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CodePink Activists Arrested for Guantánamo Protest at White House

HeadlineJun 27, 2013

A number of activists with the group CodePink were arrested at the White House on Wednesday in a protest for the closure of the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay. The group’s co-founder, Diane Wilson, was arrested after scaling the White House fence and attempting to deliver a letter to the White House front door. Wilson is on a liquid-only fast in solidarity with hunger-striking Guantánamo prisoners.

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