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Earthwise - Matt Daloisio, Witness Against Torture, explains WAT's determination not to let Obama forget his promise to close Guantanamo.
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- Programme
- Earthwise
- Episode title
- Matt Daloisio, Witness Against Torture, explains WAT's determination not to let Obama forget his promise to close Guantanamo.
- Description
- January 11 2012 marked 10 years since the first detainee was sent to Guantanamo, and 3 years since Obama promised to close it within 1 year. More than 50 people in Washington DC and elsewhere fasted, taking part in WAT's 10day "Hungering For Justice" campaign.
- Duration
- 0 hour(s) 26 minute(s)
- Release date
- February 22 2012
- Download
- mp3 version
The campaign culminated in a "Ten Years Too Many" mass mobilization at noon on January 11 at Lafayette Park, across from the White House. Campaigners called attention to the terrible injustice that is not just Guantanamo, but also Bagram and secret prisons.