Guantanamo: Survivors speak

As we mark 23 years since the establishment of Guantanamo Bay, this event stands as a powerful call to action against systemic injustice, unaccountable power, and the enduring use of torture and indefinite detention.

Attendees will hear directly from the men who were once detained in Guantanamo Bay, sharing their personal testimonies of resilience and their calls for accountability exposing the U.S. government’s use of torture and its global legacy of authoritarian tactics, demands the immediate closure of Guantanamo Bay, and calls out its role as a symbol of oppressive hegemonic and carceral systems.

The event will spotlight the cases of the remaining men that are still awaiting release including the case of Abu Zubaydah, the forgotten prisoner from Gaza in Guantanamo. Subjected to extreme torture, including waterboarding and isolation. Abu Zubaydah epitomises the brutality and lawlessness of U.S. practices. Despite never being charged with a crime, he remains indefinitely detained, his plight exposing the moral failures of Guantanamo and the complicity of global powers in sustaining these injustices.

This event underscores the urgency of dismantling such systems of oppression and amplifying the voices of those who have endured them.