Day 100 of Guantanamo Bay hunger strike marked by protest in Chicago

As part of "Global Days of Action" to support Guantánamo hunger strikers, on Friday 17 May in Chicago, demonstrators marked the 100th day of another hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, where inmates have been protesting their indefinite detention by the U.S. government on terrorism charges.

Protesters, dressed in orange overalls, went outside the Federal Plaza and began a march through the Loop and ending at Daley Plaza. Organised by The Chicago Coalition to Shut Down Guantánamo (World Can't Wait Chicago, White Rose, IL Coalition Against Torture, Witness Against Torture, Voices for Creative Non-Violence), the march was endorsed by the Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5, NW Indiana Vets for Peace. There were about 100-150 people present. Police on bicycles followed protesters throughout.

Photos were shared here from earlier protests by Amnesty International - Chicago from January 2013 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=156484641167434&set=a.1303554737...

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