Daily Archives: January 13, 2022

2022-01-13: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-13). Julian Assange: A Thousand Days in Belmarsh. dissidentvoice.org Julian Assange has now been in the maximum-security facilities of Belmarsh prison for over 1,000 days. On the occasion of his 1,000th day of imprisonment, campaigners, supporters and kindred spirits gathered to show their support, indignation and solidarity at this political detention most foul. Alison Mason of the Julian Assange Defence Committee reiterated those observations …

_____ (2022-01-13). National Faith Groups Call On Congress And President To Close Guantanamo Bay Prison. popularresistance.org Washington, DC — On Tuesday, Jan. 11, twenty-nine national faith groups sent a letter to President Biden and all Members of Congress calling on them "to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and to ensure that all of the people held there are either released, agree to a plea deal, or receive a fair trial in a federal court." | Rev. Ron Stief, Executive Director of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, released the following statement: | "For twenty years our country has held people without charge or trial in Guantanamo. Some of the people we still hold there were tortured by the U.S. after the…

Cynthia Papermaster (2022-01-12). Tuesday 1/11: Cancelled: Guantanamo Rally/Press Conference, 12:30pm, Feinstein's office. indybay.org Dianne Feinstein's office, One Post, SF…

Anand Naidoo (2022-01-12). The Heat: Guantanamo Prison. america.cgtn.com The infamous U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is now in operation for 20 years. Hundreds of men, suspected of terrorism, were rounded up in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries after 9/11 as the U.S. pursued its "war on terror." They were sent to …

David Swanson (2022-01-12). Video: David Swanson on RT Regarding Guantanamo. warisacrime.org Go to 13: 55 in the following video:…

teleSUR (2022-01-12). Guantanamo Is a Global Symbol of US Torture and Power Abuse. telesurenglish.net The notorious Guantanamo Bay detention facility, a symbol of U.S. torture and abuse of prisoners, marked on Tuesday the 20th anniversary of the first prisoners' arrival, amid renewed calls that it be shut down and America reflect on its poor human rights record. | RELATED: | "Today is a day to reflect, and to act," U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar wrote in an op-ed published in Teen Vogue on Tuesday. "For those of you who don't know much about…

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