{"id":1030,"date":"2022-01-11T16:56:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T21:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2022-06-08T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T11:00:06","slug":"raleigh-protests-20-years-of-guantanamo-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/2022\/01\/11\/raleigh-protests-20-years-of-guantanamo-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh protests 20 years of Guantanamo prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>About 40 people stood vigil outside the Federal Building in Raleigh this afternoon, calling for the immediate closure of the shameful prison at Guantanamo.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Thanks so much to the sponsors, participants, sign-makers, and excellent speakers at today&#8217;s vigil!  Rep. Deborah Ross should add her voice to <a href=\"https:\/\/price.house.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/reps-price-schiff-omar-lead-members-congress-calling-immediate-closure\">those of 75 other US Representatives<\/a>, calling on President Biden to close the torture prison now.  Write to Ross, the NC Senators, and the President today:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* President Biden,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:president@whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">president@whitehouse.gov<\/a>&nbsp;* Rep. Deborah Ross,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ross.house.gov\/contact\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ross.house.gov\/contact<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;* Sen. Thom Tillis,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tillis.senate.gov\/email-me\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.tillis.senate.gov\/email-me<\/a>&nbsp;* Sen. Richard Burr,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.burr.senate.gov\/contact\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.burr.senate.gov\/contact<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Catherine-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1047\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Catherine-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Catherine-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Catherine-300x400.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Catherine-850x1133.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Catherine Read, MC, NC Stop Torture Now<\/strong><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Jennifer-speaking-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1046\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Jennifer-speaking-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Jennifer-speaking-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Jennifer-speaking-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Jennifer-speaking-850x638.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> <strong>Rev. Jennifer Copeland, Director of the NC Council of Churches <\/strong><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Faisal-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1043\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Faisal-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Faisal-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Faisal-300x400.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Faisal-850x1133.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><strong> Faisal Khan, Director of the Carolina Peace Center <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Eric-speaking-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1045\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Eric-speaking-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Eric-speaking-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Eric-speaking-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Eric-speaking-850x638.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong> Rabbi Eric Solomon, Temple Beth Meyer <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Muffin-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1044\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Muffin-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Muffin-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Muffin-300x400.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/ncstn.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jan-11_Muffin-850x1133.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption> <strong>Muffin Hudson, Director, NC Community Bail Fund of Durham <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nSponsors were NC Stop Torture Now; NC Council of Churches; Eisenhower Chapter 157, Veterans for Peace; ACLU of North Carolina; NC Peace Action; Libertarian Party of NC and of Wake Co.; Carolina Peace Center.&nbsp;\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 40 people stood vigil outside the Federal Building in Raleigh this afternoon, calling for the immediate closure of the shameful prison at Guantanamo. Thanks so much to the sponsors, participants, sign-makers, and excellent speakers at today&#8217;s vigil! Rep. 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