Eight years of injustice

As of today, it has been eight years since the first prisoner entered Guantanamo Bay. Eight years of not following the rule of law, eight years of violation of the Geneva Conventions, and eight years of human rights abuses.

And yet it continues.

And torture continues too.

I don’t recognize the country that I grew up in.

There are over a hundred people who are going to DC to start a fast to mark their opposition to torture and illegal detention. They are calling it fast for justice.

Justice Delayed, Justice Denied: Witness Against Torture Responds to Obama

Echoing the policies of Bush, Obama proposes the indefinite detention, without charge or trial, of detainees against whom no case has been built or from whom "evidence" was obtained through torture. The Obama Justice Department repeatedly invokes the "state secrets" defense to beat back legal efforts of those kidnapped and tortured to receive acknowledgment of their injury and compensation for it. And it has steadfastly refused to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute those who designed and ordered torture policies, choosing instead a limited inquiry into the most egregious cases of "unauthorized" detainee abuse.