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Tell President Biden: CLOSE GUANTÁNAMO

The military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay is a glaring, longstanding stain on the human rights record of the United States. Today, it continues to hold 27 Muslim men, most without facing charges or a trial. Many, like Toffiq al-Bihani, were tortured by the U.S. government. And Toffiq, along with 14 other detainees, has long been cleared for transfer to other countries... yet he remains behind bars without charge or trial.

President Biden said recently: "I’m the first president of this century to report to the American people that the United States is not at war anywhere in the world." The denial of basic human rights to detainees at Guantanamo was always unlawful under international law, and the president's statement confirms that there is no legal authority to continue to detain indefinitely 30 men without trial. President Biden has a critical window of opportunity to end the ongoing abuses at Guantanamo by closing the detention center before the end of his term.

Help us close Guantánamo and ensure the transfer of all cleared detainees to countries where their human rights will be respected.

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Dear President Biden,

After more than 22 years of injustice, I urge you to finally shut down the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay. The U.S. government's use of indefinite detention without charge as a response to the attacks of September 11, 2001 has been unlawful from the outset. It cannot possibly be justified now that, as you said recently, "the United States is not at war anywhere in the world." This detention regime must be brought to an end.

The impunity that persists in relation to the enforced disappearance, torture and other ill treatment, and other human rights violations committed against these detainees is unacceptable, and a stain on the U.S. human rights record. Torture and enforced disappearance are crimes under international law.

As an Amnesty International supporter and supporter of human rights, I urge you to ensure a lawful solution for the detainees still held at the Guantánamo Bay facility by: either transferring them for release, or bringing individuals to justice in accordance with international law and standards and without recourse to the death penalty.

All detainees already cleared for transfer should be transferred immediately to countries where their human rights will be respected. The remaining men who have not been charged with a crime should likewise be transferred as soon as possible. Those who were subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment must receive genuine access to rehabilitation and redress. Finally, those responsible for torture and enforced disappearance must be brought to justice in a fair trial.

This appeal is long overdue. You made a promise to end this ongoing injustice and close the Guantánamo Bay facility. But as you near the end of your term in office, you have not lived up to that commitment. Please, do the right thing now – close Guantánamo Bay once and for all.

Thank you.

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