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Andy Worthington

@GuantanamoAndy

3 years

A photo I took yesterday of campaigners for Julian Assange at their weekly Wednesday vigil outside Australia House on the Strand. I admire their dedication! @JA_Defence @wikileaks

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My friend Paul calling for the closure of #Guantanamo at the summer solstice at Stonehenge today!

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A solitary campaigner for #JulianAssange & #Wikileaks bravely carrying a placard along Pall Mall & risking arrest this p.m., just after the Queen's funeral service. He told me he had been arrested during the Platinum Jubilee, when he was told that his mask might scare people

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4 years

A Call to Free Julian Assange on the 10th Anniversary of #WikiLeaks ’ Release of the #Guantanamo Files

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11 months

Beyond disgusting: Israeli forces have 'arrested' Dr. Muhammad Abu Salmiya, the brave director of Al-Shifa Hospital. What's his crime? Being a doctor & trying to mitigate the effects of a genocide? Is it now a crime to have tried to save the lives of sick & wounded Palestinians?

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Somali Prisoner at #Guantanamo , Approved for Release a Year Ago, Calls on a US Court to Act on His Case - my latest, about the plight of Guled Hassan Duran, one of 20 men still held who have been approved for release but not freed

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1 year

@ScientistsX joined yesterday's #NotMyBill protest in London against the recently passed Public Order Act, where I photographed this important message from molecular biologist @PerrinAbi , carried by another scientist. My report here:

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2 years

In Deptford, I was delighted to bump into Kolja @longwalk4julian who recently completed a 900-mile, 75-day walk from Hamburg to raise awareness of Julian Assange's plight & to encourage support for the Human Chain around Parliament this Sat #WikiLeaks

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Disgraceful BBC reporting, claiming that the 100k people, inc. myself, who marched in support of the Palestinian people on Sat, were actually "voic[ing] their backing for Hamas." We weren't. We were calling for an end to Israeli collective punishment with a clear genocidal intent

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"Here in the UK Sunak visited a Jewish school in London to underline his support for the community. The visit followed several demonstrations across Britain during which people voiced their backing for Hamas" BBC News. No words.

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2 years

Julian Assange supporters at Amnesty-led #Guantanamo 21st anniversary march & rally in London on Saturday. As we should all recognize, Julian's persecution is partly based on release of Guantanamo files in 2011, on which I worked as a media partner

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2 years

Free Julian Assange! Glad to see this advert ran in @guardian yesterday. Any journalists who haven't signed it, please do so now! (I'm #1255 )

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2 years

Signed and shared. Full page ad in yesterday's @guardian : >1800 signatures from 107 countries urging the British government to block the extradition of Julian Assange. #JournalistsSpeakUpForAssange

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#FreeTheGuantanamo20 My poster for the 21st anniversary of the opening of #Guantanamo this Wednesday, Jan. 11, focusing on the 20 men - out of the 35 still held - who have been approved for release but have not been freed. Feel free to share/use!

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2 years

Completely Unnoticed, CIA Torture Victim Abu Faraj Al-Libi Has His Ongoing Imprisonment Without Charge or Trial Approved by a #Guantanamo Review Board - my latest for Close Guantanamo

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1 year

#Grenfell Six Years On: Still Crying Out for Justice - looking at how those in social housing are still regarded as second-class citizens, and how perpetually shocking it is that cladding as flammable as petrol was ever allowed to be used on buildings

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3 years

For #WorldPressFreedomDay please remember #WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains imprisoned in HMP Belmarsh, as the US still seeks his extradition as the publisher of classified documents whose release was in the public interest. I took the photo in London two days ago.

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9 months

Thanks @MarkRuffalo for sharing @OwenJones84 's powerful @guardian article, 'The west’s complete contempt for the lives of Palestinians will not be forgotten.' Sadly, the number of celebrities prepared to stand up against Israel's genocide in Gaza can largely be counted on 2 hands

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Dear America, your soul is calling… Article: The west’s complete contempt for the lives of Palestinians will not be forgotten

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1 year

@johnmcdonnellMP & US journalist @mtaibbi speaking today at a rally for Julian Assange in Parliament Sq, where @AnythingtoSay_ artist @davide_dormino 's bronze sculpture of Assange, Edward Snowden & Chelsea Manning was on display #WikiLeaks

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#MerryXmasNHS @NHSMillion The NHS saved the life of my son, who was born 10 weeks premature 18 years ago, and his mum, who had pre-enclampsia, and my black toes were saved from amputation after I developed a rare blood disease in 2011. NHS, we owe you our lives!

