Amnesty International Members and Other Activists Show Support for Accountability of Past Abuses Under Guise of National Security

Human rights organization to hold events across the nation

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International USA members and other activists will be conducting panels, vigils, film screenings and letter writing campaigns in their communities from now until mid-March to urge Members of Congress and President Barack Obama  to close Guantanamo and establish an independent commission to investigate alleged detainee abuses in U.S.-controlled detention centers.

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Events will occur across the United States including Madison, WI, Columbus, OH, Minneapolis, MN, Charleston, SC, New Orleans, LA, Boulder, CO and Berkeley, CA.    

Amnesty International works to stop torture and ill-treatment; close Guantanamo the right way -- with detainees either tried fairly in U.S. federal courts or released; end illegal detentions at Bagram Airfield and other U.S. facilities; stop rendition; and ensure that human rights abuses are investigated and prosecuted.

A partial list of events is below.  For more information, please go to www.amnestyusa.org/10k

WISCONSIN 

EVENT: "Don't Look Away" display at State Radio Concert

DATE: Thursday, February 18

LOCATION: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Majestic Theater

115 King Street

Madison

MINNESOTA

EVENT: Vigil

DATE: Thursday, February 18-Friday, February 19

TIME: 12:00-1:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Federal Building

212 3rd Ave. South

Minneapolis

EVENT: Torture on Trial film screening

DATE: Wednesday, February 24

TIME: 6:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Merriam Park Library

Minneapolis

CALIFORNIA

EVENT: Boalt Association Against Torture and AI UC Berkeley panel featuring John Walker Lindh's father

DATE: Monday, March 1

LOCATION: University of California, Berkeley

Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with more than 2.2 million supporters, activists and volunteers in more than 150 countries campaigning for human rights worldwide. The organization investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the public, and works to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied.

For more information, please visit: www.amnestyusa.org

SOURCE Amnesty International

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