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Close Guantánamo

The U.S. detention centre at Guantánamo Bay is an open attack on human rights. Torture. No fair trials. People locked up for years without being charged with any crime. Guantánamo is part of a system that breaks international law and tells the world it’s okay to abuse human rights. It’s time to close Guantánamo.  

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Speak up, Mr. Harper - Guantanamo is a disgrace

An Open Letter from Joe Clark, Lloyd Axworthy, Flora Macdonald, Bill Graham, John Manley and Pierre Pettigrew to the Canadian Prime Minister

As former Canadian foreign ministers, we are deeply concerned by how the U.S.-run detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, flagrantly violates human rights, undermines the rule of law, and sends a signal to other governments that it is acceptable to abuse the rights of their citizens...We join Amnesty International, on the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-run detention centre, in asking Mr. Harper to press Washington to take the following minimal steps toward closing Guantanamo.

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Guantánamo: Your questions answered

Accurate information is power. Challenge the often misleading political and media rhetoric on Guantánamo. Learn the facts and why Amnesty International is demanding that Guantánamo be closed.

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