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11 months

@tariq_raouf Me too, Tariq, although I don't know how anyone with a heart can ignore it.

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1 year

Please Write to the #Guantanamo Prisoners, to Let Them Know We Remember Them - as the UN recently noted, the remaining 30 prisoners are quite profoundly isolated

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@GuantanamoAndy

2 years

Marking 7,671 days of #Guantanamo 's existence today (the 21st anniversary of its opening), former prisoners Mansoor Adayfi & Mohamedou Ould Slahi urge President Biden to close it without further delay. Please join them!

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@GuantanamoAndy

2 years

Today, shamefully, is the 21st anniversary of #Guantanamo 's opening; 7,671 days. Here's my photo with the poster & my message to @POTUS & @SecBlinken calling for them to take urgent action to free the 20 men still held who have been approved for release

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1 year

Logic professor on how Big Oil’s PR people constantly divert us from focusing on the truly important climate change question: “how can we stop the fossil-fuel industry from destroying the life-sustaining systems of the planet in their quest for profit?"

How Big Oil is manipulating the way you think about climate change

A logic professor explains how a persistent, subtle fallacy has infected public discussion of climate change — to the oil industry's benefit

www.salon.com

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@GuantanamoAndy

2 years

As Said Bakush, an Algerian held for nearly 21 years without charge or trial, is finally freed from #Guantanamo , nearly a year after being approved for release, here's his shocking story, which I wrote after that decision was taken

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Shocking Statistics From #Guantanamo : How Long Prisoners Approved for Release Have Been Waiting to Be Freed - my new infographic looking at how long the 20 men approved for release have been waiting, compared to the 377 days Majid Khan had to wait

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8 years

My thoughts on criticism of @realjoecorre burning £5m of punk memorabilia @PunkBurn . Also do check this out:

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@GuantanamoAndy

10 months

Do they ever not lie? After Israeli snipers killed women in a Palestinian Catholic church in Gaza, Jerusalem's deputy mayor claims, "There are no churches in Gaza."

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'There are no churches in Gaza…’ Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum responds to reports the IDF have targeted a Catholic Church in Gaza.

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1 year

@BBCNewsnight @BBC please stop giving a platform to spokespeople from Tufton St & allied 'think-tanks' that are not transparent and have clearly malignant and unjustifiable agendas

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3 years

Great News from #Guantanamo As Three "Forever Prisoners," Including 73-Year Old Saifullah Paracha, Are Approved for Release

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@GuantanamoAndy

11 months

@StanleyCohenLaw Well said, brother. I appreciate your posts - and your outrage.

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1 year

Today the prison at #Guantanamo Bay has, shamefuly, been open for 7,900 days. Please join me, former prisoner Mansoor Adayfi & others in the US & around the world in calling for its closure

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@GuantanamoAndy

6 years

I met this man on Wednesday evening on Waterloo Bridge. He came from work, and stopped to show solidarity with @ExtinctionR 's occupation of the bridge. He felt he could no longer do nothing in the face of impending environmental catastrophe.

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4 years

President Elect Biden, It’s Time to Close #Guantanamo - Immediate moves need to be made to release men previously approved for release, and those who should have been

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1 year

On Wednesday June 7, the monthly coordinated global vigils for the closure of # Guantanamo continue, with a particular focus on freeing the 16 men who have been approved for release and have been waiting between 257 and 4,884 days to be freed

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6 years

@wikileaks I was honoured to attend the vigil marking @JulianAssange 's 6yrs in the Ecuadorian Embassy yesterday. I spoke of the importance of protecting free speech, of my work with WikiLeaks on #Guantanamo , and I played 'Close Guantanamo' (1:05 to 1:12):

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1 year

Remembering #Guantanamo ’s Dead, on the 17th Anniversary of an Implausible “Triple Suicide”

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2 years

Two important book events in London. Tomorrow, Tue Nov 22, @SMaurizi @SOAS with her book about Julian Assange & @wikileaks & Weds Nov 23 @lisahajjar @QMUL with her book about #Guantanamo , torture & the US courts See you there!

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2 years

A few photos I took at today's Human Chain around Parliament for Julian Assange, when at least 5,000 people turned up, and completely surrounded the Palace of Westminster! My thoughts on the significance of the day are here:

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3 years

Retired Admirals Urge Biden to Release Everyone at #Guantanamo Not Charged With a Crime — 28 of the 40 Men Still Held

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@GuantanamoAndy

4 years

This Sunday I'm taking part in this online seminar about Julian Assange's extradition case with attorney Thomas Durkin. Hoping some of you will join me!

