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MEDIA ADVISORY: Activists Call on DOJ to End Widespread Teargas Torture in US Prisons before Trump Inauguration [1]

MEDIA ADVISORY

For immediate release 1/6/17

Conect: Ali Issa, Organizer, War Resisters League

Cell: (718)310-9968

ali [at] warresisters.org ()

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Activists Call on DOJ to End Widespread Teargas Torture in US Prisons before Trump Inauguration

 

New testimony from 21 states - backed by a petition signed by 13,000 - reveals the breadth of arms industry reach inside U.S. prisons & jails.

 

WHO: Representatives of War Resisters League, Witness Against Torture, Black Movement Law Project, among other groups

 

WHEN: Monday, January 9th, 1:30pm

 

WHERE: Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

 

WHAT: Members of advocacy organizations against torture as well as police and prison violence will hold a press conference on the steps of the Department of Justice, and deliver a petition of over 13,000 signatures.

 

MORE INFORMATION: https://www.warresisters.org/facing-tear-gas-prison [2]

 

VISUALS/DETAILS: Testimony of people who have experienced chemical weapons on the inside, along with additional information about the national and global scope of teargas and work against it, and a visual delivery of 13K signatures, during the press conference--these individuals will be available for interview on-site.

 

EVENT HASHTAG: #BanTheGas

Topics: 

  • Economy [3]
  • Guantanamo [4]
  • Militarism [5]
  • Nonviolence [6]
  • Nonviolent Activist [7]
  • Racism [8]
  • Tear Gas [9]

Source URL:https://www.warresisters.org/media-advisory-activists-call-doj-end-widespread-teargas-torture-us-prisons-trump-inauguration

Links
[1] https://www.warresisters.org/media-advisory-activists-call-doj-end-widespread-teargas-torture-us-prisons-trump-inauguration [2] https://www.warresisters.org/facing-tear-gas-prison [3] https://www.warresisters.org/topics/economy [4] https://www.warresisters.org/topics/guantanamo [5] https://www.warresisters.org/topics/militarism [6] https://www.warresisters.org/topics/nonviolence [7] https://www.warresisters.org/topics/nonviolent-activist [8] https://www.warresisters.org/topics/racism [9] https://www.warresisters.org/topics/tear-gas