FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Phone for Gitmo Justice & Torture Panel (FUS Action on MAP)

[MADELINE SIMON (madeline-mpls]

On behalf of FUS Social Action, I have posted this Action on MAP's website.  It 
relates to our profound outrage against Torture and US Govt. denial of Habeas 
Corpus.

Peace,
Madeline
 
To: admin_mapm [at] npjep.org
Subject: Phone for Gitmo Justice & Torture Panel - New Action (MAPM)
From: admin_mapm [at] npjep.org
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:46:36 -0600


 
Greetings:


A new action has just been added on MAPM.
The details are as follows:



ACTION URL: http://mapm.pjep.org/actions/?id=3926

ACTION NAME: Phone for Gitmo Justice & Torture Panel

DATES: Jan 26, 2010 through Jan 27, 2010

TIME: 9:00 am

ORGANIZATION: First Unitarian Society of Mpls Social Action Committee

MORE INFO: http://www.amnestyusa.org/ctwj/index.php

DESCRIPTION: Actions recommended by Amnesty International USA:

Action for Week 3:

Pick up the phone and demand that all Guantanamo detainees be tried, charged 
with a crime or released!

"On Friday, we told you about the Justice Department-led task force releasing 
appalling recommendations to continue holding nearly 50 Guantanamo detainees 
without charge, trial or options for legal recourse.

Thanks to the scores of you who sounded the alarm with us - using email, 
Twitter and other online outlets to demand real justice through a group of 
independent, bipartisan experts tasked with reviewing the flawed policies at 
Guantanamo.

The Obama administration appears to have done a complete about-face on this 
issue in the year it’s been in power. But we’re not letting them off the hook 
that easily.

Help us flood White House phone lines before Obama’s State of the Union address 
– remind the Obama administration that it is still obligated to uphold the rule 
of law! Call today, tomorrow or Wednesday between 9am – 5pm.

White House Comment Line
1-202-456-1111 (TTY/TDD 202-456-6213).

If the line is busy, please be patient. You may also call the White House 
switchboard on 1-202-456-1414 and ask to be connected to the comment line.

Here’s an example of what you can say on your call.

I completely disagree with the Justice Department’s recommendations to 
indefinitely detain Guantanamo detainees because:

1. It violates both U.S. and international laws to hold people indefinitely 
without being tried, charged with a crime or released. And no one can be held 
outside of the law.

2. Only an independent and bipartisan commission of experts can examine, 
report, and come to a fully informed, unbiased conclusion about the policies 
and actions related to the detention, treatment, and transfer of Guantanamo 
detainees.

3. We have yet to see any responsibility taken or accountability enforced 
against those individuals who authorized or supported acts of torture. Unless 
action is taken for these crimes, we can never truly restore credibility to our 
system of justice.

Your phone calls can make a big difference this week. The pressure is on Obama 
to rise to the expectations he set for his administration one year ago. We want 
to see the day very soon when justice is restored and Guantanamo is finally 
closed. But we’ve got to make our voices heard, so that this issue remains a 
top priority until we’ve seen success!

Thanks for your calls,

Njambi Good
Director, Counter Terror with Justice Campaign


P.S. President Obama’s State of the Union speech is this Wednesday at 9pm EST. 
Tune in with a group of friends and take immediate action to ensure that he 
closes Guantanamo and restores justice once and for all."