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@GuantanamoAndy

3 years

Today, July 4, #Guantanamo has been open for 7,115 days. As the US celebrates its freedom from executive tyranny, remember that for the last 19 yrs the US has, hypocritically, been engaged in its own executive tyranny at Guantanamo. Tell Biden to close it!

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4 years

My statements in support of Julian Assange, as read into evidence last week during his extradition hearing in London, following my work with WikiLeaks as a media partner of the release of the #Guantanamo files in 2011

Patrick Cockburn and Andy Worthington's Testimony in Assange Extradition Hearings - Antiwar.com Blog

The judge wouldn't allow these great journalists to testify in court (or even by video), they could only submit their written statements. But at least we have the pdf files for you. (Thanks to the...

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1 year

Finally, a Western media outlet - the @guardian - deigns to report on the stories of Palestinian civilians slaughtered by Israel in Gaza: children, students, doctors, writers, artists, altho it still just scratches the surface of the immense loss of life

Doctors, poets, families, babies: victims of Israel’s war on Gaza

The IDF says it has targeted Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants, but thousands of civilians, including children, have been killed

www.theguardian.com

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6 years

It’s Eight Years Since WikiLeaks Released the Hugely Important #Guantanamo Files, Leaked by Chelsea Manning, On Which I Worked as a Media Partner @wikileaks

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2 years

Just a reminder of what we're struggling for when we ask the US government to free the 18 men still held at #Guantanamo who have been approved for release. As of Feb 23, they had been held for between 153 & 4,780 days since those decisions were taken

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10 months

Just one of tens of thousands of homes destroyed by Israel in #Gaza . No one could seriously believe claims that these were anything but civilians' homes, meaning that they were destroyed as part of a deliberate program of genocide/forced displacement, which the US fully supports

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Is this our Christmas gift? For the first time since the beginning of the war, I obtained pictures of our house in the north. It was burned by the occupying army, along with my brothers' shops. The house was shelled with 3 bombs on the upper floor. Our hearts and memories burned

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Now-deleted tweet by Netanyahu adviser Hananya Naftali taking credit for Israel bombing the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, killing at least 500 people, which they're now trying to blame on Hamas/Islamic Jihad. Western media have begun parroting Israel's lies. Don't believe them.

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3 years

As the UK Supreme Court turns down Julian Assange's application to appeal against the High Court's decision to allow his extradition to proceed, I thought it was a good time to share again my song 'Warriors', about Julian & Chelsea Manning @JA_Defence

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11 months

Palestinians sharing stories, via their grandparents & great grandparents, of where their families lived in 1948 before the Nakba, explaining how families have held onto the house keys, and in some cases the title deeds. Unaddressed crimes over 75 years.

Eman Basher

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My great grandfather, AbdelQader Basher, lived in the village of Bashshayt, in the Ramleh sub-district, where my ancestors owned lands and worked as farmers until my family was violently uprooted in 1948, he held onto the key to our house, which we still hold onto today. And,

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How long the 16 men still held at #Guantanamo who have been approved for release have been waiting since they were first told that the US no longer wanted to hold them. My poster prepared for the coordinated global vigils for Guantanamo's closure, taking place this Weds, Sep 6

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1 year

Photos I took at today's vigil for #Guantanamo 's closure in London, part of a series of coordinated global vigils across the US & in Mexico City, Brussels & Copenhagen, with former prisoners also taking part in Serbia & Morocco. Full report & all the photos on my website tomorrow

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Nine Years Ago, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Released the #Guantanamo Files, Which Should Have Led to the Prison’s Closure

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2 years

The full broadcast of 'Assange Odysseia', a "theatre forum" held in Strasbourg yesterday, focused on #WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange & his proposed extradition to the US, inc. @Stella_Assange @MohamedouOuld @SMaurizi

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In Historic Ruling, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Agrees to Hear Case of Four Survivors of CIA Rendition and "Black Site" Torture - My latest for

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2 years

Sad to hear of the passing of former #Guantanamo prisoner Salem Ghereby, who has died of cancer in Libya, at the age of 62. He spent 14 years in Guantanamo, 2 years in Senegal & 2 years in a Libyan militia prison before being reunited with his family

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Join Us on Wednesday June 7 for the Next Monthly Coordinated Global Vigils for the Closure of #Guantanamo - ten locations inc. London, Washington, D.C., New York, Detroit, Minneapolis

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Human Rights Commission to Investigate U.S. Torture Program - The latest newsletter, celebrating the decision by @IACHumanRights to investigate the cases of four men subjected to rendition and torture.

