80 Arrested Outside Supreme Court
Protestors Worldwide, Adorned In Orange Jump Suits, Demand Shutdown of Guantanamo Bay Prison
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Protesters kneel in a line on Princes Street, Edinburgh, calling for the closure of Guantanamo Bay, Jan. 11, 2008. (Press Association via AP Images)
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Protesters are chained and wear orange overalls during a demonstration by Amnesty International in Brussels, Jan. 11, 2008. On the sixth anniversary of the first transfers to the U.S. detention center in Guantnamo Bay, Amnesty International, backed by over 1,200 parliamentarians from around the world, has presented the U.S. administration with an agenda to end illegal detentions. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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Demonstrators against continued detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay stand in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Jan. 11, 2008. Eighty people were arrested. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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Protesters dressed as both inmates and guards (with canines) demonstrate outside the U.S. Embassy in London, Jan. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Demonstrators wearing orange jump suits intended to simulate prison garb were arrested inside and outside the building. “Shut it down,” protesters chanted as others kneeled on the plaza in front of the court.
They were charged with violating an ordinance that prohibits demonstrations of any kind on court grounds. Those arrested inside the building also were charged under a provision that makes it a crime to give “a harangue or oration” in the Supreme Court building.
The maximum penalty is 60 days in jail, a fine or both.
The court is considering whether prisoners still detained at Guantanamo Bay have a right to challenge their confinement in U.S. courts.
Officials briefly closed the court building during the protest but later reopened it.
The demonstration came on a day of worldwide protests featuring orange-wearing activists, seeking an end to the arrest and detentions of people without trial or other legal resource.
Activists in Edinburgh, Scotland, clad in orange, knelt down outside the U.S. consulate. More marched in Belfast, Prague, Rome, Budapest, Luxembourg, Istanbul and Sydney.
In London, orange-glad “prisoners” were housed in mock jail cells erected outside the American Embassy, while men in camouflage walked large baying dogs among them.
In Brussels, Belgium, activists marched to the U.S. Embassy, chaining themselves together to represent the prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. They were joined by Belgian politicians in their demands that the prison is illegal and should be closed.
As the protestors marched through the busy centre of Brussels, rush-hour traffic was brought to a standstill.
Francoise Dieryck, USA coordinator for Amnesty Belgium, said, "We want to give a message to the American authorities, first saying that it is really time to close Guantanamo now. Of course about 500 detainees have already been released, but there are about 275 that are there and they could be there indefinitely."
"America's image is really damaged, has been damaged, and so I think that closing Guantanamo Bay would be a very positive sign. But of course it is not enough. Why? Because there are secret detention centers ... everything is secret."
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See all 80 Commentstell you this much the belgians hated this country way before 9/11..
Posted by libsluvsuvs at 02:10 AM : Jan 13, 2008
You know this HOW ?
We had the world as a partner against terrorism until...Bush''s Choice War !
The cause of liberty, the cause of American, cannot succeed with any lesser effort."
- President John F. Kennedy, January 29, 1961
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Thanks a lot, Dubya.
Posted by Iceman_1960 at 12:14 AM : Jan 13, 2008
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the spaniards hated us too till they get attacked by terrorists..the french hated us ..till they get threats from terrorists..the brits hated us till they get threats AND attacks..
tell you this much the belgians hated this country way before 9/11..
Now the Belgians hate us too.
Thanks a lot, Dubya.
The ACLU has consistently undermined the social fabric of America, any group that advocates for child pronography and other such trash is not a friend of America. Not to mention all the other ridiculous campaigns they undertake.
Frankly, many American taxpayers bristle at the thought of paying even more for scums like gitmo detainees ..
Please ... why do you believe these foreigners deserve to have a trial in the USA?
Maybe we turn them over to Saudi, China, Russia or another country who would just give them a trial and then possibly put them to death, that would be a nice end ...
Do you honestly believe these murderers can be rehabilitated and released?
Frankly, I do not and why should I pay for the dog and pony show that would surely ensue?
Go Pats !!
-The legal system is broken and has been for many years .. so this little effort by the ACLU for probable assassins and scum from a battlefield do not bother many Americans ..
-Any American citizen held deserves his day in court ... like john walker lindh and padilla.
-I dont really care about ahmed or osama .. they can rot in a jail forever, after they get their military tribunal, the world will be a better place with them in custody ... unless of course you would like them to come stay in your home ...
If not for the aclu we would be stripped of many of our rights, be glad we have a legal watchdog.
We also must extend the justice system to anyone we (U.S.A.) holds in any type of detainment. They are human beings, and I''m sure that some of them have done nothing and that needs to be shown with a trial. Sentence them or release them.
HAHA .. the overwhelming majority of pols are lawyers ... they make the laws so they can gain financial advantage by forever wading through the courts.
No .. you did not step on my toes .. you insulted me with childish name calling ...
If one did a little research you would find that suspension of Habeas Corpus has been accomplished by other presidents .. so it is not a precedent set by this administration .. England has also suspended the procedure ...
As for these gitmo enemy combatants ... I would imagine that since they are NOT American citizens then they certainly should not benefit from American law/trials .. lawyers are looking for paydays, book deals and an opportunity to embarass America as most of these bleeding hearts are certain to be ACLU connected ..
The legal system is broken and has been for many years .. so this little effort by the ACLU for probable assassins and scum from a battlefield do not bother many Americans ..
Any American citizen held deserves his day in court ... like john walker lindh and padilla.
I dont really care about ahmed or osama .. they can rot in a jail forever, after they get their military tribunal, the world will be a better place with them in custody ... unless of course you would like them to come stay in your home ...
Go Pats !!
According to Hollywood rumor and gossip, JFK was rather minute himself.
No one needs a gun for self defense. There are other weapons available.
For example, you could carry a Macaw around with you.
"Shouting Macaw scares off burglar at pet store
Fri Jan 11, 10:22 AM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Watch dogs are a pretty common first line of security for U.S. homes and businesses. Watch birds not so much. But that didn''t stop Merlin, a seven-year-old blue-and-gold macaw who scared off a burglar at a Massachusetts pet store this week."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080111/od_nm/bird_odd_dc
The cause of liberty, the cause of American, cannot succeed with any lesser effort."
- President John F. Kennedy, January 29, 1961
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