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Mark Engler, Dissent Magazine: ''Wednesday was the tenth anniversary of the first transfer of prisoners to Guantanamo Bay as part of the 'War on Terror.' To mark the date, a coalition of human rights groups, including Witness Against Torture, Code Pink, Amnesty International, and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, held a protest in Washington, DC. The solemn procession of orange-clad demonstrators stretched for blocks, making the event the largest protest on the issue since the start of the Obama administration.''

http://www.truth-out.org/guantanamo-has-got-go-protesting-ten-years-indefinite-detention/1326399564



Close the Guantanamo Gulag

Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: ''In a recent op-ed in The New York Times, Harvard lecturer Jonathan M. Hansen wrote, 'It is past time to return this imperialist enclave to Cuba.' Obama should heed Hansen s words. For the abiding presence of the Guantanamo gulag is not simply illegal and immoral. It also continues to be a symbol of US hypocrisy and makes us a target for more terrorist attacks.''

http://www.truth-out.org/close-guantanamo-gulag/1326813677

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Too many victims of the war on terror remain imprisoned across the world

Hamidullah Khan was 13 when he disappeared from Pakistan in 2008. He is still locked up in an Afghan jail.

http://bit.ly/zQYrEr



Spanish judge reopens Guantanamo torture probe

A Spanish judge on Friday re-launched an investigation into the alleged torture of detainees held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, one day after a British authorities launched a probe into CIA renditions to Libya.

http://bit.ly/zeXgC9



We Need Your Help To Close Guantanamo

We need your help to secure 25,000 signatures on the Close Guantánamo Now! petition.

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UN rights chief urges US close Guantanamo

''It is 10 years since the US government opened the prison at Guantanamo, and now three years since January 22, 2009, when the president ordered its closure within 12 months,'' the High Commissioner for Human Rights said. ''Yet the facility continues to exist and individuals remain arbitrarily detained indefinitely in clear breach of international law,'' she said in a statement.

http://bit.ly/xtXsHI


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