Guantanamo

"Yesterday was a world action day calling for the closure of Guantanamo Prison, so today when we held our bi-weekly Women in Black vigil we handed out flyers detailing information of Guantanamo and on the three detainees being held in immigration detention in Kingston (Canada) under security certificates who have been hunger-striking for over a month to demand urgently needed medical care and other basic needs. They have all been detained for more than five years now, without charge or trial, and their cases drag on endlessly. January 11 to 15 have been declared Days of Action to Close "Guantanamo North" - the Kingston Immigration Holding Centre.

Here are three things you can do to help:

1. Write and Call Stockwell Day, Minister responsible for the Canadian
Border Services Agency (which runs the KIHC). Demand that he meet
immediately or appoint a neutral party to immediately resolve the crisis at
KIHC.

Stockwell Day, MP,
House of Commons, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Phone: (613) 995-1702
Fax: (613) 995.1154
day.s@parl.gc.ca or
communications@psepc.gc.ca

2. Contact the new immigration minister, Diane Finley, at (866) 496-3400.
This is her Simcoe constituency office. Ask that she meet with the families
of the detainees (who have requested a meeting) and that she also take
action to meet the reasonable demands of the detainees.

3. Write a card of support to the detainees (let the folks know at tasc@web.ca if you
have, so we can monitor if mail is getting through): Mohammad Mahjoub,
Mahmoud Jaballah, and Hassan Almrei can be reached at:

Kingston Immigration Holding Centre
c/o CSC RHQ Ontario Region
440 King Street West
PO Box 1174
Kingston, Ontario K7L 4Y8


We can't live in a country where people are imprisioned without being tried, let alone charged with a crime. What kind of people are we turning into?" I whisper.

Are you listening?