- noseparatejustice@gmail.com
- a post-9/11 domestic human rights campaign
What is the No Separate Justice Campaign?
The human rights and civil rights abuses taking place in the military prison at Guantanamo Bay have, rightly, been placed under a spotlight by people of conscience around the world. Some believe that if only those detained at Guantanamo could be transferred to American soil, to be held and tried as civilians, the abuses would end and justice would be done.
Yet many of the same abuses can be found in the hundreds of “war on terror” cases that have been processed through courtrooms and federal prisons across the United States since 9/11. These abuses–which include inhumane conditions of confinement both pre- and post-trial; secret evidence; intrusive surveillance; vague material support charges; FBI-created plots brought into communities through paid informants; and the criminalization of Islamic speech and association–remain largely invisible.
The mission of the No Separate Justice campaign is to place these abuses, taking place in prisons and courtrooms across the United States, firmly on the agendas of human and civil right organizations, the media, and the U.S. public through education and activism that draws directly upon the experiences and voices of those most directly affected.
PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR NEXT MONTHLY VIGIL (normally held on 1st Monday of the month but for September 2016 – because of Labor Day holiday – we will be switching to second Monday):
Monday, September 12, 2016 from 6 p.m. till 7 p.m.
Outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in lower Manhattan – 150 Park Row – a federal prison where people accused of terrorism-related offenses have been held in solitary confinement for years, even before they have been tried.
DIRECTIONS TO THE VIGIL: The closest subway to MCC is the 4, 5, or 6 train to Brooklyn Bridge. Walk up Centre Street to Foley Square and look for Pearl Street which is in between the two huge federal courthouses on Foley Square. Walk down Pearl Street one black to where it dead ends on Park Row – our vigils take place there on the corner across from the entrance to MCC.
