GIVE BACK GUANTANAMO TO CUBA. ¡¡ THIEVES , ROBBERS !!
Asunto: 16 Years of US Prison Imperialism and Torture in Guantanamo Bay
Today, January 11th, 2018 marks the 16th year that Guantanamo Bay prison has existed to house an exclusive population of Muslim males under the so-called War on Terror. The prison is also is illegally occupying Cuban soil, making it doubly problematic. Similar to other models of US inspired or driven incarceration in Latin America, the prison has been a site of massive violations of human rights, including torture. As a continent that has become accustomed to US intervention in the form of exploitation, incarceration, and torture, Guantanamo Bay is yet another example in Latin America of the US exporting its violence to other countries - what some call prison imperialism. In the War on Terror, this prison exists at the intersection of the exploitation of Latin America and Islamophobia - a system of oppression that has criminalized and demonized Muslims across the world. Guantanamo is a prison that has stood for the principle of innocent until proven Muslim. The prison currently houses 41 prisoners, some who have been cleared for release and others who have been waiting over a decade for some semblance of justice.  SOA Watch joins the coalition of groups who are fighting to close the prison, to end torture, and to dismantle Islamophobia. SOA Watch also calls for an immediate cessation of US intervention in Latin America and the restoration of Cuban land that has been dirtied by the crimes of the US government. Today, we fight back against state violence in Latin America and in particular, that which is directed at our Muslim brothers.
Join SOA Watch today (1/11/18) in Washington, D.C. at 11:30 A.M for a rally to close Guantanamo and stop torture. If you are not in the DC area, look for events and actions in your own community. Also, please tweet #closegitmo and #stoptorture throughout the day to register your opposition to the prison and the use of torture. ---- Our mission SOA Watch is a nonviolent grassroots movement working to close the SOA / WHINSEC and similar centers that train state actors such as military, law enforcement and border patrol. We strive to expose, denounce, and end US militarization, oppressive US policies and other forms of state violence in the Americas. We act in solidarity with organizations and movements working for justice and peace throughout the Americas.
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