On Juneteenth (June 19th) the Hip Hop Caucus, the ACLU and Amnesty International are cosponsoring a concert featuring dead prez, Mystic and others at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. In the tradition of commemorating Juneteenth, we are connecting the legacy of torture as a part of slavery with the legacy of torture we have established in the global “war on terror.”

Last fall, when Congress passed the Military Commissions Act, it included a section which prohibited any non-citizen in US custody that the President designated an “enemy combatant” from going to court and exercising the most basic human right - the right to go before a court and ask the government what the basis for their detention is. This prohibition on filing a writ of habeas corpus has meant that people who have been in US custody for more than five years continue to be held with no meaningful judicial review, and in some cases are being tortured.

featuring dead prez, Mystic, Wise Intelligent, Uncalled 4 Experience, Akir, Hasan Salaam, GRIME, Emoni Fela, Head-Roc, Son of Nun, DJ Chela and J Period.