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Meet Friday, January 11, 2008@11:30am.
Hennepin & Lagoon Ave in Uptown, in front of the Library.
The ACLU of Minnesota and Impeach for Peace are coordinating a protest on the 6 year anniversary of the first prisoners from Afghanistan arriving at Guantanamo.
Bring Signs, tell your friends, bring your friends, wear orange! Impeach for Peace will have members wearing Guantanamo Bay Orange Jumpsuits and Black Hoods.
Below, read a statement by the ACLU MN as well as find a link to purchase your own orange arm band…
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ACLU is calling on people of conscience to wear orange on January 11th to demand the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay and an immediate end to 6 years of injustice.
Make sure you’re ready.
Go to the ACLU website today and get a "Close Guantanamo" armband.
On January 11, 2002 the first prisoners from Afghanistan arrived at the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
In the six years since, the prison has been a mark of shame for our country. In fact, three years after the military tribunals were first established there, there has yet to be a single trial completed for any person in custody.
Every day that the prison at Guantanamo stays open is an insult to our values and makes a mockery of our commitment to justice and the rule of law.
That’s why on January 11th, the ACLU is leading a nationwide movement calling on people of conscience to wear orange and demand an immediate end to the injustice at Guantanamo Bay. By standing in solidarity we can shift the debate on this national disgrace. So, we’re teaming up with organizations across the country to demand the prison be closed and asking ACLU members to get involved.
To help you participate in this national day of action, we’re asking ACLU members to wear an orange "Close Guantanamo" armband on January 11.
The fact is the Bush Administration decided to hold prisoners at Guantanamo because it believed the offshore location would be beyond the reach of our courts. This turned Guantanamo into a laboratory for indefinite detention and cruel treatment.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard two cases that challenge the Bush Administration’s policy of holding prisoners without charging them. As we stated in our brief to the court, "[T]heir confinement in military custody without charges or trial for more than five years violates fundamental principles of due process of law." And, at Guantanamo Bay, the ACLU continued to monitor the latest kangaroo court-style hearing.
Guantanamo has become a stain on our nation’s honor. That is why it is so important you join hundreds of thousands of Americans who are demanding the closure of the prison at Guantanamo on January 11th. You’ll soon be hearing about the January events happening across the country and online.
Thank you so much for your involvement today as we fight to reclaim our constitutional heritage and restore the full vibrancy of our democracy.