Children say No more Child prisoners. July 10th

[annm4peace]

Thursday, July 10
9:2 0 a.m. Gathering and 9:30 a.m. Press conference outside Star Tribune, 425 Portland Ave, .Minneapolis
10:30 a.m. outside TV Station WCCO Nicollet & 11th, Minneapolis
12:00 noon. outside TV Station KSTP, 3415 University.Ave.W. Minneapolis.

* Call and ask the Stations and ask them how old was the youngest prisoner in Guantanamo (13yrs old)

* Call and ask the Stations and ask them how many children have been held in Abu Graib. (over 250 children)



Children representing Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) and Grandmothers for Peace are concerned about the lack of media coverage regarding the fact that there have been imprisonments, over time, by the U.S. of 2,500 children under the age of 18 in prisons at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and other facilities. WAMM and Grandmothers will be holding brief press conferences outside major media locations. Children will be present at the press conference. Those joining may want to bring children. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has set standards to protect children. That the United States and Somalia (which had no legitimate government and whose current government is in dispute) are the only UN members who have not ratified the CRC does not lessen the obligation of the U.S. to ALL children EVERYWHERE. We are holding these press conferences in an effort to bring to the attention of Minnesotans this unfortunate and cruel situation."