Marking 10 years of Injustice at GTMO: Seeking Accountability for Torture & Unjust U.S. Detentions (in San Francisco / Bay Area)

Location

San Francisco, CA
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January 19, 2012

WHEN: Thursday, January 19, 2012 @ 7:00pm

WHERE: 518 Valencia: Eric Quesada Center for Culture & Politics, 518 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA

WHO:

Vincent Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights

Almerindo Ojeda, principal investigator for the Guantánamo Testimonials Project at UC Davis, the founding director of the university's Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, and the author of the article Death in Guantanamo: Suicide or Dryboarding? which raises more questions about the three 2006 deaths at Guantánamo, the families of two of whom are represented by CCR

James A. Nickovich, attorney who represents men detained at Guantanamo before federal courts and military commissions. Represented Sudanese national Mohammed Noor Uthman.

Jeffrey Kaye, a psychologist and writer active in the anti-torture movement. He works clinically with torture victims at Survivors International in San Francisco, CA. His blog is Invictus, and he also regularly blogs at Daily Kos, Docudharma, American Torture, Progressive Historians, and elsewhere. In August he released a report titled "Despite New Denials by Rumsfeld, Evidence Shows US Military Used Waterboarding-Style Torture"
Leili Kashani, Advocacy Program Manager, Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative, Center for Constitutional Rights

WHY: In the month marking the shameful tenth anniversary of Guantánamo's opening, the Center for Constitutional Rights presents a panel discussion on Guantánamo, the lack of accountability for US torture practices, and the broader system of unjust U.S. detentions. Join us, and together let’s grow a movement to close Guantanamo and end all unjust US detentions.

This event is FREE and OPEN to the public.

Please RSVP and invite your friends on our Facebook event page.

Co-sponsored by: Center for Constitutional Rights, Berkeley No More Guantanamos, Codepink Women for Peace, Freedom Archives, National Accountability Action Network, World Can't Wait