From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org):
Recently we marked the 17 year anniversary since the opening of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo was opened as a place where the U.S. government could imprison people outside the reach of U.S. law. Some of the people still held in Guantanamo were tortured there and recent reports indicate that current CIA Director Gina Haspel may have been in charge of a CIA “black site” there. Throughout the 17 years it has been open, the vast majority of people held in Guantanamo have never been charged or tried for any crime.
This new Congress has the power to push back against policies, like detention without trial, that violate our principles as a nation.
Go to http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2162/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=23406 to write to your Members of Congress today and tell them that 17 years is far too long a time for the U.S. to imprison people, some of whom were tortured, without charge or trial. Members of Congress need to know now, at the beginning of this new Congress, that Americans care about human rights and the rule of law and that they have not forgotten the 40 detainees who remain languishing in Guantanamo.
Thank you for writing. And if you want to join NRCAT and our allies in January in holding rallies, group prayers, petition signings or other events in support of those who remain imprisoned in Guantanamo, resources can be found here.
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