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Held for 900 Days Since Being Approved for Release from #Guantanamo: Sanad Al-Kazimi, a Yemeni Torture Victim - the 9th of my 10 articles telling the stories of the 16 men approved for release but, disgracefully, still held andyworthington.co.uk/2024/03/25/hel…

22 yrs ago the US seized Abu Zubaydah in Pakistan & embarked on one of its greatest crimes of the 21st century - the CIA torture program. Tortured for 4.5 yrs in "black sites", held at #Guantanamo for 17.5 yrs w/o charge, last year the UN called for his release, but were ignored

Tue Apr 2: Launch event of #Guantanamo prisoners' art exhibition at European Parliament, hosted by Greek Left MEP @SteliosKoul w/ ex-prisoner @MansoorAdayfi @artcrimeprof Erin Thompson. Runs until Apr 5, inc art by Moath Al-Alwi & Khaled Qassim, still held left.eu/events/guantan…

No sooner had I posted this than I got an updated version from @JGavrilah in San Francisco. Thanks!

Wed Apr 3: The next monthly coordinated global vigils for #Guantanamo's closure, at locations across the US, inc. the White House, & in London & Mexico City. Please join us - 1st Weds of every month. Last month's photos & report here: andyworthington.co.uk/2024/03/09/pho…

New release by our co-founder @GuantanamoAndy @fourfathers1 to coincide with Julian Assange's last UK appeal against his extradition to the US. Andy worked with Julian & @Wikileaks on the hugely important release of the #Guantanamo files back in 2011.

Held for 1,200 Days Since Being Approved for Release from #Guantanamo: Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah - my 2nd article about the 16 men approved for release from Guantanamo, and how long they have been held since those decisions were taken closeguantanamo.org/Articles/432-H…

Photos and Report: Eight Global Vigils for the Closure of #Guantanamo on February 7, 2024 -from London to Mexico City, from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/10/pho…

In under 5 minutes, at a rally in London, I explain why men still held at #Guantanamo today are as fundamentally without rights as they were when the prison first opened over 22 years ago as a place intended to be beyond the law youtube.com/watch?v=K4KDTt…

One year ago: the 1st ever visit to #Guantanamo by a UN Rapporteur, @NiAolainF & her team, which led to a devastating report in June, concluding that conditions at Gitmo NOW amount to "ongoing cruel, inhuman & degrading treatment" & "may also meet the legal threshold for torture"

Held for 1,000 Days Since Being Approved for Release from #Guantanamo: Uthman Abd Al-Rahim Muhammad Uthman - the first in a series of articles looking at the 16 men approved for release & how unforgivably long they have been held andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/07/hel…

Posters for the monthly coordinated global vigils for the closure of #Guantanamo, at locations across the US & in London & Mexico City, this Weds, Feb 7. Please check out the poster showing HOW LONG the 16 men approved for release have been held since those decisions were taken.

Video: Andy Worthington Calls for the Closure of #Guantanamo at London Rally on Jan. 20, 2024 - just under 5 minutes of my indignation that the gulag is still open andyworthington.co.uk/2024/02/06/vid…

Close #Guantanamo: Our Achievements in 2023, Marking Guantanamo’s 22nd Anniversary on Jan. 11, and What We Can Do in 2024 - I hope you can get involved in some way! andyworthington.co.uk/2024/01/31/clo…

Our Achievements in 2023, Marking #Guantanamo’s 22nd Anniversary on Jan 11 & What We Can Do in 2024. My latest for Close Guantanamo: UN reports, vigils, the ongoing photo campaign, encouragement to write to elected representatives & advice from @NiAolainF closeguantanamo.org/Articles/431-O…

A few photos from the 12 I've just received from a #Guantanamo vigil in Augusta, Maine on Jan 14 of campaigners with the poster marking 8,036 days of Guantanamo's existence on Jan 11. Check out the 122 photos from the US & around the world here: closeguantanamo.org/Gitmo-Clock-20…

It’s now 22 years to this month, since the Guantanamo Bay detention facility was opened. I joined campaigners in London to mark this anniversary in protest, reaffirming calls for its closure and the release of detainees held inhumanely without charge.

A few photos I took of the excellent march and rally for the closure of #Guantanamo in central London yesterday - from Parliament, up Whitehall, via 10 Downing St to Trafalgar Sq, where there were speeches. Videos to follow. More here: facebook.com/andyworthingto…

Marking the 22nd anniversary of Guantanamo Bay. A procession from Parliament Square, demo & speakers in Trafalgar Square & handing in a petition at 10 Downing Street to ask @RishiSunak to press @POTUS to close this illegal detention centre. @UKGuantanamoNet @NewcastleAIUK

Thanks to former #Guantanamo prisoner Ahmed Errachidi for sending in a photo with our poster marking 8,036 days of #Guantanamo's existence last week, bring the total number of photos received to 110! See all the photos here: closeguantanamo.org/Gitmo-Clock-20…