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DESCRIPTION:NO TO TORTURE AND OCCUPATION, YES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW!  In Honor of United 
 Nations International Day in Support of Victims of  Torture:  PROTEST UC 
 BERKELEY LAW PROFESSOR JOHN YOO  Friday, June 25, 5 PM  Meet at Berkeley 
 BART station, march to Boalt Hall School of Law  We've all seen the 
 offensive photos of torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib  prison in Iraq and 
 have heard that conditions at the Guantanamo Bay  detention camps may be 
 even worse. But did you know that the principal legal  architect of Bush 
 administration argument that detainees are not protected  by international 
 law lives in our very own backyard?  UC Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo, 
 while working for the Justice  Department's Office of Legal Counsel, 
 authored an infamous January 2002 memo  in which he argued that terrorism 
 suspects are not covered by the War Crimes  Act or the Geneva Conventions. 
 Yoo's arguments provide legal cover for the  use of torture against 
 detainees, and conclude that U.S. soldiers can't be  tried for war crimes. 
 Yoo was also central to authoring the USA PATRIOT Act!  On the eve of the 
 UN's International Day in Support of Victims of Torture,  let's tell John 
 Yoo and the world what we think about torture - in  Guantanamo Bay, 
 Afghanistan, Iraq and everywhere! We'll march from the  Berkeley BART 
 station to the Boalt Hall School of Law.  Then, those who like  will march 
 to the Landmark California Theater to hand out flyers at the  Fahrenheit 
 911 opening.  Bring enlarged photos of the Abu Ghraib torture  incident or 
 dress as one of the torture victims.  Sponsored by Amnesty International, 
 CODEPINK, Ella Baker Center for Human  Rights, Global Exchange, Middle East 
 Children?s Alliance, National Lawyers  Guild, Not In Our Name Bay Area, 
 United for Peace and Justice Bay Area, and  others.  For more information, 
 call 415-575-5552 or email andrea@globalexchange.org.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/06/18/40923.php
SUMMARY:International Day of Support for Victims of Torture Protest of Professor John Yo
LOCATION:Meet at Berkeley BART and march to UC Berkeley Law School.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/06/18/40923.php
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