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DESCRIPTION:January 2024 marks 22 years of U.S. detention of Muslim men and boys at the 
 Guantánamo Bay prison. Thirty Muslim men remain at the notorious facility: 
 most have never been charged with a crime despite spending decades behind 
 bars, and none have ever had access to a fair trial.\n\nUnjust detention, 
 torture and abuse, the demonization and dehumanization of Muslims under the 
 guise of national security,and impunity are essential pieces of why 
 Guantánamo remains open and how and why such brutal and unlawful practices 
 are being replicated around the world. Join us for a webinar focusing on 
 these threads and the manifestations and connections to state violence, 
 arbitrary detention, and occupation in Iraq and Palestine.\n\nThis virtual 
 event is co-sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Muslim 
 Counterpublics Lab, and Adalah Justice Project. ASL and CART will be 
 provided.\n\nThe detention of Muslim men at Guantánamo Bay as part of the 
 “War on Terror” is the latest iteration of U.S. policy of 
 criminalization and detention on this usurped Cuban land. Since 1903, the 
 U.S. has maintained a naval base at Guantánamo, which has been used to 
 detain Cubans as well as Haitian refugees seeking asylum in the U.S. The 
 “War on Terror” was also the driving force in the U.S. government’s 
 war and occupation of Iraq, where it continues to have a military presence 
 today. The incarceration and torture of Iraqis – with a prime example of 
 both being the notorious Abu Ghraib prison – has allowed the United 
 States to further assert its imperial domination.\n\nIsrael  – a country 
 founded on violent settler-colonialism – has been administering a 
 prolonged and belligerent military occupation of Palestine. While the 
 United States has always supported Israel’s state violence, is it now 
 giving unconditional support for Israel’s unfolding genocide against the 
 Palestinian people. Compounding the ongoing violence is the fact that the 
 Israeli government has long used administrative detention as a mechanism of 
 social control and an attempt to squash any and all Palestinian efforts to 
 demand freedom and justice. The recent scenes of mass round-ups, forced 
 nudity, and humiliation of Palestinians chillingly mirrors the tactics and 
 imagery of Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib.\n\nJoin us in marking this shameful 
 Guantánamo anniversary and the reverberations of U.S. impunity on 
 communities around the world. Together with formerly incarcerated people, 
 lawyers, and advocates, we will learn, build community, and take action 
 that disrupts the U.S. government’s power to suspend human rights and 
 elevates our collective demands for justice, accountability, and 
 transformation.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/01/09/18861769.php
SUMMARY:Webinar: From Guantánamo to Gaza: Resisting State Violence and Occupation
LOCATION:Online\nRegister at: bit.ly/gitmo-to-gaza
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/01/09/18861769.php
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