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DESCRIPTION:   Sacramento City College Cultural Affairs Department is hosting a lecture 
 by former US Army Chaplain James Yee.   This lecture series is honoring Dr. 
 Martin Luther King.\n\n  Thursday, January 25th in the Student Center 
 building \n(near the cafeteria)  \n\n                       Sacramento City 
 College\n                       3835 Freeport Blvd.  (near Sutterville 
 Blvd)\n                       (Sac City College Light Rail Station)\n       
                                         \n\n    James Yee will speak 
 briefly at noon during a ceremony honoring Dr. Martin Luther King.  The 
 President or V.P. of Sacramento City College will speak about Dr. King's 
 legacy of civil rights advocacy - other speakers will lecture also.\n\n     
 At 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm, Yee will give a much longer, detailed lecture 
 describing his experiences at Guantanamo Prison and his illegal 
 incarceration which violated his right to Habeus Corpus and his 1st, 6th, 
 7th and 8th Ammendment rights.\n\n    A third-generation Chinese-American, 
 his entire family has a record of American exemplary military service 
 dating back to WWI.  Yee was a stellar West Point graduate with a 
 distinguished career as a military officer. \n\n   Yee was initially 
 assigned to Guantanamo Prison to serve as Muslim Chaplain to the 
 prisioners.  Because he provided spiritual counseling to Muslim inmates and 
 protested torture and human rights violations at Guantanamo, after less 
 than one year serving there, he was illegally incarcerated in 2002 as an 
 "enemy combatant" at top-secret Naval prison in Charleston,  South 
 Carolina.    This prison is where all Americans accused of being "terrorist 
 sympathizers" are imprisoned for an indefinite period of time, without 
 charges and denied legal counsel.\n\n   Upon his arrest. the military 
 refused to let Yee's family know his whereabouts. He was denied mail, 
 visitors and legal represenation.   Fortunately, a government employee 
 leaked the news to the media, which gained national outrage.  \n\n   Yee 
 was accused of espionage by the military and threatened with the death 
 penalty. He spent 76 days in solitary confinement and was subject to 
 abusive torture treatment. \n\n   In 2004, the government dropped all 
 charges against him due to complete lack of credible evidence against Yee.  
 He never received an apology from the government and resigned in disgust, 
 due to his military career destroyed in ruins and his faith in American 
 democracy being shattered.   In October 2005, Yee wrote the book “For God 
 and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under 
 Fire.”\n**************************\n\n\nFor details about Sacramento 
 Peace in Iraq activities visit\nyahoo groups     sac code 
 pink\n_______________________________________________________\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/23/18351057.php
SUMMARY:Former Military Chaplain James Yee Speaks about Guantanamo & His Illegal Imprisonment
LOCATION:Sacramento City College - Student Center Building\n(near 
 cafeteria)\n\nSacramento City College\n3835 Freeport Blvd.\nSacramento, CA 
 95822\n\nNear Sutterville Blvd. and Sac City College Light Rail Station
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/23/18351057.php
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