Protesty przeciw Guantanamo w Waszyngtonie

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90 Arrested in Action Inside U.S. Federal District Court in D.C., Hundreds March Through Captiol Hill

Hundreds marched through the streets of D.C. today, winding a path from the Capitol to the Supreme Court and ending at the U.S. Federal District Court House. Throughout the morning other activists entered the court house to file Habeas Corpus petitions and await the presentation of the prisoners.

After filing a motion with the Chief Judge of the Federal Court, activists gathered inside the atrium of the court house and began reading the litany of prisoners. Many dropped banners reading "Shut Down Guantanamo" from the balconies overlooking the atrium. The activists were then ordered to leave and arrested.

The action inside of the court house was complimented by a multi stage march of 200 men and women in hoods and orange jumpsuits, representing the prisoners of Guantanamo. They were joined by 300 supporters as they marched solemnly to the Supreme Court, where a prisoner account was read, and then to the U.S. Federal District Court, where 40 people representing detainees tried to enter the court house for their day in court. The 40 detainees were denied access and proceeded to block the entrance to the building, which they held for several hours. The rally that unfolded in support of them included a reading of the litany of Guantanamo prisoners, a puppet show and a demonstration of water boarding.

The protest was organized by Witness Against Torture, a group of Christians that marched to Guantanamo and held a vigil in December 2005. There were over 100 protests held throughout the world to mark today, the 5th anniversary of the first arrival of prisoners to Guantanamo.

Według amerykanskich gazet, ludzie zostali zatrzymani bo mieli koszulki z napisami i transparenty w sądzie.

(AP) WASHINGTON — About 100 protesters were arrested inside a Washington federal courthouse Thursday after a brief demonstration calling for the shutdown of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The group _ which had a permit for a demonstration outside the courthouse _ began singing and chanting as they were led away in small groups, their hands bound by plastic cuffs.

Demonstrators made their way into the courthouse through a side entrance where they were passed through metal detector and were cleared by security screeners. The protesters gathered in an atrium where they began reading poetry and singing songs.

Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan ordered U.S. marshals to allow the group to demonstrate peacefully. An aide said it was the first time a demonstration had been allowed inside the courthouse.

The arrests were triggered when the demonstrators violated rules laid down by U.S. Marshal George Walsh and began waving signs and displayed bright orange T-shirts bearing slogans like "Stop Torture" and "Shut Down Guantanamo."

Walsh said the demonstrators would be cited, then released. Charges would be decided by federal prosecutors.

"They were going to be given a chance to be private citizens discussing something in the courthouse, but once you put the signs up it becomes something else," Walsh said.

Earlier, outside the Supreme Court building, several hundred demonstrators and dozens of rights activists wearing orange prison jump suits and black hoods called for the shutdown of Guantanamo.

Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, told the crowd the Bush administration has engaged in an "unprecedented overreaching of executive authority."