From Guantanamo to the Streets of Chicago
Witness Against Torture Forum
Offered by “Camp Hope: Countdown to Change”
January 11, 2009 7-9:00pm, Hull Chapel, First Unitarian Church, 5650 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago
Speakers:
Mark Falkoff, a criminal law professor and a principal lawyer in the habeas representation of
more than a dozen prisoners being held by U.S. military in Guantanamo Bay.
G Flint Taylor, Jr. is a founder of the People’s Law Office and has been involved in a series
of cases arising from a pattern and practice of police torture and cover-up by Jon Burge,
Mayor Richard Daley, State’s Attorney Devine, and numerous other police and government of-
ficials.
Sonja Desantiago is a US Navy veteran stationed in Guantanamo Bay Cuba. After serving
in active duty, Desantiago returned to college to major in Clinical Psychology & Middle East-
ern Studies. She is now an active member of Iraq Veterans Against the War and continues to
advocate for human rights and just policy.