The ACLU-WV celebrated another
great year with our annual Bill of Rights dinner
on Saturday, November 10th, at the Marriott in downtown
Charleston. This year’s keynote was former
Army Muslim Chaplain James Yee. Yee was stationed
at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from October 2002 until September
2003, when he was arrested for espionage and sedition,
and held in a U.S. Naval brig for seventy-six days.
During his detention, he was subjected to the same
interrogation techniques, such as sensory deprivation,
as the prisoners he was counseling in Guantanamo.
Yee delivered a compelling speech that touched on issues such as his own experience
at Guantanamo and his following arrest, balancing civil liberties with national
security, being a Chinese-American Muslim, and the United States’ conduct
of the War on Terror.
It was a great night for food,
drinks, and conversation with fellow civil libertarians.
We would like to thank every sponsor and everyone in
attendance. You
make our organization thrive.
