Italy marked the Guantánamo anniversary on Jan 17 in Rome, with 254 activists dressed in orange jumpsuits representing 254 prisoners still in Guantánamo, with a corresponding prisoner name and number.
The activists marched in single file around central Rome and during the demonstration, Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome, signed our petition and send out a public statement supporting Amnesty International initiatives.
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Fabio Ciconte
Direttore dell’Ufficio Attivismo
Amnesty International Sezione Italiana
Activists in Hungary proceeded to the American Embassy in orange jump suits to mark the Guantanamo anniversary on Jan 11, 2009. In front of the embassy, Kornel Simon recited a poem from Jumah al-Dossari as published in Poems from Guanánamo in Hungary.
Sebály Bernadett
Amnesty International Hungary
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In Japan, activists collected pictures of hooded participants with message placards including ‘Close Guantanamo’ and ‘Justice for detainees’.
The ‘Good bye, Guantánamo’ action targeted Amnesty International local groups, other civil organizations and academics to screen the film Taxi to the Dark Side across Japan.
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Cageprisoners UK tour
Cageprioners presents Two Sides One Story, a UK tour that brings those on opposite sides of the wire at Guantanamo together for the first time, with its launch in London exactly seven years after the first transfers to Guantanamo Bay in January 2002.
Speakers include Chris Arendt, a former guard at the Guantanamo base who will be speaking about his experiences in detaining suspected terrorists at the base, Al Jazeera journalist and former Guantanamo detainee Sami El Hajj and Cageprisoners spokesperson and former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg, author of Enemy Combatant, the first book to be published by a former Guantanamo bay detainee.
Close Guantánamo action in Belgium
Just a little feedback on the demonstration we made yesterday in front of the US embassy in Brussels.
As you can see on the banner (in the picture), our key message was “Let them go or try them according international standards”.
We built a big cage and had big hellium ballons in the shape of orange jumpsuits. We were not received by US authorities but three belgian EP joined us. 60 persons were present at the action. Wa also had some images on the TV noon news and the main belgian press agency (Belga) made a PR.
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