Worldwide Protests Mark Sixth Anniversary Of Guantanamo Bay

Worldwide Protests Mark Sixth Anniversary Of Guantanamo Bay

Six long years ago today, “the first orange-clad, shackled and blindfolded prisoners arrived at Guantanamo’s Camp X-Ray.” Since that “dark day in recent American history, more than 700 people have been detained without due process and not a single trial has been completed,” notes the ACLU.

Today, people worldwide marked this anniversary with protests. More than 70 people were arrested at the U.S. Supreme Court, which is currently considering “whether prisoners still detained at Guantanamo Bay have a right to challenge their confinement in U.S. courts.” In London, Amnesty International organized an all-night vigil outside the U.S. embassy. A look at some of the protests around the globe: ....