International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
On 12 December 1997, by resolution 52/149, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 26 June the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, with a view to the total eradication of torture and the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, (resolution 39/46), annex, which entered into force on 26 June 1987.
Please JOIN US TO ACT on behalf of the men who remain detained.
In Washington DC on June 26TH, CloseGitmo.net will join allies at The White House for a 12PM vigil. We will have orange jumpsuits and signs bearing the names of each of the 86 men who have been cleared for release, but are still being held.
There will be opportunities to participate in nonviolent resistance as well, led by solidarity hunger strikers Elliott Adams and Diane Wilson
We will provide housing for people coming from out of town at St. Stephens. Please contact [email protected] if you need a place to stay, and if you are considering participating in nonviolent resistance on June 26TH. We will meet at 9am the morning of June 26TH at St. Stephens to make final plans for the day’s scenario(s).
CloseGitmo.net calls for 86 people to engage in nonviolent direct action in front of the White House on June 26, 2013.
Nationwide Solidarity Actions and Vigils will take place. Contact [email protected] to RSVP.
- June 26 – Chicago
- June 26 – London
- June 26 – Los Angeles
- June 26 – Washington, DC
- Saratoga Springs, New York
- June 26 – Southern Command, Miami, FL
Diane Wilson, after 58 days on water-only (losing 48 lbs.) Diane suspended her hunger strike on June 27, 2013 after being released from detention following her arrest for scaling the fence of the White House seeking to Close Gitmo.
Elliott Adams - day 45, 300 cal/day, lost 34 lbs.
In addition to Elliott, there are 7 others in the U.S. on open-ended fasts in solidarity with the prisoners in Guantánamo and all prisoners who suffer U.S.-sponsored torture.
- Articles: The Guantánamo Review Task Force's Decisions on Who to Release, Who to Try and Who to Hold Indefinitely Are Finally Released June 26, 2013
- Articles: On Guantánamo, We Still Have Three Urgent Demands for President Obama June 18, 2013
- Articles: Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz: A Profile of the Mauritanian Teacher Still Awaiting Release from Guantánamo June 5, 2013
