Trump vows to keep Guantánamo open

Guantánamo: 16 Years Too Long Sign the Petition › Dear friends, Moments before he stepped onto the podium for his State of the Union address, President Trump signed an Executive Order to keep the military prison at Guantánamo Bay open. This order revokes President Obama’s Executive Order to close Guantánamo Bay, signed during his early days in office. Instead of continuing the work to close the Guantánamo detention facility, the Trump administration is looking to keep this detention facility open, whose detainees have faced torture. One of these detainees, Toffiq al-Bihani, was among those tortured by the CIA before he was sent to Guantánamo in 2003. Toffiq al-Bihani has been stuck in Guantánamo for 14 years without charge or trial — take action now and demand his transfer. Toffiq al-Bihani has been cleared for transfer since 2010. He has faced torture and enforced disappearance, which are crimes under international law. Guantánamo is an all-too-easy location for future abuses by the US government to occur, and human rights violations committed against detainees is outrageous. President Trump has also insisted that “torture works.” Take action now if you disagree with President Trump and demand Toffiq al-Bihani’s transfer out of Guantánamo. As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump vowed to “load Guantánamo up” and “bring back waterboarding and a hell of a lot worse.” Take action now and demand Toffiq al-Bihani’s transfer from the Guantánamo detention facility. TAKE ACTION Margaret Huang Executive Director  Amnesty International USA © 2017 Amnesty International USA 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 | 1-800-AMNESTY