Torture Is Torture From Pelican Bay To Guantanamo Bay UN International Day In Support of Victims of Torture
www.closegitmo.net Two Protest Vigils Wednesday, June 26th - 10:00 AM to Noon Meet at The West Los Angeles Federal Building Corner of Wilshire & Federal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also on Wednesday, June 26th There Will Be Another Vigil from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM at Pacific Palisades Park / Pacific Coast HWY and McClure Tunnel Pedestrian Overpass SANTA MONICA & WEST LA VIGILS MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE Questions Contact Kathleen Hernandez of Veterans for Peace: 310-339-1770 or Email: hernandezkathl...@hotmail.com A New Video with Elliott Adams on Day 33 of His Hunger Strike www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDwOzYxK0a8 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDwOzYxK0a8&list=UUdEQL723X3zdcvucRl6B> &list=UUdEQL723X3zdcvucRl6B - (2 Minutes) In recent years the United States has become notorious for torturing prisoners, both overseas and in the U.S. This practice violates the Eighth Amendment, Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and the UN Convention Against Torture. To protest US government torture, a coalition of progressive groups will stage vigils in West Los Angeles and Santa Monica on Wednesday, June 26, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. - June is also Torture Awareness Month. In the morning, a vigil will be held at the Federal Building at Wilshire & Federal in West Los Angeles from 10:00 AM to 12 Noon. In the afternoon, a 2nd vigil will be held on the McClure Tunnel Pedestrian Overpass at Palisades Park & Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica from 4:30 to 6:30 PM Participants at the vigils will express their solidarity with hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay protesting their prolonged, arbitrary and tortuous imprisonment. They will also express solidarity with hunger strikers in the SHU (Special Housing Unit) of California's notorious Pelican Bay Prison, where prisoners are held in solitary confinement for years and sometimes decades. Prolonged solitary confinement has been found by the United Nations to constitute torture. "Torture is torture, no matter where it is, whether it's at Pelican Bay in California or Guantanamo Bay in Cuba," says Kathleen Hernandez of Veterans for Peace. "It's un-American and immoral." Three members of Veterans for Peace, Elliott Adams, Diane Wilson and Tarak Kauf, are currently engaged in hunger strikes in sympathy with the Guantanamo and Pelican Bay hunger strikers and are available to be interviewed. The vigils are organized by Veterans for Peace, Code Pink & Interfaith Communities United For Justice & Peace. Endorsers include March Forward, Progress Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains, Topanga Peace Alliance and MLK Coaltition for Jobs, Justice and Peace & SOA Watch-LA. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
