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The Bush administration created the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba, a prison at Bagram air base in Afghanistan, and other offshore prisons as "law-free zones" that it believed were exempt from U.S. and international law, including the Geneva Conventions and the nearly 800-year-old writ of habeas corpus. The U.S. Supreme Court disagrees.
President Obama has promised to close Guantánamo Bay prison, and his administration has cleared more than 100 of the remaining prisoners for release. Other men there, at Bagram, and at other offshore prisons may also be wrongly held by the U.S. military. Some of these men cannot safely return to their home countries. Unfortunately, eight years of scare-mongering have taken a toll on Americans' commitment to human rights for detainees.
Be part of the solution
Join No More Guantánamos in a grassroots initiative of concerned citizens, communities, organizations, and pro-bono attorneys representing detainees to:
- Engage the public in a fact-based dialogue about the planned closure of Guantánamo Bay prison and U.S. detainee policy
- Transform prisoners’ images in the U.S. from faceless, nameless “terrorists” to human beings who deserve human rights and a presumption of innocence until proven guilty
- Use prisoners’ stories to overcome unfounded fears of prisoners in your community
New!
- Updated toolkit to support grassroots public education about the planned closure of Guantánamo Bay prison, using prisoners' stories to overcome musunderstandings about the prisoners.
- New videos featuring Comedy Central's Jon Stewart comparing President Obama's retention of Bush-era powers to Frodo from Lord of the Rings, No More Guantánamos members and other activists, lawyers, and government officials, and a gem featuring former detainee Lakhdar Boumediene talking about how he is rebuilding his life.
- Bagram Prison annotated list of prisoners compiled by British author and journalist Andy Worthington.
Newest resolution
On April 24, Leverett (MA) town meeting approved a resolution to welcome a few cleared detainees.
Five of the 178 detainees who remain at Guantánamo Bay prison
