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WHY IS JOHN YOO STILL ON THE UC BERKELEY FACULTY?

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Date:
Monday, August 16, 2010
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Email:
Phone:
415 864 5153
Location Details:
Boalt Hall, west terrace
UC Berkeley


Press Conference and Protest Action:
UC Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall) steps
Monday August 16, 2010

Press Conference 12 Noon
Procession Against Torture and Complicity begins 12:30

Join World Can't Wait, Fire John Yoo.org, Progressive Democrats of America, the National Lawyers Guild's Committee Against Torture, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute, the National Accountability Network, Code Pink, and other human rights and legal community speakers at the NOON PRESS CONFERENCE. A public nonviolent protest procession will follow.

Come to the press conference, then join the PROCESSION AGAINST TORTURE AND UNIVERSITY COMPLICITY. We'll have signs and other visual aids, bring your own too

Wear the orange jumpsuit and black hood of a detainee.
Speak the names of the nameless prisoners.
Tell the stories of torture and its victims.
Give information to students who need to decide what it means to study under a law professor who has played a leading role in the shredding of international and U.S. law (both of which forbid torture, no exceptions allowed).

For constantly updated John Yoo news and info, bookmark: http://www.firejohnyoo.org
Added to the calendar on Sun, Aug 15, 2010 10:53AM
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