Jule Shanklin, Peggy Misch and Christina Cowger (in the picture below, from right to left) were part of the anti-Gitmo protest contingent at the federal building on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh today. Did you know that 80-some prisoners at Guantanamo have been “cleared for release” — i.e., they’ve never been charged with anything, because there’s no evidence they were ever more than in the wrong place at the wrong time in the “War on Terror” — yet they continue to be held more than a decade later.

Forgotten and desperate, they’re on a hunger strike which is now in its 6th week.

Today, in 20 cities including Raleigh, protesters sought to bring this outrage to public attention.

Jule Shanklin @ anti-Gitmo protest in Raleigh today. U.S. holds prisoners for years w/o charges.#closeGitmo @theccrtwitter.com/rjgeary/status…
— Bob Geary (@rjgeary) April 11, 2013