The London Guantánamo Campaign invites you to
IS THE WORLDWIDE FIGHT AGAINST TORTURE BEING LOST?
A VIGIL TO MARK UN INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE
With speakers and open mic
On Monday 26 June 2017, at 6.30-8pm
Outside the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square
In the 30
years since the UN Convention Against Torture became international law, on 26
June 1987, the use of torture has proliferated worldwide and has even been
outsourced and offshored. A tool of colonial power, torture continues to be
used by repressive governments across the globe.
US President
Trump has said many times that he will bring torture back; the UK is
considering the reintroduction of internment and the relaxation of human rights
laws in the name of fighting terrorism; torture rehabilitation centres
worldwide are closing due to a lack of funding in a climate of austerity; torture
victims are held in inhumane conditions in immigration detention centres and
the torture of prisoners continues relentlessly and with impunity across the
world, in all continents, in spite of the absolute prohibition on the use of
torture.
The LGC invites you to join us to stand in solidarity with victims
worldwide on this day.
For more details, e-mail london.gtmo@gmail.com or call 07751 267 859
http://londonguantanamocampaign.blogspot.co.uk/
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