Welcome to "Close Guantanamo"

We hope to introduce another campaign soon, but in the meantime we are embarking on our project to tell the stories of the prisoners still held in Guantánamo, drawing largely on the accounts of their attorneys, and have begun with the story of Abdul Razak Qadir, one of five innocent Uighur prisoners (Muslims from China's Xinjiang province), and the story of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantánamo, long cleared for release, whose continued detention is thoroughly unacceptable.

We also remain concerned to remind visitors to this site that January 11, 2012 marked the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Bush administration's "war on terror" prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

On his second day in office in January 2009, President Obama pledged to close Guantánamo within a year. Yet it remains open, undermining America's values and national security.

Join us now to help end this injustice and restore the rule of law. We call on President Obama to honor the principled and pragmatic commitment he made to close Guantánamo. Your voice matters.

Thank you for your commitment and support. Please see our mission statement for a more detailed analysis of why Guantánamo must be closed, and to see the list of prominent individuals and organizations who have signed it.