Amnesty International brings Gitmo to St. Paul.
By on Aug 28th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Amnesty International brings Gitmo to St. Paul.
“Guantanamo Bay is coming to St. Paul,” courtesy of Amnesty International. The human rights group is bringing their “live-size model of a maximum security Guantanamo Bay cell” to the Twin Cities. Visitors will be encouraged to experience the cell and push the Bush administration to shut down Guantanamo. Some details about the exhibit:
The cell is a replica of a Camp 5 cell. It brings to life the harsh realities of illegal detention to concerned citizens and highlights the human rights violations that Guantanamo symbolizes. The cell includes a steel toilet, florescent lights and a sliding metal door. Detainees reported being held in isolation in similar cells for as long as 23 hours.
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August 28th, 2008 at 4:57 pmPut Chimpy and Cheney in that damn thing and roll it over the side of a cliff ……………
August 28th, 2008 at 4:58 pmAnd will there be a waterboarding attraction to go along with this? How about a few snarling dogs?
Seriously, I think the cell will be enough to counter all the GOP claims of this “Caribbean resort” where detainees are kept. But it would be nice to see all the accessories as well.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:00 pm“My friends, I could only wish and pray for a cell this big and this nice when I was a POW forty years ago at the Hanoi Hilton when I was a POW, my friends. This cell could have a table in it and, my friends, I didn’t have a table, or a kitchen, or, my friends, a kitchen table.”
PEACE
August 28th, 2008 at 5:00 pmAnd the nightly urine shower on the holy book? Does it highlight the feeding tube? What about the beatings? So much to model…
August 28th, 2008 at 5:00 pmOOH, OOH, me first…wait, what the heck…where’s the water torture exhibit?
Crap, let down again.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:03 pmWhy aren’t those a-holes in “Recreate ‘68″ going to the Twin Cities?
August 28th, 2008 at 5:03 pmVery nice.
The Atlantic ocean is a huge buffer for us. It shields us from really seeing details of what is happening. The few photos of atrocities are not widely shown, and the government is actively stopping photos of soldiers returning who were KIA.
Some of us though actively search for photos of Baghdad, of soldiers in action, of the natives of Iraq, just to see what we have done / are doing there. It gives us nightmares.
It’s harder to ignore a giant orange prison cell though. It would be totally sweet though if they could have this show in the parking lot at the RNC.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:04 pmIF WE CAN ONLY GET BUSH CHANEY AND THE NEXT IDIOT IN LINE MCSHAME ALL TOGETHER AND PUT THEM INTO THE CELL FOR THREE WAY IN THE BOX. IT WOULD BE INTERESTIING TO SEE WHO WOULD BE THE ODD MAN OUT…LOL.
LOOK AT IT FIRST HAND AMERICA!!! I BELIEVE IN PUNISHMENT AFTER A TRIAL. I BELIEVE IN DIGNITY FOR EACH HUMAN EVEN IF THEY ARE SCUM OF THE EARTH.
I WILL HOLD MYSELF TO A HIGHER STANDARD!! I AM AMERICAN
August 28th, 2008 at 5:05 pmLooks like a Port-a-Potty, so keep Larry Craig clear.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:06 pmHow many of the networks will walk the two blocks from the Ex to view this, much less feature it on the news?
August 28th, 2008 at 5:14 pmI love it.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:16 pmWe’ll never see this in the MSM.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:21 pmspencers mom Says:
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“My friends, I could only wish and pray for a cell this big and this nice when I was a POW forty years ago at the Hanoi Hilton when I was a POW, my friends. This cell could have a table in it and, my friends, I didn’t have a table, or a kitchen, or, my friends, a kitchen table.”
I would like to add:
Or a toilet, friends let me tell you a toilet is a real luxury and I… uh-oh speaking of toilets.
Good job Spencer’s Mom! I love it!
August 28th, 2008 at 5:28 pmRove will have it spray painted and call it the new GOP push for affordable housing.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:31 pmCheney already has at least 2 of these cells: one he uses as his underground bunker and the other as his man-sized safe. And, since they were made by KBR (former subsidiary)of Halliburton) he got them at a discount in a no-bid deal.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:32 pmHow sad, apropos, and disgusting: bush’s legacy symbolized by a holding cell. Someone should relocate a dilapidated Gulf Coast dwelling for the icing on the cake.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:43 pmThere are no homeless in America as long as we have nice cells to keep people in.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:57 pmGood for them. I would also like to see some street theater of people standing around dressed like tortured prisoners.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:25 pm49erDem Says:
Why aren’t those a-holes in “Recreate ‘68? going to the Twin Cities?
Because they will only go where Rush tells them to go and Rush has not told them to go to the Republican convention.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:26 pmwas the cell designed as a punishment isolation cell for detainees who attacked guards or others in the camp?
August 28th, 2008 at 7:20 pm