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January 12, 2016

London: Former Prisoners Call for Closure of Guantánamo on 14th Anniversary
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On Monday, former prisoners Ruhal Ahmed and Shaker Aamer were among
those who rallied outside the U.S. Embassy in London to call for
Guantánamo's closure.

Shaker Aamer: "We want everybody to know that today we are here not as
brothers from Guantánamo, no, as everybody, all of you, the media
outlets, for one reason: It's truly to bring justice back, to close
Guantánamo once and for all."

Ruhal Ahmed: "It's been kept open by a country who claim to be the
champions of democracy and champions of justice. It's just a joke, to be
honest. And it saddens me that it's open, and I'm out, and I've moved on
with life, and they haven't, that they're still stuck there."



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