27 HumanRights Activists Arrested at the White House for Nonviolent Direct Action Calling for the Closure of the School of the Americas and an End to U.S. Militarization http://www.soaw.org/news/news-alerts/3683-27-human-rights-activists-arrested-at-the-white-house-for-nonviolent-direct-action-calling-for-the-closure-of-the-school-of-the-americas-and-an-end-to-us-militarization

 ‎27 human rights activists were arrested in front of the White House when they staged a die-in on the White House sidewalk to call attention to thousands of Latin Americans who were murdered by graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas.The die-in followed a march of hundreds of human rights activists to the White House.The march included torture survivors,union workers,educators and students from across the Americas.

Marchers carried banners, flags and large puppets, including a 14-foot tall Mother of the Disappeared with them to the White House.Gerardo Torres from Honduras addressed the increased School of the Americas graduate-led repression against social movements in his country."The School of the Americas has left a trail of blood and suffering in every country where its graduates have returned,"The SOA/WHINSEC,a military training facility for Latin American soldiers located in Ft. Benning, GA, made headlines in 1996 when the Pentagon released training manuals used at the school that advocated torture, extortion and execution.