Ten Years of Gitmo-Guantanamo

Ten Years of Guantanamo -
Tabinda Naeem - Voice of America -
January 11, 2012 marked the 10-year anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay. More than 50 human rights and religious organizations held a rally in Washington DC starting from the White House. The participants held a march through the Lafayette Park to the US Department of Justice, US Supreme Court and US Capital. They were also opposing the detention provisions in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act which they say violate the basic human rights. British Author Andy Worthington talked to VOA Urdu at a different event of the New America Foundation a day before. He said that the Guantanamo prisoners will die in prison if something is not done soon to get them out of there. He said that he has set up a campaigning website called 'close Guantanamo' to encourage people to sign up, and to show President Obama and the US congress as to how many people care about these issues(INT). But many people in Washington, including the Congressman Jim Moran says that the new US laws and staunch political opposition is making it increasingly unlikely that "Gitmo" will close under President Obama.

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