This was my latest trial, today... WRRCAT: Washington Region Religious Campaign Against Torture For Immediate Release: Jan. 17, 2006 CONTACT: Jean Athey, 301-570-0923 or 202-291-2258 jlathey@hprg.com See statements and background at: www.wrrcat.org Charges Dismissed for All Protesters in Oct. White House Action against Torture and Military Commissions Act of 2006 Washington, DC, Jan. 17, 2007-- U.S. Judge Deborah Robinson dismissed the government’s case against all 16 defendants today in charged with “interfering with agency functions.” The 16 had attempted to present a “People’s Signing Statement” opposing the Military Commissions Act (MCA) of 2006 to President Bush at the White House on Oct. 17, 2006. That morning, Bush ceremoniously signed into law the act defendants said legalizes torture for the first time in our nation’s history and broadly denies Habeas Corpus protection -- a right guaranteed ever since the Magna Carta of 1215. At a news conference in fro...
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