Dear Friends,

Twenty-one years ago today, the first detainees arrived at the Guantánamo Bay prison, where 780 Muslim men and boys were ultimately detained. There the U.S. tortured some of them and held most of them in indefinite detention without trial. Today 35 men are still imprisoned there. 23 of these men have never been charged with a crime, and 20 of them have been recommended for transfer.

Today NRCAT joined over 100 organizations in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to act to close Guantánamo prison without delay. Please help us ampify this message to President Biden by sending an email to the White House and join us for a VIRTUAL RALLY at 4pm ET today.

There are a number of ways you can recognize this day by helping to close the prison at Guantánamo:

• Join us today, January 11, at 4pm ET for a VIRTUAL RALLY we are co-sponsoring - Building our Power to Close Guantánamo: 21st Anniversary Virtual Rally – register here.
• Write to President Biden and ask him to use every Executive Power available to him to close Guantánamo now.
• Make a donation to the Guantánamo Survivors Fund, organized by several organizations including Witness Against Torture and No More Guantanamos.
• Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper calling on the U.S. government to close Guantánamo.
• Arrange a showing of The Mauritanian, a feature-length film released in 2021 that shows both the humanity of the detainees and the brutality of the torture at Guantánamo.
• Use these sermon notes to speak about Guantánamo during a worship service.
• Say a prayer for the 35 men still imprisoned at Guantánamo. 

Please act now. 21 years of Guantánamo is 21 years too long. Help us #CloseGuantanamo now.

Sincerely,

Rev. Ron Stief
Executive Director