Dan Webster, Communications Director for the National Council of Churches, former Episcopal Public Relations Director here in Salt Lake, and good activist friend of mine, sent this today:
Suicides at Guantanamo Bay prison lead to renewed calls to close the facility
New York, June 11, 2006 — The suicides of three prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba have prompted a renewed call by the National Council of Churches USA that the facility be closed.
The suicides are “another milestone in a sordid history of human rights denial and crimes against humanity,” said the Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, NCC General Secretary.
“Americans who love their country and its historic ideals are mortified by this continuing blot on our honor, on our steadfast defense of freedom, and on our commitment to democracy and the rule of law,” Edgar said.
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