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779 Detained
Guantanamo Bay was setup by the US in January 2002 for the indefinite detention of men without trial. The U.S. military officially acknowledged holding 779 prisoners in the camp. The Department of Defence at first kept secret the numbers and identity of the individuals held in Guantanamo Bay.
735 Released
President Bush insisted the men were the ‘worst of the worst’ yet majority have not been charged or tried for any crime but released. Some of the most recently transferred detainees had been held without charge for more than 14 years.
35 Remain
After 20 years there still remain 35 men. Ex-President Trump announced that he would keep Guantanamo Bay opened and will fill it up with ‘bad dudes’. President Obama promised to close the prison but failed to deliver.
9 Died
A staff sergeant at Guantanamo Bay states three men the Pentagon says killed themselves were actually tortured to death by the CIA. A total of 9 men have died whilst in US custody.
The Injustice Continues
Guantánamo Bay opened in January 2002 when the first detainee arrived, it remains a symbol of torture, rendition and indefinite detention without charge or trial. The total number of days as the injustice continues:
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Guantanamo Bay 20 Years on: A symbol of US impunity and torture
The 11th of January 2022 will mark 20 years since the first men set foot in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. Hooded, shackled, restrained by ear defenders and the now iconic orange jumpsuits, these men were presented to the world as trophies of the US’s swift and brutal vengeance; “The
Khutbah for the closing of Guantanamo Bay
On 11th January 2002, the first detainees were brought to Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay detention camp ('Gitmo'). They would be the first of 779 detainees held there, as prisoners of George W Bush's 'War on Terror'. 20 years on, 39 detainees remain. As we approach the 20 year
Former Guantanamo prisoners write to President Biden: Close Guantanamo before its twentieth anniversary
London - Today the “The New York Review of Books” published an open letter by seven former Guantanamo Bay prisoners, to President Biden offering him a constructive 8 point plan to close down the detention centre. The seven men who are, Mansoor Adayfi (Yemen), Moazzam Begg (UK), Lakhdar Boumediane (France),
Guantanamo Prisoner 552 video series
Fayiz al-Kandari is a Kuwaiti National who was imprisoned by the US government for 14 years without charge or trial in Guantanamo Bay. Throughout his imprisonment, Fayiz’s elderly father campaigned tirelessly for his son’s release. When he was eventually freed, Fayiz promised his father that he would tell him everything
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