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#FreeTheGuantanamo18 In the run-up to tomorrow's coordinated global vigils for the closure of #Guantanamo , campaigners in Brussels, with the Comité Free Assange Belgium, held a vigil in solidarity. Many thanks!

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3 years

With @greekemmy of @JA_Defence at the protest calling for the closure of #Guantanamo in Trafalgar Sq y'day. My poster reminds Joe Biden that the 20th anniversary of Guantanamo's opening on Tuesday marks 7,306 days of the prison's existence. Please join me!

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10 months

@alijla2021 This is a beautiful dream, Abdalhadi!

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11 months

@JehadAbusalim I think we DO feel connected to every single person who's been killed by Israel over the last 6 wks. They ALL had stories, lives, hopes & dreams. Memorialising all of them would be useful: ALL the names & a few lines about who they were: baby, mother, doctor, journalist, chef etc

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“Forever Prisoner” Muhammad Rahim, the Last Afghan in #Guantanamo , Eloquently Pleads For His Release - his Periodic Review Board hearing took place last week, but the mainstream media ignored it

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4 years

It's the 2nd anniversary of #WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's imprisonment in Belmarsh, and the US government should abandon its appeal against a UK judge's refusal to approve his proposed extradition to the US, which took place three months ago

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2 years

#FreeTheGuantanamo17 I was so busy photographing the vigil for the closure of #Guantanamo in London today (1 of 7 coordinated vigils worldwide) that I only realized afterwards that I wasn't in any of the photos. So here's a selfie I took afterwards, with Big Ben in the background

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Mansoor Adayfi’s “Don’t Forget Us Here”: A Devastating Account of #Guantanamo ’s Cruelty, But One Suffused with Hope, Humor and Humanity

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2 years

20 Years Since the Illegal Invasion of Iraq, Why Are Bush, Cheney and Blair Still Free Men?

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4 years

Former #Guantanamo prisoners Mohamedou Ould Salahi and Mansoor Adayfi are calling for the closure of the prison today, on its 6,700th day of existence, as am I. Please join us!

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UN human rights experts' new statement: "Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making"

Gaza: UN experts call on international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people

GENEVA (16 November 2023) – Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making, UN experts said today.

www.ohchr.org

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My major new article for about what the US can & should do with 14 "high-value detainees" & torture victims still held at #Guantanamo inc. plea deals & addressing their physical & mental health issues

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Abu Zubaydah Files Complaint About #Torture and Ongoing Imprisonment at #Guantanamo with UN Arbitrary Detention Experts

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A photo I took at today’s March for Palestine in London, of a profoundly poignant placard by a Jewish campaigner for peace, part of the most extraordinary manifestation of humanity by people from all backgrounds

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Calling for the closure of #Guantanamo on the 20th anniversary of its opening (7,306 days) - @johnmcdonnellMP & filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (The Mauritanian) & others in London on Saturday. Join us!

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Former #Guantanamo envoy joins calls for prison closure - the latest newsletter

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Over 330,000 Concerned Citizens Sign a Petition Urging President Biden to Close #Guantanamo - my latest for

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Torture Victims Lead Call for Torture Apologists Avril Haines and Mike Morell Not to be Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence and CIA Director

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3 years

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I call on @POTUS to close the last outpost of the "war on terror" - the prison at #Guantanamo Bay, which has been open for 7,184 days, and where 39 men are still imprisoned, most held indefinitely without charge or trial

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Mentally Ill Torture Victim Mohammed Al-Qahtani Approved for Release from #Guantanamo - my latest for Close Guantanamo

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Torture Victim Ahmed Rabbani, A Case of Mistaken Identity, Approved for Release from #Guantanamo

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Former #Guantanamo prisoner Al-Hajj Abdu Mohammed al-Muhajiri, reunited, after 14 years in Guantanamo and 5 in a prison in the UAE, with his son Shamil, who he last saw when he was two months old

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Never Forget: The "Season of Death" at #Guantanamo - remembering the five men who died between May 30 and June 9 in 2006, 2007 and 2009: all described as suicides, but all disputed

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Photos I took today on the huge March for Palestine in London. Great to see the 3,000-strong Jewish Bloc, refuting the Zionists' lie that these are hate marches & unsafe for Jewish people. All who seek peace & oppose Israel's genocide in Gaza are welcome.

