Désobéissance civile à la Maison Blanche

Le suivant nouvelles le bulletin de renseignements vient du témoin contre la torture.

Le 30 avril, les centaines d'activistes de droits de l'homme se réuniront près de la Maison Blanche pour inviter l'administration d'Obama à soutenir un criminel

enquête dans la torture sous l'administration de Bush et pour se casser entièrement avec des politiques passées de détention.

À un rassemblement au parc de Lafayette chez 11:15 AM, les membres du témoin contre la torture, international d'amnistie, l'union américaine de libertés civiles, et la coalition de soutien de survivants d'abolition de torture parleront dehors au sujet du besoin de responsabilité et d'une extrémité aux politiques de Bush-ère. At noon, sixty activists from Witness Against Torture — each representing one of the Guantanamo inmates cleared for release but still imprisoned – will risk arrest.

“Despite early, encouraging signs,” says Matthew Daloisio of Witness Against Torture, “the Obama administration has been a disappointment with respect to detainee issues and torture. President Obama has been reluctant to investigate possible, past crimes, and many of the immoral and illegal policies of the Bush administration — from the denial of habeas rights at Bagram Air Base, to the continued detention of innocent men in Guantanamo — remain in place. We need accountability, not immunity, and an end to the abuse of detainees. This president and many members of Congress are in office partly

because of their promise to repudiate Bush’s detention regime. It’s time they live up to that promise.”

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, THURSDAY, APRIL 30

10:15am: Rally at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, followed by detainee procession to Lafayette Park

11:15 am: Rally at Lafayette Park and detainee procession to the White House

Noon: White House Protest

Witness Against Torture formed in 2005 when 25 activists went to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to protest outside the detention camp. The April 30 demonstration concludes Witness Against Torture’s 100 Days Campaign to Close Guantanamo and End Torture. During the campaign, WAT activists have held a daily vigil at the White House, brought protest signs to confirmation and other congressional hearings, lobbied lawmakers to change detention policies, and hosted numerous public events in the Washington area.

Background on the campaign and WAT demands, http://www.100dayscampaign.org/node/475

Details for April 30th, http://www.100dayscampaign.org/a30

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