Arrests at U. S. Capitol, re: Closing Gitmo/Torture

On Jan. 21, 2010, just after noon, about 30 protesters were arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, east side, for failure to obey a police order to disburse. The protesters are part of the "Witness Against Torture" group, which demonstrated earlier today in front of both the White House and U.S. Supreme Court. To find out all about the moral and legal issues that they are raising; exactly how many anti-torture activists were arrested; and the exact charges placed against each, please go to this web site: http://www.witnesstorture.org/2010 Update, on 01/22/10, the number of arrested stands at 42, according to a press release from "Witness Against Torture."

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Witness Against Torture
• Gitmo
• Constitution
• Barack Obama
• U.S. Treaty
• Congress
• Human Rights
• William Hughes

[blogegog]

Sadly, they let most of the protesters go :(.

[eligarf]

the terrorists are inside that building.

[JesusSavesTheTargets]

Why am I the only one who acknowledges the link between the torture committed in the War on Terror, and the torture committed against American children? Folks, you need to read Claudia Mullen's ( US Citizen) testimony at the 1995 Presidential Advisory Committee Hearing on Human Radaition Experiments. The CIA has raped and tortured Americans too, and the evidence is in her testimony, as it is identical to the testimony of the terror suspects.

[DaedalEVE]

@ZPyroJim

That doesn't mean "be kind to terrorists". What it means is PROVE THEY ARE TERRORISTS FIRST!

How would you like if I thought you were a child molester, and decided to call the police on you? They come and take you away, then hold you on the assumption that you are a child molester. You get no trial or way to prove you are not. We simply hold you, interrogate you, and keep you for as long as we want.

Doesn't sound like such a great way of doing things after all, does it?

[DaedalEVE]

@allahakchew

No, they are siding with RIGHTS. These people seem to understand what you do not... which is that ignoring the rights of POW's is the first step to ignoring the rights of citizens.

It's people like you, that think it's OK to detain people indefinitely without charge or trial, that will pave the way for the same thing to be done to you or I here at home.

It is the ignorant and short sided people like yourself that will destroy us all.

[DaedalEVE]

@ZPyroJim

We have become a weak nation because of ignorant nuts like yourself. You are a hypocrite. You want freedom and justice for yourself but you do not recognize a need for freedom or justice for others?

Just as innocent people are arrested and convicted here in the US, innocent people are arrested and detained overseas. THAT is why they deserve a trial.

These people are being arrested for exercising their 1st amendment rights. If you do not have a problem with that, you are not American

[txtwisterchaser]

What morons

[ZPyroJim]

These mornons would have us invite those that killed three thousand of our fellow citizens here for a nice chat. I am sure the would have a different opinion as the terrorist killed each and everyone of them in the name of thier cause. We are becoming a weak nation becasue of people like this. OH, the difference between risking arrest and WANTING arrestted is them not applying for a permit. They should pick up a weapon and stand with our soldiers. Then say they want the terroist released.

[yoyodude594]

anyone who has been waterboarded should be shot for international terrorism or high treason which ever the case

[1World1Khilafah]

FREE THE INNOCENT MEN HELD IN GITMO!

[krisidious]

the ignorance both on screen and in these comments is rampant... oh what a sad day for education in this world...