U.S (ACLU) : GUANTANAMO, a global symbol of racial injustice and horrifying abuses.

 

 

 

Friend –       Right after the 9/11 attacks, we mourned and urged that our government respond with fairness and justice, transparency and accountability, and commitment to fundamental human rights.   We now know that our government's response was far from this. Instead, we saw a cascade of human rights and rule of law violations, including racial, ethnic, and religious profiling, warrantless surveillance, and unfair watchlists. Twenty years later, political leaders' violations of human rights and civil liberties in the name of our national security have harmed innumerable lives at home and abroad – primarily of Black, Brown, and Muslim people.   The indefinite military detention of Muslim men at the Guantánamo Bay prison is a centerpiece of all of this. Today, Guantánamo is a global symbol of racial injustice, horrifying abuses, and violations of the Constitution and international law – and it's long past time our government ended it.   President Obama said he would shut the prison down but failed. President Trump completely reversed course and kept it going. Now it's on President Biden to do what others have not : End indefinite military detentions, and unfair and broken military commissions at Guantánamo. If you're with us in this call for fairness and justice, then sign our petition telling the president to take action now.           TAKE ACTION           Friend, almost 20 years after Guantánamo opened, 39 Muslim men remain indefinitely detained there. And 27 of those prisoners have never even been charged with a crime.   Many of the men are torture survivors and some were disappeared into CIA "black sites" before being sent to the prison.   All of the men have been exposed to the physical and psychological trauma associated with prolonged indefinite detention. They are aging rapidly and increasingly exhibiting complex medical conditions that military officials cannot manage.   This is unacceptable. Indefinite detention and unfair trials at Guantánamo can and must end – and the Biden administration has the power to do so responsibly, in a way that considers the harm done to people who have been tortured and imprisoned without charge or fair trials for nearly 20 years.       Tell President Biden to end this atrocious human rights disaster and national embarrassment once and for all: Close Guantánamo now.       Thank you,         Hina Shamsi Pronouns : She, her, hers Director of the ACLU National Security Project.

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