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Supreme Court: A Victory for Justice, A Call to Further Action
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE RIGHTS OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
A VICTORY FOR JUSTICE – A CALL TO FURTHER ACTION
Press Release: June 13, 2008
With yesterday’s Supreme Court’s decision, there is now an unequivocal mandate from the highest judicial body in the United Sates to close the detention center at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and bring cases of the detainees into the Federal Justice system.
Guantanamo Detainees Get Their "Day In Court"
Thirty-four Americans arrested at the Supreme Court on January 11, 2008 were found guilty after a three-day trial which began on Tuesday, May 27th in D.C. Superior Court. The 34 defendants represented themselves, mounting a spirited defense of their First Amendment rights to protest the gross injustice of abuse and indefinite detention of men at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. Twelve were given jail sentences ranging from one to fifteen days, as well as a one year stay-away from the Supreme Court, and $50 in court fees.
All told, 80 people were arrested on January 11th in D.C. as part of an International Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo.
- Releases: 5/29: Anti-Torture Activists Convicted | 5/29: Lawyer For Prisoners At Guantanamo Barred From Testifying At Trial For Anti-Torture Activists | 5/20: Guantánamo Detainees To Get Their Day In Court
- Clippings: Washington Post: 5/30: 34 Convicted in Display At U.S. Supreme Court | 5/27: Guantanamo Critics Reiterate Protests as Their Trial Opens (includes video!) | IPS: These Names Have Never Been Spoken in a U.S. Court | AFP: Trial opens for 35 anti-Guantanamo demonstrators | Al Jazeera: Guantanamo protesters in court | DemocracyNow: Anti-Torture Activists Convicted, Jailed for Protesting Gitmo Outside Supreme Court
- List of Trial Press Coverage
- 5/27 Video by Anthony Giacchino | Photos
Trial details: Statements and Synopsis, Day One | Statements and Synopsis, Day Two | Statements and Synopsis, Day Three | Sentencing Statements, Day Four | Sentences- Full Press Kit
- Read more about January 11, 2008 Day of Action
Pittsburgh Against Torture Vigil
Members of Pittsburgh Against Torture march silently through Downtown Pittsburgh as part of the United Nation's International Day of support of torture victims.
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Ellen Davidson: Jumpsuit Justice Has To Go
From the June 6, 2008 issue of the IndyPendent
http://www.indypendent.org/2008/06/06/jumpsuit-justice/
On May 29, Washington, D.C., Superior Court Judge Wendell Gardner found me and 33 codefendants guilty of “parading, standing, or moving in a procession or assemblage in the Supreme Court Building” and displaying a “device designed or adapted to bring into public notice a party, organization, or movement.” For most of us, the “crime” consisted of either kneeling on the Supreme Court steps in orange jumpsuits and black hoods or kneeling inside in orange t-shirts that said “Shut Down Guantánamo.”
Standing Up for the Soul of the Nation
Published on Common Dreams, 5/30/08
On Tuesday, May 27th, trial began for thirty-five people arrested at the U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, 2008 — the date that marked six years of torture and abuse at the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay.
Lawyer For Prisoners At Guantanamo Barred From Testifying At Trial For Anti-Torture Activists
Washington, DC, May 29, 2008 - Today, Judge Wendell Gardner refused to hear testimony from Guantanamo attorney, Thomas Wilner, in the trial of 34 Americans arrested while acting on behalf of Guantanamo detainees at the U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, 2008. Judge Gardner ruled that Wilner’s testimony was unnecessary” and “not relevant” to make a determination.