U.S. CHRISTIANS MARCH ON GUANTANAMO TO VISIT PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE

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Twenty-five U.S. Christians in the nonviolent tradition of Dorothy Day
and the Catholic Worker are setting out from Santiago, Cuba today (Dec. 6) 
on a solemn 50-mile march to Guantanamo Bay. They seek to defend human 
dignity by visiting with the hundreds of detainees who have been held 
for more than three years under horrific conditions by the U.S. government.  
The group plans to arrive outside the gates of the U.S. naval base and 
prison complex on Guantanamo Bay on December 10, International Human 
Rights Day.

Participants in the group include a Jesuit Priest, Steve Kelly, a
Catholic Nun, Sr. Anne Montgomery, Frida Berrigan, daughter of the late
antiwar activist Phil Berrigan, and representatives of a number of
Catholic Worker Communities.  They are requesting entry into the compound
to visit and interview the detainees as a work of mercy in keeping 
with their faith.  If refused, as United Nations inspectors were
just two weeks ago, they will hold a fast in solidarity and a vigil to
pray for the immediate abolition of torture by all nations.

Take Action!

 *  Sign-on to a letter to President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense
    Donald Rumsfeld, and Guantanamo Naval Base Commanding Officer Mark M.
    Leary, requesting that the marchers be allowed to visit those
    incarcerated in the Guantanamo Bay prison:
    http://www.witnesstorture.org/signletter

 *  Organize a solidarity vigil to End Torture and Illegal Detentions on
    International Human Rights Day, this Saturday, December 10.  Register
    your vigil online at http://www.witnesstorture.org/events. Call your
    local media outlets to let them know.

 *  Donate to this effort at http://www.witnesstorture.org/donate

To stay informed, download factsheets and flyers, and read the
marchers online blogs, visit http://www.witnesstorture.org