Close Guantanamo Bay!

Avaaz.org 13 Jan 2011

10 years ago, Nabil Hadjarab was sent to Guantanamo Bay hooded, shackled and innocent. Although the US has cleared him of all charges of terrorism or any other crime, they still won’t release him. But, an international solution could close this illegal torture camp and end Nabil’s horrific ordeal.

There are 89 others just like Nabil, and 170 men in total trapped in this black hole of injustice. This is the US’s disaster, but the US refuses to find a solution to shut down Guantanamo. Now, with the help of two countries we could end this shame. Qatar has already offered to take innocent prisoners, like Nabil. And the UK, a close and trusted ally of the US, could give the remaining prisoners a fair and public trial in civilian courts. All that’s missing is the political will and public mandate to do it -- and that’s exactly what we, together, can create.

Today, let’s mark Guantanamo’s shameful 10th birthday with a massive global call to US, UK and Qatari leaders to do an international Close Guantanamo Deal and finally slam the door on this horror story for good. Sign the urgent petition and send this to everyone:

Sign Close Guantanamo Petition

After 10 years of injustice and broken promises, the US has failed to close Guantanamo. Both the Obama and Bush administrations and the US Congress and military have obstructed all meaningful moves to release the innocent, try detainees in fair and public trials, move detainees to civilian prisons and shut the prison down. With so many pledges and failures, a creative solution is urgently needed, one that involves taking the prisoners to another country. If we don’t act now to force a global solution, the US may operate Guantanamo indefinitely.