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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!

 

Newest resolution

On April 24, Leverett (MA) town meeting approved a resolution to welcome a few cleared detainees.
  • Read the resolution here.
  • Read news release here.
  • Watch a 20-minute video of a public forum supporting the resolution here

 

Five of the 178 detainees who remain at Guantánamo Bay prison

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