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Do You Know Who is Detained at Guantanamo Bay?
Amnesty International calls on the President to immediately undertake lawful and safe detainee transfers as a matter of priority. The USA should not place any conditions on transfers of detainees…
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What Great Powers Do
They don’t respond to the tragic self-immolation of more than 100 Tibetans by further tightening the screws. And Great Powers don’t imprison people indefinitely without charge on Caribbean Islands.
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Writing Letters to Guantanamo
Have you ever doubted the power of a letter? If so, read this note Amnesty received from Sami al Hajj, who was held at Guantanamo without charge for years and…
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7 Recommendations to President Obama on Guantanamo, Torture & Drones
While there were encouraging signs in President Obama’s speech on national security, the continuing absence of international human rights law from the US government’s counterterrorism framework remains a grave cause…
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President Obama: Put Words Into Action
President Obama is right that the country is at a crossroads. It's time for the path not chosen over a decade ago. It's time for human rights.
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Amnesty International Responds to President Obama’s Speech on National Security
President Obama was right to reaffirm the need to close Guantanamo, address the need for greater transparency, and acknowledge the troubling issues surrounding his killer drone program. Now it's time…
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5 Points President Obama Should Make in Thursday’s National Security Speech
This Thursday at 1:30p.m. eastern, President Obama will deliver a widely anticipated speech at National Defense University that is expected to address closing Guantanamo, drones and US counterterrorism policy. If…
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Human Rights Groups Organize Vigil at White House to Mark 100th Day of Hunger Strike at Guantanamo
On the 100th day of the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, and amid growing pressure on the Obama Administration to close the facility once and for all, activists held a…
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HAPPENING NOW: White House Vigil to Mark 100 Days of Hunger Strike
We are holding a vigil outside the White House to send a clear message to the president: the time to close Guantanamo has come. Join us.
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Indefinite detention at Guantánamo continues – 100 detainees on hunger strike
What will it take to get the US government - across its three branches - to act with a real and continuing sense of urgency to close the US detention…
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Guantanamo: Is Death The Only Way Out?
9 prisoners have died waiting for justice in Guantanamo. Death should not be the only way out of the detention center.
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Amnesty International Welcomes President’s Remarks on Guantanamo, Calls for Action
President Obama is right to recommit to closing Guantanamo. But it's time to do more than talk.