TRINITY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE RESOLUTION
CALLING FOR THE CLOSING OF THE PRISON FACILITY AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

WHEREAS, January 11, 2007 marks the fifth anniversary of political prisoners being sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and classified by the Bush administration as “enemy combatants” in the so-called War on Terror in the hopes of not having to follow basic Constitutional guarantees afforded all accused of crimes in due process of law and protections under international laws such as the Geneva Conventions for prisoners of war; and

WHEREAS, there have been numerous accusations of prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay of these political prisoners by international human rights organizations such as the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Human Rights First, and Amnesty International; and

WHEREAS, our nation’s standing on the world stage has been damaged by human rights abuses that have been perpetrated in our name and on our government’s behalf against our real or perceived political enemies,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Trinity County Democratic Central Committee calls that the United States Government end the immoral, illegal, inhumane, unethical, and unconstitutional treatment of suspects in the “War on Terror” by U.S. forces, U.S. intelligence officers, military subcontractors, and by foreign countries that have had suspects sent to them for questioning and we specifically call for the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Trinity County Democratic Central Committee distribute copies of this resolution to Senators Feinstein and Boxer, and such media outlets as the Central Committee may deem appropriate; and to all other California county Democratic central committees and to the California Democratic Party for consideration and support.
Supplemental information:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122306A.shtml
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/us_law_06.htm
http://web.amnesty.org/web/web.nsf/print/5CD9C0B86FE9C7C58025720600317E29