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Amnesty International
Amnesty International Brings Guantanamo Cell Replica to Portland, ME
June 21st, 2008
Today, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) brought its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica to Portland, Maine. These stops are to help increase public awareness and mount pressure on the Bush administration to close down the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. AIUSA members and other activists gathered at Monument Square in downtown Portland to experience the cell and show their support for the immediate closure of this prison facility. Many participants, dressed in Guantanamo-style orange boiler-suits, held signs urging the U.S. government to stop the torture, end indefinite detentions without charge or trial and shut down...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-06-21)
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