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Close Guantánamo protest outside the White House, Jan, 11. 2016

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Close Guantánamo protest outside the White House, Jan, 11. 2016

On January 11, 2016, I was outside the White House, as I have been on January 11 every year since 2011, calling for the closure of the US prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, representing Close Guantánamo, the campaign and website I set up four years ago with the US attorney Tom Wilner, as part of an annual protest organized by numerous rights groups, including Amnesty International, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Witness Against Torture.

I also brought with me the giant inflatable figure of Shaker Aamer that was at the heart of the We Stand With Shaker campaign I co-founded with the activist Joanne MacInnes in November 2014, which helped to secure the release of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantánamo, in October 2015.

For my US tour, see: http://bitly.com/213c9mk…

For video of me speaking outside the White House, see: youtu.be/bpOK7IhdbPY

Also see me on Democracy Now! with Roger Waters launching my new initiative, the Countdown to Close Guantánamo: http://bitly.com/213caqj…

And see me singing my “Song for Shaker Aamer” here: youtu.be/F_Ct5qbiuDw

For Close Guantánamo and the Countdown to Close Guantánamo, see: http://bitly.com/1KPKfGg

For We Stand With Shaker, see: westandwithshaker.org/

For Witness Against Torture, see: http://bitly.com/213caqn

For my most interesting photos, see: http://bitly.com/1PDS1AM…