NCC Urges Closure of Gitmo

From Chuck Currie: Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, the General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, is urging Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to comply with a UN report which calls upon the United States to bring all Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial or release them, to close Guantanamo Bay, and to refrain from torture and other violations of human rights. Rev. Edgar's letter to Secretary Rice is also being circulated as a petition by NCCCUSA and Faithful America. It reads, in part:

These recommendations are consistent with a February 23, 2004 resolution of the Executive Board of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, which states, "Our concern is based on the fundamental Christian belief in the dignity of the human person created in the image of God, and on the rights accorded all persons by virtue of their humanity" . . . and the belief "that indefinite detention of persons without due process is a violation of their dignity and worth as children of God."



The American bishops(www.usccb.org) have not yet responded to the UN report.