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SF Says No to Indefinite Detention - Unanimous Vote! February 26, 2013Bay Area CODEPINK San Francisco, CA | ||
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In a multicultural coalition effort lasting several months, the SF 99% Coalition (which Bay Area CODEPINK is a founding member of), celebrated the victory of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voting UNANIMOUSLY for a resolution opposing the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) of 2012 and 2013. San Francisco became the 18th, and largest, city to pass such a resolution in a national campaign organized by the Bill of Rights Defense Committee. For more on this campaign, please read attorney Nadia Kayyali's blog post, linked below. Among the speakers at a press conference shortly before the historic vote in City Hall were these two courageous women: "With the NDAA, our civil rights are really on the edge of being violated...by the military or the government..." - Karen Korematsu, daughter of Fred Korematsu, a Japanese-American who bravely fought indefinite detention during WWII, and for justice for detainees for decades afterward. Samina Sundas: "As an American Muslim, I have been suffering since 9/11... If you're not outraged with what's happening in our country, you're not paying attention." To watch Jeff Patterson of Courage to Resist and other speakers, including Janet Weil of CODEPINK, please click on the video. Related News Article: http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=12232#.UVIbnlfy2Vo |
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