[pjw] EVENT: "23 Years of Guantanamo: Close the 'Detention Center' Now!" Fri 1/10/25 4:30 PM

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hello Iraq Affinity Group supporters
While it's important to keep pressuring the Biden Administration to close 
the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, this annual event is planned to 
coincide with the horrific 23rd anniversary of its opening in 2002. The 
local Amnesty International chapter is once again co-sponsoring with us 
for this 1/2-hour extra-long Friday rally on January 10. Please spread the 
word!

This info can also be found at
https://pjw.info/guantanamo23yl.html

and the flyer is at
https://pjw.info/guantanamo23yl_flyer.pdf

thanks
dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group

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Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group
   PO Box 42456
   Portland, OR   97242
   (503) 236-3065  (Office- call or text)
   iraq at pjw.info
   http://www.pjw.info/Iraq.html

                            23 Years of Guantanamo:
                       Close the "Detention Center" Now!
                           No More Forever Prisoners
                        Expanded Friday Rally and March
                           Friday, January 10, 2025
                                 4:30-6:00 PM
                          Pioneer Courthouse Square,
                            SW Yamhill and Broadway

One day before the 23rd anniversary of the notorious prison's opening,
people in Portland will gather for a rally and march calling to close
down United States' Guantanamo Bay "detention center" in Cuba. Thirty
(30) people remain there. Most of the active military aspects of the
"war on terror" have subsided, and for years, over 16 people have been
cleared for release but remain incarcerated. Over 700 prisoners have
been released, and like those cleared for release, were never charged
with a crime. Around the world, Guantanamo is a symbol of the US'
hypocrisy of telling others to respect human rights. In the name of the
"war on terror," prisoners were subjected to torture and inhumane
conditions.

Efforts to shut down Guantanamo have been hampered for years by
Congress passing legislation to prohibit funds being used to do so,
including transferring prisoners to the US where they might access
proper legal processes. Instead, America spends hundreds of millions of
dollars a year to maintain this site of injustice.

The Friday Rally for Peace and Justice has been held weekly since
November, 2001. For the first 18.5 years it was coordinated by Portland
Peaceful Response Coalition, and since March, 2020 by Peace and Justice
Works Iraq Affinity Group. Normally the rally begins at 5 PM; this
event begins at 4:30 to underscore its importance.

This event is coordinated by Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity
Group and cosponsored by Amnesty International Group 48.

For more information or to cosponsor the event contact Peace and
Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group: (503) 236-3065 or iraq at pjw.info.

Due to ongoing COVID concerns, we ask that participants mask up and
stay distanced.