Rally to Close Guantanamo - NYC, LA, DC

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Add to My Calendar Thursday, January 11, 2024 12:00am

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January 11, 2024, marks 22 years since the Guantánamo Bay prison has been open. Thirty Muslim men remain detained, including 16 who have been cleared for release. The Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to co-sponsor rallies in NYC, DC, and LA as activists come together to stand in solidarity with those imprisoned and demand that the Biden administration take action to close the prison.

New York City: Rally to Close Guantánamo Now
January 11, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. ET New York Public Library steps  5th Avenue @ 41st Street

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Co-sponsors: World Can’t Wait, Brooklyn for Peace, Center for Constitutional Rights, Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, No More Guantánamos, Witness Against Torture.

Los Angeles: Rally to Close Guantánamo Now

January 11, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. PT, Downtown Los Angeles Federal Building, 300 N. Los Angeles St. 90012

Co-Sponsors: Amnesty International USA, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Shane Que Hee. Endorsers: ACLU of Southern California, Addicted to War, Center for Constitutional Rights, CODEPINK LA, CloseGuantánamo.org, Courage to Resist, CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou, No More Guantánamos, Out Against War, Clive Stafford Smith, author of "Eight O'Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Seeking Justice in Guantánamo Bay"
 

Washington, D.C.: Vigil to Close Guantánamo Now
January 11, 12:00 p.m. - 1 p.m. ET, Pennsylvania Ave, north side of White House
Co-Sponsors: Amnesty International USA, Center for Constitutional Rights, Center for Victims of Torture, CODEPINK, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, IRTF: InterReligious Task Force on Central America, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Muslim Counterpublics Lab, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Witness Against Torture

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December 26, 2023