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DESCRIPTION:Please join Amnesty International, World Can't Wait, and human rights 
 defenders around the globe for the monthly 1st Wednesday of the month Close 
 Guantánamo Global Vigils calling on Biden to release the 16 men cleared 
 for release and stop the ongoing Islamophobic human rights abuses: CLOSE 
 GUANTÁNAMO NOW!!!\n\nWhat: San Francisco Monthly Vigil to Close 
 Guantánamo!\nWhen: June 5th at 6pm\nWhere: Harry Bridges Plaza across from 
 the SF Ferry Building\nWho: YOU, your friends and your justice artivist 
 spirit\n\nJune is torture awareness month. Every year, human rights 
 organizations like Amnesty International, Torture Abolition and Survivors, 
 National Religious Campaign Against Torture and other groups recognize June 
 as Torture Awareness Month. The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, 
 Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) entered into force on 
 June 26, 1987, that’s why June 26 is marked as the International Day in 
 Support of Victims of Torture.\n\nIn October, 11 Yemeni men were set to be 
 released and resettled in Oman. The transfers were suddenly halted after 
 October 7th because of "political optics" 
 (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-ready-move-11-detainees-guantanamo-october-paused-seven-months-rcna152985). 
 \n\nAs a reminder, 30 Muslim men are still languishing at Guantánamo, most 
 without charge, none having received a fair trial. Many detainees, like 
 Toffiq al-Bihani and Khalid Qasim were brutally tortured by the U.S. 
 government. Of the eleven men who were about to be released in October, 
 al-Bihani and Qasim though cleared for transfer for years, remain detained 
 indefinitely at the unfathomably expensive forever prison.\n\nSee Andy 
 Worthington's updates & reports: https://www.closeguantanamo.org/\n\nIf you 
 can't join a vigil, listen to Season 4 of the Serial: Guantánamo 
 ‘Serial’ Season 4: Guantánamo 
 (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/podcasts/serial-season-four-guantanamo.html)\n\nLET'S 
 CLOSE GITMO NOW!\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/06/03/18866990.php
SUMMARY:Close Gitmo Global Vigil First Wednesday of the Month!
LOCATION:Harry Bridges Plaza (across from the San Francisco Ferry Building)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/06/03/18866990.php
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