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On its Sixth Anniversary, Calls Resound Worldwide for Closure of Guantanamo Bay

Over 800 men and boys, so-called “enemy combatants,” have been held without charge at Guantanamo since January 11, 2002.

We speak to Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights. We’re also joined by London-based writer Mogib Hassan. His cousin, Fawaz Mahdi, was jailed in Guantanamo for over five years. He was released in June but has been suffering severe psychological problems and has tried committing suicide several times.

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21st December 2007

Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes has spent his first night of freedom at home after more than four years at the US detention camp.
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12.01.2008 09:51

Britain doesn't approve

With Lib Dem councillors at Brent Town Hall

Brent Town Hall

Central London Mosque / Islamic Cultural Centre

Memorial to British victims of 9/11, Grosvenor Square

London Catholic Worker vigil, U.S. embassy, Grosvenor Square

Rally in Parliament Square

Human rights lawyer Gareth Peirce addresses the rally

Former detainee Moazzam Begg speaks eloquently

Green MEP Jean Lambert

Images from London Guantanamo Campaign's 'statutes' actions in northwest and central London and rally in Parliament Square to mark six years of Guantanamo.

The group visited Harrow-on-the-Hill - in solidarity with recently released detainee Abdennour Sameur; Brent Town Hall - in solidarity with recently released detainee Jamil el-Banna, who Spain are still seeking to extradite; Central London Mosque / Islamic Cultural Centre, Regent's Park - in solidarity with all Muslims who have suffered human rights abuses in the "war on terror"; Paddington Green maximum security police station - in solidarity with all those detained without charge or significant evidence against them - and Edgware Road tube; the U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square, where they joined the London Catholic Worker vigil; and finished at the main rally in Parliament Square, attended by 150-200 people, many wearing orange jumpsuits symbolic of the U.S. detention facility.

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