List/Grid Rule of Law: Guantanamo and Civil Liberties
| 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.
Peaceful Tomorrows has lobbied around legislation affecting immigrants as a result of 9/11, rejecting the stereotyping and scapegoating that sometimes accompanied otherwise positive and meaningful reform efforts. See more about Guantanamo Bay in our new campaign section. |
Jessica and Leila Murphy Speak at January 11, 2019 DC Rally To Close Guantanamo
J: Good afternoon, and thank you all for your presence here today. My name is Jessica Murphy, (and my name is Leila Murphy). On September 11, 2001, our father, Brian…
Statement from September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows Concerning the Nomination of Gina Haspel as Director of the CIA
Torture is immoral and illegal. No one who played an operational role in torture, oversaw a “black site” where torture was committed, or destroyed evidence of torture rather than promote…
FEBRUARY 1, 2018: Human Rights Activists to Protest Trump’s Order to Keep Guantanamo Open in Grand Central Station
Contacts: Colleen Kelly 718-944-5601 colleen@peacefultomorrows.org Jeremy Varon 732-979-3119 jvaron@aol.com Elizabeth Ramos 347-581-2677 nyc@worldcantwait.net Human Rights Activists to Protest Trump’s Order to Keep Guantanamo Open in Grand Central Station, Thursday 2/1 @ Noon What: Demonstration/vigil…
Gorsuch Has History of Defending Torture
March 19, 2017 — To the Editor: On the surface, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, appears to be a pleasant and moderate man. But Mr….
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,…
In Memoriam – Remembering Peaceful Tomorrows Co-Founder Rita Lasar (1931-2017)
We mourn the recent passing January 8th, 2017 of Rita Lasar, instrumental Co-Founder of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Rita’s son Matthew writes: On September 11, 2001 terrorists attacked…
Report From The Pretrials At Guantanamo May_June 2016
REPORT ON MY WEEK AT GUANTANAáMO AS AN NGO REP May 30 – June 3, 2016 Valerie Lucznikowska “I got it.” That is the oft-repeated signature phrase uttered…
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…
