Under the guise of combating terrorism, the U.S. government took several steps closer to becoming a police state last year. The Military Commissions Act was approved by the 109th Congress and signed into law by George W. Bush on Oct. 17, 2006. The act undermines the government's commitment to observing key rights established by our Constitution, the Geneva Conventions, and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. Both of Colorado's senators, Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, voted for this draconian bill.
On Dec. 10, Strength Through Peace sponsored two street-theater performances of "Human Rights Day with George, Dick & Ken," which dramatizes the impact of the new law. (A video of this short play may be viewed by visiting www.strengththroughpeace.org.)
The 110th Congress began meeting on Jan. 4. Both chambers are controlled by Democrats for the first time since 1993. Strength Through Peace calls upon readers of The Denver Post to demand that the 110th Congress repeal the profoundly anti-democratic Military Commissions Act.
originally published in the Denver Post