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January 12, 2010

Hunger Strikers Call for Closure of Guantanamo
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Protesters gathered outside the White House on Monday to mark the eighth
anniversary of the opening of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. One hundred twenty-five people have started a twelve-day hunger
fast calling for the prison to be closed. Fasters include Frida Berrigan
of Witness Against Torture.

Frida Berrigan, Witness Against Torture: “We’re here to hold up a mirror
to the Obama administration in the hopes that what they see is not a
reflection of the hope and change that they promised but the hardened
continuity, hardened continuity with the Bush administration."



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