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Guantánamo Bay

Spc. Kylene Conolon with 339th Military Police Company provides detainees with water as they arrive to Camp X-Ray, 11 February 2002. Copyright US Department of Defense

The prison camp at Guantánamo Bay remains open a decade after the first detainee was transferred. Of the men still held 12 were in the original group first taken there.

In the intervening ten years, the US detention facility has made headlines because of allegations of torture, enforced disappearances and illegal detention.

President Obama pledged to close Guantánamo by 22 January 2010 but, with the camp entering its eleventh year, the disregard for human rights continues.

An incredible 164,058 of you signed our global petition to President Obama, calling on him to end indefinite detention at Guantánamo Bay. We delivered the petition to the White House on 23 January 2012. It's time for Obama to come true on his promise and close Guantánamo Bay. Find out more

Ten years of Guantánamo

It's over ten years since the first person was transferred to the US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay. An estimated 779 detainees later, 171 men are now held at the camp. 167 of them are being held without trial and many have never been charged with a crime.

Bring Shaker Aamer home

Bring Shaker Aamer homeShaker Aamer was one of the first detainees to be transferred to Guantanamo Bay. In February 2012 he will have spent 10 years at the centre. He has never been charged with or tried for any crime.

Shaker's detention is a violation of international human rights law and must be resolved immediately.

We are asking US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to send Shaker home so that he can be released or charged and given a fair trial. Take action now

    Happy holidays?

    What happens when a average dude named Rob (Dileep Rao, Avatar and Inception) goes to a travel agency looking for a relaxing vacation? Will he be eligible for the "Not-so Geneva Package" and heading off to Guantánamo Bay?

    Former detainee BINYAM MOHAMED's LAWYER SPEAKS OUT

    Binyam Mohamed has now returned home from Guantánamo Bay, where he was held for over four years. Amnesty has an exclusive interview with his military lawyer Lt. Col Yvonne Bradley, who represented Binyam while he was held at the camp. Here she gives an open and honest interview about his case and how he was treated. Find out more about Binyam's case

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    Get creative

    Youth drawing of a Guantanamo detainee

    Young people in schools across the UK have customised figures in Guantánamo Bay jumpsuits to say whether they think the prison should be closed or remain open. See the results and submit your own figure

    Moazzam Begg 

    Moazzam BeggMoazzam Begg was abducted in January 2002 from his home in Islamabad by Pakistani and US agents. Watch clips of Moazzam Begg talking about his transfer to US custody | Guantánamo Bay.

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    Poems from Guantánamo

    Cover image: Poems from GuantanamoThis extraordinary anthology of poems is written by men imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay. Since 2002, at least 775 men have been held in the US detention centre. They wrote their poems with little expectation of ever reaching an audience beyond a small circle of their fellow prisoners.

    The first poems were scratched on to styrofoam cups and passed from cell to cell. Many were destroyed by prison guards.