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A wonderful meal tonight in Brussels before the big #Guantanamo meeting in the EU Parliament. So happy to have finally met @MansoorAdayfi & Lakhdar Boumediene & also to be with @Moazzam_Begg @PradhanAlka Beth Jacob, James Yee, Valerie Lucznikowska & other friends & colleagues!

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Forgotten and Isolated: Please Write to the #Guantanamo Prisoners

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#FreeTheGuantanamo20 Tomorrow #Guantanamo has been open for 21 years. 35 men are still held, even though 20 of them have been approved for release by high-level government review processes, and one other man is awaiting release after serving a sentence

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Today @UKGuantanamoNet , inc six @AmnestyUK groups, held a march & rally in central London for the closure of #Guantanamo , marking the 21st anniversary of the prison's opening on Jan. 11. Great turnout, wonderful atmosphere! More photos, report & videos of speeches soon!

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Shocking Statistics From #Guantanamo : How Long Prisoners Approved for Release Have Been Waiting to Be Freed - my new infographic looking at how long the 20 men approved for release have been waiting, compared to the 377 days Majid Khan had to wait

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1 year

Good news, as Thames Water CEO Sarah Bentley resigns, after pocketing £1.5m this year for filling our rivers with sh*t, but no doubt some other hideously overpaid member of the UK's top-level self-selecting managerial mafia will take over. Renationalise the water industry NOW!

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Sarah (I'm heartbroken about sewage but doubled my salary) Bentley has resigned from @thameswater Anyone care to guess how big her payoff will be? The last one got £2,800,000.

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In London? Please join the @UKGuantanamoNet march and rally for the closure of #Guantanamo in London tomorrow (Sat. Jan 14). Meet Old Palace Yard 11.30am, march to Trafalgar Sq, speeches at 2pm inc me @tracydoig @sulimangani @deepa_driver

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@GuantanamoAndy

3 years

Yesterday the prison at #Guantanamo Bay had been open for 7,400 days, and @MansoorAdayfi , @GuantanamoAndy , Dyani Tisdol in Massachusetts & others in the US & around the world urge President Biden to close it without further delay

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@GuantanamoAndy

1 year

Watch it. @RashidaTlaib in one speech demonstrating more humanity than almost the entirety of the US Congress, shaming the dismal leadership of @POTUS & @SecBlinken & calling for a #CeasefireNOW !

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@rafaelshimunov

1 year

Listen to every word by Congress member Rashida Tlaib here and tell me she’s not holding the voice of Palestinians, Jews, everyday Americans and all people of conscience? As most Democrats fail us, it is @RashidaTlaib who is our moral leader. Which is why she’s a target.

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@GuantanamoAndy

1 year

Thanks to @deviatar of @amnestyusa for updating the flyer about the monthly coordinated global vigils for the closure of #Guantanamo , which take place on the 1st Weds of every month. The next date is Aug 2. Check out last month's vigils here:

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@GuantanamoAndy

2 years

Two important new additions to Close Guantanamo's ongoing photo campaign pointing out how long #Guantanamo has been open (7,600 days) & urging @POTUS to close it — former prisoners Ahmed Errachidi & Moazzam Begg

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@GuantanamoAndy

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3 posters for the 22nd anniversary of the opening of #Guantanamo on Jan 11, where 30 Muslim men are still held. 1st shows the 16 men approved for release, 2nd how long they've been held since being approved for release & 3rd shows that Jan 11 marks 8,036 days of Gitmo's existence

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@GuantanamoAndy

1 year

Nov. 21: #Guantanamo Event at SOAS with Andy Worthington, Moazzam Begg and Mansoor Adayfi - This will be good. If you're in or near London, I hope you can make it! It's free, but please book here:

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@GuantanamoAndy

3 years

Five More Prisoners Approved for Release from #Guantanamo : 18 of the 39 Remaining Men Are Now Waiting to Be Freed

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@GuantanamoAndy

1 year

Have We Already Forgotten About New York’s Apocalyptic Orange Skies, and What It Told Us About the Climate Crisis?

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@GuantanamoAndy

2 years

From Tomorrow, 16 Days of Rebellion and Protest Against the UK Government — for the Climate, the Economy and Justice @JustStop_Oil @eiecampaign @DEAcampaign for Julian Assange @XRebellionUK + Close #Guantanamo

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@GuantanamoAndy

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Today, marking May Day (International Workers' Day), @PlutoPress is offering 80% discount on all its ebooks, including 'The Guantanamo Files', my definitive account of the men held at #Guantanamo , and how they got there, available today for just £1.60 ($2)