PROTESTERS clad in orange prison jump suits will take to the streets this weekend to raise awareness of human rights issues.
Amnesty International campaigners will stage a demonstration outside Churchill Square, Brighton at 1pm on Saturday to raise awareness of 40 terror suspects who are jailed by the United States at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
The men have been in detention for almost 20 years without a trial or without being formally charged with a crime.
Campaigners from human rights groups from across Sussex, Kent and London will gather for the demonstration to demand that the Biden administration close Guantanamo Bay.
Sarah Birch of the Lewes Amnesty Group, said: "People are surprised to hear that anyone is still there, but they are.
“And they are incredibly isolated. They are not allowed to see anyone, but their lawyers and Covid-19 has put restrictions on even those legal visits.
“Countless letters we have sent to the detainees over the past year have been returned with 'addressee unknown' stamped on them.
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“It is inhuman, and the Americans need to stop this travesty of justice once and for all."
Guantanamo Bay was set up under President George W Bush as part of the “War on Terror” in the wake of the bombing of the World Trade Center in 2001.
The Argus previously reported on the case of Omar Deghayes from Saltdean who was arrested in Pakistan in 2002. He was held captive until his release in 2007.
Amnesty has called on the USA to stop executions, free refugee children, close Guantanamo and stop police brutality. For more visit: amnesty.org
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