstrated in what they said was solidarity with the 171 inmates who remain in the prison, as well as the unknown numbers detained at the U.S. military prison at Bagram, Afghanistan.
Smaller protests were held elsewhere, including Los Angeles.
Video - Gitmo anniversary draws White House protests (also other locations in the US)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/gitmo-anniversary-draws-white-house-protests-131/2012/01/11/gIQAT4HwrP_video.html
Another Video
Protesters mark Guantanamo prison's 10th anniversary
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-usa-guantanamo-prison-idUSTRE80A1CN20120111
A spokeswoman for Amnesty International said protests by human rights groups were planned for Miami, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago.
Events also have been scheduled for Paris, Toronto, Madrid, Berlin, London, Brussels and other cities, she said.
French protesters mark 10 years of Guantanamo
Small group in Miami area protests Guantanamo
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/11/2584401/small-group-in-miami-area-protests.html
DORAL, Fla. -- A small handful of members of the Miami chapter of Amnesty International are calling for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
About five people held signs Wednesday along a busy intersection in the Miami suburb of Doral. It was also the tenth anniversary of the U.S. Navy base. Prisoners there plan to mark the day with sit-ins, banners and a refusal of meals.
Steven Wetstein wore an orange jumpsuit at the protest in Miami. He says the prison is "a stain on America's image and our image abroad."
Some of the Miami protesters also wore black hoods, similar to those prisoners wore when they were first taken to Guantanamo. The protesters held signs that read: "10 Years Of Shame Close Gitmo Now" and "10 Years Is Long Enough."
About five people held signs Wednesday along a busy intersection in the Miami suburb of Doral. It was also the tenth anniversary of the U.S. Navy base. Prisoners there plan to mark the day with sit-ins, banners and a refusal of meals.
Steven Wetstein wore an orange jumpsuit at the protest in Miami. He says the prison is "a stain on America's image and our image abroad."
Some of the Miami protesters also wore black hoods, similar to those prisoners wore when they were first taken to Guantanamo. The protesters held signs that read: "10 Years Of Shame Close Gitmo Now" and "10 Years Is Long Enough."
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Hundreds protest on 10th anniversary of Guantanamo prison (Original Post)
Solly Mack
Jan 2012
OP
Just saw somebody here on DU defend the urinating on enemy sodliers by Marines
MinervaX
Jan 2012
#16
tblue
(16,350 posts)1. The NDAA legalized indefinite detention.
Gitmo is here to stay. And it makes me want to scream.
There are inmates who are cleared to be released but they won't be until they die.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)3. I can relate. (wanting to scream)
I think about what my government has done everyday. To have harmed so many and not think their pain and suffering worthy of justice. Heartless.
T S Justly
(884 posts)2. K&R (nt)
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)6. Thank you
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)4. knr nt
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)7. Hey! Thank you
The Northerner
(5,040 posts)5. K&R n/t
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)8. Thanks
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)9. K&R
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)10. Hey, HHNF
Thanks.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)14. Back atcha -
G_j
(40,366 posts)11. excellent post
KnR
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)12. Thanks, Solly Mack.
kick
Wind Dancer
(3,618 posts)13. K&R
Thanks for posting - a similar thread was started early today and it sank immediately. Only a few of us replied. You would think this would be a hot topic here.
I'm happy to kick and recommend again - glad this is getting attention.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)15. Not on the new DU --
Torture? Assassination? Detention? Kinda OK now....
MinervaX
(169 posts)16. Just saw somebody here on DU defend the urinating on enemy sodliers by Marines
That person had the President's name in their username. Disgusting.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)17. And Harry Belafonte is a senile old man with --
gonorrhea here, too. May I quote Will Farrell in reference to DU these days: "I feel like I've taken crazy pills!"