Featured Event

Witness Against Torture in DC 2025

WAT Zoom Circles

Wed Jan 8, 8pm ET
Join us on Zoom for poetry, a brief Guantanamo update, and a sharing circle to grieve and hope for the men as well as to reflect on where we are at this moment in history.

Sat Jan 11, 8 pm ET
Join us on Zoom (different link from Jan 8) for poetry and a sharing circle to celebrate the joys of our work together and to prepare for what lies ahead.

Events

Sat Jan 11, 1 pm ET
23 years of injustice: Guantanamo survivors speak.  CAGE online event  Hear directly from men once detained in Guantanamo Prison, spotlighting the cases of the remaining men, including Abu Zubaydah, the forgotten prisoner from Gaza. Register beforehand.

Wed Jan 15, 1 to 2:30 pm ET
Migrants and Muslims at Guantanamo: A history of demonization, social control and resistance. Online event. The legacy of detention and brutality, starting with Haitians, then Muslim men, and now fleeing migrants. Register beforehand.

Local vigils and actions

Thu Jan 9 – Worldwide – Gtmo Clock
January 9 is the 8,400th day Guantanamo Prison has held Muslim men. Photograph yourself with the flyer (or its image on your computer screen) and send it to Andy with your name (andyworthington87@gmail.com). And if you’re attending a J11 vigil, print out the poster and photograph people holding it. Email the photos to Andy, with their names if they’re willing, so he can post them on the Guantanamo Clock website.

Sat Jan 11 – Los Angeles, CA, noon to 1:30 pm PT
Close Guantanamo Rally: 23 years of torture in our name – New location: Wilshire/Westwood Federal Bldg, 11000 Wilshire
Blvd – Rally and speakers

Sat Jan 11 – Augusta, ME, 1 to 2 pm ET
Vigil and rally with speakers – Augusta National Armory, intersection of Route 202 and Armory St – Rally and speakers – Snow date Sun –  Link to more info

Sat Jan 11 – Washington DC, noon to 1pm ET
north of the White House in Lafayette Sq, or on H St sidewalk, or on Black Lives Matter Plaza – Vigil with singing

Sat Jan 11 – New York City, 1 to 2 pm ET
on the steps of the NY Public Library on 5th Ave – Rally and speakers

Sat Jan 11 – Greenfield, MA, noon ET
Close Guantanamo Rally on the Town Common – Vigil with speakers and poems from Guantanamo, then a march up and down Main St

Sat Jan 11 – San Francisco, CA, 3pm PT
50 United Nations Plaza (Civic Center), San Francisco – Vigil to Close Guantanamo Now!

Mon Jan 13 – Toledo OH – 4 to 5 pm ET
Demand Biden release the men before he leaves office! – at NE corner of Talmadge Rd. & Monroe St – Vigil and demo to Close Guantanamo Now!

Mon Jan 13 – Cleveland OH, 1:45 to 3 pm ET
Federal Building at E 9th & Lakeside – Vigil outside, walking meditation and JD Vance visit inside