From the Archive

4 New Posters Available

For the last three years, Witness Against Torture has presented short runs of posters featuring quotes from former and current Guantánamo detainees. This week, we are releasing five new posters designed by WAT member Justin Norman. These artistic renderings of the plight of the detainees will hopefully engage people in a new way. We hope you like them. Furthermore, you can purchase printed images of these posters on our website. These purchases help in raising funds for our efforts to shut down the detention center that continues to hold them. Click here to check out the new posters, which are all available on our website store.

Got Five Minutes? We need your help sharing these provocative images on Social Media.

On social media people are most likely to share a photo or a meme rather than an article – this is the most effective way to get the men’s message into the social media world. In the past, these posters have been highly effective. The “Imagine” poster has been shared over a thousand times on Facebook, and another,  the “Begg” poster, which has been used by a former detainee as his profile image. Everyday of this week, we will be posting a new design on our Facebook page. You can help us extend our reach by visiting our Page and clicking “Share.” You can also post them to your own wall or a friend’s wall . This will take about five minutes, and will draw attention to the men that continue to be indefinitely detained without charge or trial.

SAVE THE DATE: January 5th-13th, 2015

Every January, the Witness Against Torture community gathers to fast and take action in Washington D.C. to remember the opening of the prison camp in Guantanamo.  This January 11th, 2015 marks 13 years of torture and indefinite detention.  We will be gathering from January 5th – 13th, 2015 to fast for justice and engage in a week of actions together. Join us as we stand in solidarity with those who remain unjustly detained. Save the date and stay tuned for more information. If you have any questions please email WitnessTorture@gmail.com

Witness Against Torture’s Friday Fast for Justice: 

Join in solidarity with the men on hunger strike in Guantanamo by fasting on Fridays. We invite you to consider joining the Friday Fast for Justice. Go without food in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Guantánamo.  If you are already participating in or are interested in participating please sign up here. You can commit to fasting on a specific Friday; weekly for a particular time period; until Guantánamo is closed; or whatever you are willing and able to do.

If you join the fast, we would ask you to:

1. Fast on Friday, in any form you like;

2. Make three phone calls (click here to see who we are currently focusing our calls on)

3. Write to a prisoner at Guantánamo. (click here for instructions on how)

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