21 May 2008

european parliamentarians met u.s. authorities over illegal detentions...

international parliamentarians met with u.s. government officials last week to discuss amnesty international's framework to end illegal u.s. detentions...

sir menzies campbell, member of the u.k. parliament, and christophe strasser, member of the german bundestag, represented the 1,236 parliamentarians from 30 countries that have already joined the call to u.s. authorities to end illegal detention at guantánamo and elsewhere, in accordance with amnesty international's framework...

campbell and strasser met with officials from the u.s. department of state, the house foreign affairs subcommittee, the senate judiciary committee, the office of senator mccain and the u.s. navy, among others...

and remember...a replica guantánamo cell is touring the u.s...


for nearly 2 weeks a replica of a maximum security cell at guantánamo has been touring the states...the tour, organized by the good folks at amnesty international...it is a way to enable people to get a glimpse of the harsh realities of illegal detention and prolonged isolation...

mary robinson, former president of Ireland, ex-u.n. high commissioner for human rights and a representative of the global elders, visited the cell in miami on 10 may and spoke to human rights activists who had gathered for a concert and rally...

peace out <3

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