A group of bands including REM and Pearl Jam have said they are to file a lawsuit aimed at accessing US documents on the use of music during interrogations of terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, informs Al Jazeera net Friday.
The announcement on Thursday came as the bands expressed support for the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo which was launched by former US military generals and politicians.
The musicians launched “a formal protest of the use of music used in conjunction with torture that took place at the prison and other facilities”.
– Guantanamo may be Dick Cheney’s idea of America, but it’s not mine. The fact that music I helped create was used in crimes against humanity sickens me, commented one of the protesting artists Tom Morello.
Barack Obama, the US president, said on his second day in office that he would move to close the prison at Guantanamo by January 22.
However, White House officials say that the deadline is unlikely to be met due to a series of legal and political obstacles.
