Video: Close Guantánamo actions in the UK

Actions to mark the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo in the United Kingdom started on 10 January, when Amnesty International activists in London organized an all-night vigil around a replica Guantánamo cage, filled every hour with a new ‘captive’.

Watch the first images of this action and listen to the testimonies of Kate Allen, Director of the UK section of Amnesty International, and Sarah Burton, Campaigns Director at Amnesty International. 

 

 

On 11 January, over 200 activists in orange jumpsuits then gathered outside the US Embassy to call for an end to illegal detentions. Actors dressed as US guards patrolled with dogs and shouted orders at the crowd. Watch a film of the demonstration and hear from the activists how it felt to take part.