WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Delahunt’s Foreign Affairs Subcommittee will hold a public briefing Wednesday  to examine the cases of Uzbek and Chinese nationals who were wrongfully accused of terrorist activity and imprisoned indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay in 2002.  Despite clear evidence of their innocence, they remain detained.  The purpose of the briefing is to determine why these men were incarcerated in the first place, what is being done to resolve their cases, and how cases like these reflect on the image of the United States abroad. 

WHO:             Briefing of the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight

DATE:            Wednesday, March 26, 2008

TIME:            2:00 PM

WHERE:        En Banc Courtroom, 7th Floor, the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way, Boston, M.A. 02210

SUBJECT:      “City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay?  The Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America’s Image”

BRIEFERS:

The Honorable Mark L. Wolf
Chief Judge
United States District Court
District of Massachusetts

Michael E. Mone , Esq.
Associate
Esdaile, Barrett and Esdaile

P. Sabin Willett, Esq.
Partner
Bingham McCutchen

Emi Maclean, Esq.
Staff Attorney
Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative
Center for Constitutional Rights

 

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