Shut Down Guantánamo on its 10th Anniversary!

Synopsis

Please join us in Washington D.C., New York, San Francisco, and London to demand that Guantánamo be closed and to build our opposition to both this prison and all unjust U.S. detentions. If you cannot join us, create an event in your own community to mark the injustice of Guantánamo or participate in our calendar of activities that can be done from wherever you are.

Description

Despite the fact that the U.S. government has itself cleared more than half of these men for release, and despite President Obama’s promise on his second day in office to close Guantánamo within a year, it has been almost twelve months since anyone has been released. This is the longest period of time that has elapsed since the prison’s opening without a single person being set free.The Obama administration has also extended some of the worst aspects of the Guantánamo system by continuing indefinite detentions without charge or trial, employing illegitimate military commissions to try some suspects, and blocking accountability for torture.

Please join us at the events listed above in Washington D.C., New York, San Francisco, and London to demand that Guantánamo be closed and to build our opposition to both this prison and all unjust U.S. detentions. If you cannot join us, create an event in your own community to mark the injustice of Guantánamo or participate in our calendar of activities that can be done from wherever you are.