Abu Zubaydah: Guantánamo’s Living Ghost

Write to Abu Zubaydah to show support and let him know that he has not been forgotten.

BREAKING THE SILENCE FOR ABU ZUBAYDAH

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Stripped of his freedom and held without charge for over 23 years, Abu Zubaydah has survived unimaginable abuse and isolation at Guantánamo Bay. It’s time to break the silence. Write a personal letter of support today to remind him that no prison can erase his humanity, and the world has not forgotten him. Send your message of solidarity now.

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Guantánamo Case Profile: Abu Zubaydah

Palestinian Abu Zubaydah was captured in Pakistan in 2002. At 31 years old, he became one of the first detainees subjected to the CIA’s global “black site” enhanced torture programme. Although initially portrayed as a senior al-Qaeda figure, US intelligence later confirmed he was not an al-Qaeda member and had no role in planning 9/11. Yet, for over four years in secret prisons across multiple countries, he was waterboarded more than 80 times in a month, confined in coffin-sized boxes, deprived of sleep, and endured extreme isolation and stress positions.

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Abu Zubaydah remains in Guantanamo despite UK compensation for involvement in his torture

Abu Zubaydah was subjected to some of the most extreme forms of abuse used by the CIA following 9/11, but never being charged with a crime. He was used as a “guinea pig” for the development and justification of torture techniques later used across the CIA’s network of secret prisons, before his transfer to Guantánamo Bay, where he remains detained without charge to this day.

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To Abu Zubaydah: You Are in Our Thoughts

Dear Abu Zubaydah,

I am writing to you today to let you know that you are not forgotten.

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With respect and solidarity,

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