May 23 Global Day of Action to Close Guantanamo

On May 23, 2013, after a mass hunger strike captured the world’s attention, President Obama lifted his self-imposed moratorium on transfers to Yemen and committed – once again – to close Guantánamo.  A year later, only twelve men have been transferred, 77 cleared prisoners still languish inside the prison, and the president has nothing to show for lifting the ban on transfers to Yemen: not a single Yemeni man has left Guantánamo alive since 2010.  This is not progress.

Join CCR, Witness Against Torture, Amnesty International, and allies worldwide on Friday, May 23, 2014, for a Global Day of Action to demand that President Obama and Congress take concrete steps to close Guantánamo. Activists will demonstrate in over 30 cities, including New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, London, Toronto, Sydney, and Mexico.
Click here for details and the complete list of cities.
Our Yemeni clients, Ghaleb Al-Bihani, Mohammed al-Hamiri, Tariq Ba Odah, and Fahd Ghazy, have spent over 12 years at Guantánamo without charge or trial. They remain trapped there almost entirely because of their citizenship. They don’t know when – or whether – they will be freed.
In the words of 30-year-old Fahd Ghazy, “you are the voice of the voiceless.” On Friday, May 23, please raise your voice!