Join us December 10 for a Human Rights Day demonstration at the U.S. Courthouse in Minneapolis

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(Statues of Limitations is running out to prosecute the authors of torture)

Remind officials to seek accountability for use of torture



This will be a multi-part demonstration and you’re free to participate in any or all of it:



a) Meet at 11:00 a.m. in front of the Federal Courthouse (300 So Fourth Street, Minneapolis) to obtain leaflets and/or orange jumpsuit/black hood attire and signs if you want.
From about 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., those of us in orange jumpsuits (and possibly black hoods) will then individually walk (or in small groups) around the downtown area, with signs and/or leaflets.

b) At 11:45 we will gather back in front of the U.S. Courthouse in a silent protest of the torture committed on detainees around the world and the lack of prosecution for those complicit in this torture which functions to set dangerous precedent.

Some people may individually, but not as part of “Tackling Torture at the Top” group, may attempt to wear the black hoods, which are symbolic of what the detainees have been forced to wear.

(People have worn such hoods in peaceful protests all across the country, including in front of the White House and at the large march
at the start of the RNC in St. Paul. The wearing of these hoods is therefore believed to be expressive communication protected by the First Amendment.

(Court Security has previously advised that wearing a hood could violate an 1859 Minnesota statute that makes it a misdemeanor to conceal one’s identity by wearing a mask unless falling under certain religious, medical, or weather related reasons.)

c) After a short time of silent demonstration (aprox. 30 minutes), some people will attempt to turn themselves in to the federal authorities at the Courthouse for our own complicity in the torture committed in our names.

People will describe their confessions to any media outside and hopefully to the authorities inside the U.S. Attorney's office on the sixth floor.

Orange jumpsuits are available for purchase ($10) or to borrow if you’d like to join the Human Rights Day demonstration this way but you can just come support the effort too.