When looking at the stories of the released Guantánamo prisoners, one of the most tragic individual stories of last year was that of Adel al-Gazzar (aka Adel El-Gazzar), a former officer in the Egyptian army, who lost a leg in US custody and spent eight years in Guantánamo. 

Abdel Aziz Nadji was held in Guantanamo for 8 years without charge or trial. He was sent back to Algeria against his will where he tried to rebuild his life. However, he was suddenly rearrested and jailed.

"The rooms were filled with corpses of brothers, their blood, excrement and waste. The water began to slowly rise and we had nowhere to escape. Anyone injured who could not stand up just drowned, right in front of us."

Please sign the new "Close Guantanamo" campaign's White House petition calling for Guantanamo's closure. 25,000 signatures needed by February 6.

On Tuesday January 24, at 7 pm, there will be a special screening of the acclaimed documentary film “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (co-directed by Polly Nash and Andy Worthington) at the European Parliament in Brussels. 

Last week, I was in Washington D.C., attending events to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as part of a 12-day US tour organized by some of my great friends in the US — the activists of The World Can’t Wait, and their national director Debra Sweet, who is largely responsible for making sure that I don’t get lost, that I can find coffee when I need it, and that I don’t get too much sleep! — as well as being a tireless campaigner for justice.

I wrote this today on a plane flying across the US, from Washington D.C. to San Francisco, a week into my 12-day visit to campaign for the closure of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which has been the focus of my work for the last six years.

“You are now the property of the United States and you have no rights.” These were the first words to greet me and other prisoners held in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. Ten years on little has changed.

Today, prisoners at Guantánamo will embark on a peaceful protest, involving sit-ins and hunger strikes, to protest about their continued detention, and the continued existence of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, three years after President Obama came to office promising to close it within a year, and to show their appreciation of the protests being mounted on their behalf  by US citizens, who are gathering in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to stage a rally and march to urge the President to fulfill his broken promise.

Before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, there were only two ways of holding prisoners — either they were prisoners of war, protected by the Geneva Conventions, or they were criminal suspects, to be charged and subjected to federal court trials.

After years of imprisonment, victims of America's 'icon of lawlessness' were released without charge, but their lives have been shattered

Join former Guantanamo prisoners from around the world, and family members of those still incarcerated, on the tenth anniversary since the opening of the world's most notorious prison

طالبت هيئة الدفاع عن السعودي عبدالرحيم النشيري، المتهم الرئيسي في الاعتداء على المدمرة الأميركية «يو إس إس كول» في اليمن عام 2000 حين قتل 17 جندياً أميركياً، المحكمة العسكرية الاستثنائية التي ستحاكمه قريباً في غوانتانامو، بتحديد ما إذا كان يمكن إطلاق موكلهم فعلياً، أو إذا كانت الولايات المتحدة تنوي الإبقاء عليه في السجن حتى أذا جرت تبرئته

Former Guantanamo prisoners, lawyers and family members will be in Oslo to discuss the effects of the US prison camp on those released and the men still being held there without charge or trial.

This August, the detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay without charge or trial will be spending their tenth Ramadan away from their families. Despite the promises that Guantanamo will be closed by Barack Obama, the prison camps remain open and the cost to human life increases on a daily basis. Join Cageprisoners for an evening where we seek to understand the impact of a decade on the lives of these men.

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This August, the detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay without charge or trial will be spending their tenth Ramadan away from their families. Despite the promises that Guantanamo will be closed by Barack Obama, the prison camps remain open and the cost to human life increases on a daily basis. Join Cageprisoners for an evening where we seek to understand the impact of a decade on the lives of these men.

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Following WikiLeaks' recent revelations, Andy Worthington tells the last of 84 Guantanamo stories that have never been told before.

Adel al-Gazzar was held in Guantanamo for almost nine years without trial or charge. in 2010 he was resettled in Zvolen, Slovakia as he was unable to return to his native Egypt. That was before the revolution.