Monday, January 7, 2008

San Diego's Observance of Int'l Day of Action to Shut Down Guantánamo

Join San Diego's Observance of Int'l Day of Action to Shut Down Guantánamo

Friday, January 11th NOON - 1pm
In front of the San Diego Federal Bldg and Courthouse
880 Front Street (near Broadway)

This will be a simple vigil in solidarity with organizations and individuals across the world to observe the "International Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo" -- spearheaded by Witness Against Torture, Amnesty International and National Religious Campaign Against Torture with a permitted demonstration on the National Mall in Washington DC.

In San Diego, we will echo the plan in DC with a simple vigil around a core of "prisoners" dressed in orange jumpsuits and black hoods (and maybe blacked-out goggles and earphones, ala Jose Padilla). We will have signs emphasizing the Shut Down Guantanamo theme, including No on Torture and Yes to Habeas Corpus/Rule of Law. At a minimum , we will stretch along the Front Street public sidewalk in front of the Federal Building and Courthouse (near Broadway).

We're doing this during the Noon lunch hour for maximum visibility to pedestrians and passersby downtown.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Do you know that the Gitmo shutdown is about 60% complete? The press doesn't report on the progress being made here in that over 60% of the prison population has been released since the camp first open.