Close Guantánamo: Protestors outside the US Supreme Court
Protestors outside the US Supreme Court call for the closure of Guantánamo on the 11th anniversary of the opening of the prison, on January 11, 2013. 86 of the 166 men still held were cleared for release at least three years ago, by an interagency Guantánamo Review Task Force appointed by President Obama, and many of these men were previously cleared for release by military review boards under President Bush, some as long ago as 2004. They are still held because of cowardice on the part of the Obama administration, cynical obstruction in Congress and the appeals court dealing with the prisoners' habeas corpus cases, and indifference in the Supreme Court, and, largely, in the media and amongst the American people.
For further information, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2012/12/08/will-guantanamo-ever...
Also see this video of a panel discussion at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C. on January 11, 2013 featuring Andy Worthington, the attorney Tom Wilner, and Col. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor of the military commissions at Guantánamo, who resigned in protest at the use of torture: www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Event/10737437188/
Also see: www.closeguantanamo.org/
For more on Andy Worthington, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/
Close Guantánamo: Protestors outside the US Supreme Court
Protestors outside the US Supreme Court call for the closure of Guantánamo on the 11th anniversary of the opening of the prison, on January 11, 2013. 86 of the 166 men still held were cleared for release at least three years ago, by an interagency Guantánamo Review Task Force appointed by President Obama, and many of these men were previously cleared for release by military review boards under President Bush, some as long ago as 2004. They are still held because of cowardice on the part of the Obama administration, cynical obstruction in Congress and the appeals court dealing with the prisoners' habeas corpus cases, and indifference in the Supreme Court, and, largely, in the media and amongst the American people.
For further information, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2012/12/08/will-guantanamo-ever...
Also see this video of a panel discussion at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C. on January 11, 2013 featuring Andy Worthington, the attorney Tom Wilner, and Col. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor of the military commissions at Guantánamo, who resigned in protest at the use of torture: www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Event/10737437188/
Also see: www.closeguantanamo.org/
For more on Andy Worthington, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/