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Parliamentarians meet US authorities over illegal detentions
Published on May 15, 2008 - 8:41:25 AM
By: Amnesty International
May 14, 2008 -- International parliamentarians are meeting with US government officials from 14-16 May 2008 to discuss Amnesty International's framework to end illegal US detentions.
Sir Menzies Campbell, Member of the UK Parliament, and Christophe Strasser, Member of the German Bundestag, will represent the 1,236 parliamentarians from 30 countries that have already joined the call to US authorities to end illegal detention at Guantanamo and elsewhere, in accordance with Amnesty International's framework.
Sir Menzies Campbell and Christophe Strasser will meet with officials from the US Department of State, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Office of Senator McCain and the US Navy, among others.
Mary Robinson with the cell tour, 10 May 2008. Photo: Primrose Thompson.
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Replica Guantanamo cell touring the US
Since 8 May, a replica of a maximum security cell at Guantanamo has been touring the US. The tour, organized by Amnesty International, is a way to enable people to get a glimpse of the harsh realities of illegal detention and prolonged isolation.
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, ex-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a representative of the Global Elders, visited the cell in Miami on 10 May and spoke to Amnesty International activists who had gathered for a concert and rally.
Amnesty International's Framework to End Illegal U.S. Detentions:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/167/2007/en
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