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Amnesty
International USA Brings Guantanamo Cell Replica to Denver
Human Rights
Organization Will Tour Cell Across the Nation Urging the Bush
Administration to Close Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amnesty International
USA (AIUSA) will bring its national tour of a life-size Guantanamo
prison cell replica to Denver, Colorado starting Sunday, August 24
through Tuesday, August 26; visitors are encouraged to experience the
cell and push the Bush administration to shut down Guantanamo.
AIUSA's executive director Larry Cox will hold a media availability to
discuss the organization's human rights concerns about Guantanamo on
Monday, August 25, from 11 a.m. to noon in front of the cell
replica. Visitors may tour the cell and record a 30-second
reaction video that will be posted on youtube.com and AIUSA's
tearitdown.org, as well as sign the global petition to shut Guantanamo
down. On the outside of the cell are large LCD screens showing a
timeline of illegal U.S. detentions and torture, as well as related
facts and quotes.
The cell is a replica of a Camp 5 cell. It brings to life the harsh
realities of illegal detention to concerned citizens and highlights the
human rights violations that Guantanamo symbolizes. The cell includes a
steel toilet, florescent lights and a sliding metal door.
Detainees reported being held in isolation in similar cells for as long
as 23 hours.
Previous stops along AIUSA's national cell replica tour include Miami,
Philadelphia, Portland, ME and Washington, DC. The cell replica will
also visit St. Paul/Minneapolis and Los Angeles.
EVENT: Guantanamo Prison Cell Replica Visits Denver Executive director
for AIUSA, Larry Cox, Media Availability
DATE: Sunday, August 24 (3-8 p.m.) through Tuesday, August 26 (11
a.m.-8 p.m.) Media Availability, Monday, August 25 (11 a.m. to noon)
LOCATION: City of Cuernavaca Park
Intersection of 20th Street and Little Raven Street