GREENFIELD With some donning orange jumpsuits and black masks and others carrying signs, a group came together on the Greenfield Common Saturday morning to protest the 20-year anniversary of the first detainees arriving at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S..
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Published: 1/11/2021 6:42:04 PM
NORTHAMPTON Dressed in orange jumpsuits, some with hoods pulled over their heads, local demonstrators took to downtown Northampton and Greenfield on Monday to bring attention to the 19th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Their goal? To convince the U.S. government to shutter the prison in Cuba and to make sure that Americans do not forget about the 40 prisoners who remain there, most of whom are being detained without charges or a trial.
“We want the prison closed,” Nancy Talanian, of Whately, said while protesting in Northampton, adding that it is a “bad precedent” for the government to imprison people and “throw away the key.”
Guantanamo Bay detention camp to be focus of demonstrations in Greenfield, Northampton
Demonstrators wear orange jumpsuits and black hoods in reference to Guantanamo Bay detention camp, on the Greenfield Common in 2017. People will be demonstrating on the Greenfield Common again on Monday, as well as in downtown Northampton. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
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The 19th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is this month a fact that comes as a surprise to many people, says Sherrill Hogen, one of the organizers of a demonstration that will be held in Greenfield and Northampton on Monday.