List/Grid Guantanamo & Military Commissions
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows Rule of Law campaign mobilizes and amplifies the voices of 9/11 family members who support closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, restoring the rule of law, and ending indefinite detention and other violations of human rights that have become an enduring legacy of the U.S. “War on Terror.” Our goal for this initiative has been to strengthen the reasonable voices of 9/11 family members who support the rule of law in all aspects of dealing with the perpetrators and accused perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks. This includes the decision to conduct federal versus military trials, to close Guantanamo, to end indefinite detention, to end the military commissions, and related issues.
Interfaith Rally in Boston on the 2018 Guantanamo Anniversary
Terry Greene spoke at an Interfaith Vigil in Boston to Close Guantanamo and Stop Torture, January 11, 2018 Good evening, I am here representing September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows…
Guantanamo Anniversary January 11, 2018
Terry Rockefeller spoke at the Guantánamo Anniversary Rally in DC on January 11, 2018 When the first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11,…
CLOSING GUANTANAMO in 2016
The members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows never wanted an institution like Guantanamo, nor the black sites that predated it, to exist. From our founding we have searched for understanding…
Families of 9/11 Victims Support President’s Guantanamo Proposal
Today President Obama announced that Ash Carter and the Department of Defense will go forward with a plan to finally close Guantanamo Bay. The members of September 11th Families for…
September 11th Families Support the Reinforcement of Ban on Torture
As family members of those killed on September 11th we have strong opinions regarding torture. The use of enhanced interrogation techniques, or torture by another name, was wrongly justified…
Talat Hamdani Speaks at the 2015 Rally to Close Guantanamo and End Torture
Washington, DC , January 11, 2015 I am Talat Hamdani, mother of Salman Hamdani. Salman was a first responder, EMT & NYPD Cadet who responded to the call of duty…
Our Letter To Obama-December 2014 re: Torture
December 8, 2014 Dear President Obama, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows decries the use of torture for any purpose. We are family members who have been waiting for over…
PT’s Letter to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
February 24, 2014 Dear Chair, Ranking Member, and Members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: We are writing to ask all of you to vote in favor of releasing…
Why Invent A New Form Of Justice?
My nephew was murdered on 9/11 in the World Trade Center with almost 3000 others. Families like mine are still waiting for justice…13 years later. Guantanamo opened 12 years ago…
The Fifth Anniversary of President Obama’s Guantanamo Closure Order
by JOHN BELLINGER Today is the fifth anniversary of President Obama’s executive order directing the closure of Guantanamo within one year. I welcomed the President’s order at the time, but…
