List/Grid Restoring Rule of Law
9/11 Voices for Restoring Rule of Law is a campaign to mobilize and amplify the voices of 9/11 family members who support closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay in order to restore the rule of law. It is a campaign to put an end to indefinite detentions and other violations of human rights that have become part of the legacy of the U.S. War on Terror. The ultimate goal of this campaign is to once again honor the US Constitution (its principles in theory and practice) as they have served us well for over 200 years.
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…
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…
Military Justice: Secrecy Shrouds Guantanamo Hearings
by Mathieu von Rohr in Guantanamo The biggest terrorism trial in American history has yet to begin, but many are already questioning whether it can approach fairness. Aggressive surveillance tactics,…
I Am Haunted By the Other Gitmo. The One I Did Not See.
I just returned from a prison where only the detainees, a judge, prosecutors, defense lawyers, witnesses, a lottery selected press pool, a lottery selected group of NGOs, and 5 lottery…
What Happens to Justice in a Perpetual War?
By John Knefel June 25, 2013 4:45 PM ET I. Emma Barker-Lasar is 19 years old. She attends community college in central New Jersey and works part-time for minimum wage at…
