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DESCRIPTION:Please join human rights defenders around the world for the monthly 1st 
 Wednesday Close Guantánamo Global Vigils! President Biden must release the 
 16 men cleared for release, stop the ongoing Islamophobic human rights 
 abuses and CLOSE GUANTÁNAMO NOW!!!\n\nIn October 2023, 11 Yemeni men were 
 set to be released and resettled in Oman. The transfers were suddenly 
 halted after October 7th because of "political optics"...  As a reminder, 
 30 Muslim men are still languishing at Guantánamo, most without charge, 
 none having received a fair trial.\n \nMany detainees, like Toffiq 
 al-Bihani and Khalid Qasim were brutally tortured by the U.S. government 
 and have been detained for over 20 years. Of the 11 men about to be 
 released last October, al-Bihani and Qasim, though cleared for transfer for 
 years, remain detained indefinitely.\n\nThe costs of maintaining the 
 Guantánamo prison exceed $540 million per year – $18 million annually 
 per detainee remaining. It is believed to be the most expensive prison on 
 earth. The vast majority of the 780 men and boys who have been detained at 
 Guantanamo over the years were never charged with even a single crime. 
 \n\nBy the end of his presidency, George W. Bush and then Secretary of 
 State, Colin Powell, agreed Guantánamo prison should be closed. Congress 
 mounted significant opposition to the plan after President Obama took 
 office and announced his intention to close the prison. Trump, promised to 
 keep Guantánamo open and “load it up with some bad dudes” but didn't 
 add to its population... \n\nPresident Biden has a critical window of 
 opportunity to do what is right and quickly end these ongoing human rights 
 abuses! JOIN US FOR THE URGENT CALL TO CLOSE GITMO NOW!!!  \n\nIf you can't 
 join a vigil in person, please visit Amnesty International USA's Close 
 Guantánamo page to learn more and take action: 
 amnestyusa.org/campaigns/close-guantanamo \nSee Andy Worthington's updates 
 & reports: closeguantanamo.org \nAnd listen to Season 4 of the Serial: 
 Guantánamo ‘Serial’ Season 4: Guantánamo. \n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/06/30/18867690.php
SUMMARY:Close Guantánamo Now!
LOCATION:Embarcadero San Francisco Ferry Building (or Harry Bridges Plaza in the 
 crossing island), look for our Close Gitmo signs and orange jumpsuits
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/06/30/18867690.php
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