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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-14-07 10:04 PM
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Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice DC Tues 26 June
(6/13/2007)
Historic Rally and Day of Action Expected to Draw Thousands from Across the Country
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
Contact: media@dcaclu.org

WASHINGTON, DC – Thousands of Americans are storming Capitol Hill to participate in a ‘Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice’ to rally and then call on Congress to restore habeas corpus, fix the Military Commissions Act, end torture and rendition and restore our constitutional rights. Activists from all fifty states will gather at Upper Senate Park on June 26, 2007 and deliver tens of thousands of signatures to Congress, urging the restoration of our rights.

What:
Rally and Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice

Who:
Senator Ben Cardin
Senator Tom Harkin
Senator Patrick Leahy
Representative John Conyers
Representative Dennis Kucinich
Representative Jerrold Nadler
Greg Proops of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Reverend Lennox Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus
Anthony Romero of the American Civil Liberties Union
Larry Cox of Amnesty International USA
David Keene of the American Conservative Union
Wade Henderson of LCCR
Rich Kilmer of NRCAT
Sister Diana Ortiz of TASSC, a torture survivor
Reverend Dr. Charles E. Gutenson
Dr. Ingrid Matson of Islamic Society of North America
Rabbi Garry Serotta of Temple Shalom
Bishop Walter Sullivan
~snip~

When:
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Rally from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Where:
Upper Senate Park (Constitution Ave. between New Jersey and Delaware Avenues, NE), Washington, DC

The event is being sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International (USA), the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. ~snip~

http://www.aclu.com/safefree/general/30090prs20070613.html

via http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/281209/amnesty_international_and_aclu_announce.html
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