Patti Smith Takes on Guantanamo
By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Sat Apr 14, 2007 at 11:45:04 AM EST
Tags: Guantanamo, Detainees (all tags)
Posted on Sat Apr 14, 2007 at 11:45:04 AM EST
Tags: Guantanamo, Detainees (all tags)
Rocker Patti Smith has a new song about Guantanamo, "Without Chains." She says it will be available soon for download on her website.
"I feel responsible as an American citizen," Smith told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from New York. "It’s a terrible injustice and I think it will be a stain upon us when history examines this period."
Smith’s "Without Chains" focuses on Murat Kurnaz, a German-born Turkish citizen who said he was kept under fluorescent lights for 24 hours at a time and complained of being beaten at the U.S. military detention center in southeast Cuba. Detainees are held there on suspicion of links to al-Qaida or the Taliban, many without the opportunity to face trial.
More like Patti, please.
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