On Saturday 31st March 2012, human right campaigners rallied outside the U.S embassy in London, marking the 9th anniversary of Aafia Siddiqui's abduction, rendition and false imprisonment. A video featuring her case, discussions with Asim Qureshi (Director of Cage Prisoners) discussing her legal battle, Pakistan's role, her children & the issue of repatriation; speeches from the rally provided by …

Braving sub-zero temperatures on Friday evening in the capital, around two dozen human rights activists joined the London Guantánamo Campaign (LGC) outside the US Embassy in Mayfair, London, for a candlelight vigil to mark the fifth anniversary of the campaign's regular "Shut Down Guantánamo!" demonstrations outside the Embassy. Performances were also given by Actors for Human Rights and poet Serg…

Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 12-2pm (please note change of date)

US Embassy, 24 Grosvenor Square

London. W1A 2LQ

(Nearest tube: Bond Street / Marble Arch)

On 11th January 2012 at London’s Conway Hall, Cage Prisoners presented ‘Guantanamo Remembered: 10 Years’. Panel talks chaired by Victoria Brittain, delivered by Gareth Peirce (Human Rights Lawyer), Moazzam Beg (Cage Prisoners & former detainee), Sami Al-Haji (Aljazeera & former detainee), Clive Stafford Smith (Reprieve), Michael Ratner (Center for Constitutional Rights), Massoud Shadjare…

Public Rally

Trafalgar Square - top of steps (North Terrace, outside National Gallery)

2-4pm, Saturday 7 January 2012

Called by London Guantánamo Campaign, Save Shaker Aamer Campaign, Stop the War, CND

12-1pm: Opposite main entrance to US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street / Marble Arch)

1.15-2.15pm: On the pavement outside Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, W1 (nearest tube: Marble Arch)

Saturday, 10 December 2011

ASSEMBLE: Whitehall, opposite DOWNING STREET

12noon - 3pm  (please note change to previously advertised time)

12-1pm: Opposite main entrance to US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street / Marble Arch)

1.15-2.15pm: On the pavement outside Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, W1 (nearest tube: Marble Arch)

12-1pm: Opposite main entrance to US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street / Marble Arch)

1.15-2.15pm: On the pavement outside Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, W1 (nearest tube: Marble Arch)

Shut Down Guantanamo! demonstration - Afghan War Anniversary Special

6-7pm: US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street / Marble Arch)

(Please note change to usual time)

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12-1pm: Opposite main entrance to US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street / Marble Arch)

1.15-2.15pm: On the pavement outside Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, W1 (nearest tube: Marble Arch)

A recent flurry of activity by the London Guantánamo Campaign (LGC) and its supporters sought to capitalise on President Obama's UK state visit (24-26 May) and the Royal Wedding (29 April) to press home two of their key demands:



1. The return of two men with ties to the UK still being held in Guantánamo indefinitely without charge, namely former British residents Shaker Aamer and Ahmed Belbacha;

Moroccans protested outside their embassy in London to call for an end to the corrupt regime and for closure of Temera prison, which is reportedly used by the Americans before transporting prisoners to Guantanamo Bay. London, UK, 15/05/2011.

"Shut Down Guantánamo!" / Free Shaker Aamer / Free Bradley Manning demonstration

Friday 1 April, 12-1pm and 1.15-2.15pm:

12-1pm: US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street/Marble Arch)

1.15-2.15pm: Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, W1 (nearest tube: Marble Arch)

A protest was held outside the American embassy in London in support of WikiLeaks whistleblower Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, 23, who is being held in solitary confinement in Quantico, Virginia. London, UK, 20/03/2011.

The London Guantanamo Campaign held a silent vigil on the 9th anniversary of the detention and torture camp's opening outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. London, UK, 11/01/2011.

Tuesday 11th January, 2011 - A silent lunchtime vigil organised by the London Guantánamo Campaign was held outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square to mark the 9th anniversary of the opening of the US military torture camp at Guantánamo Bay. At least 50 people took part in the hour-long vigil. There was a strong media presence, with a lot of photographers and videographers, and some report…

North side of Trafalgar Square, outside the National Gallery.

Battersea, south London - see below for details.

bbc jamcam is currently showing a protest in parliament square against guantanamo bay trials

A small group of 'Muslims Against the Crusades' commemorated the attacks 9 years ago today on the World Trade Center in New York by burning a flag in front of the US Embassy with a heavy police presence monitoring. London, United Kingdom 11/09/2010.

The Guardian has picked up on a story that's old but still burning: British secret services were (and are?) inolved in torturing pisoners in the name of the 'war on terror'. Omar Deghayes chilling account of his years in Guantanamo Bay can also be seen on video: in September 2009 a documentary was release including extensive interviews with Omar and other ex-detainees. Outside the Law: Stories fro…

A number of different protest groups gathered on Parliament Square during the State opening this morning. London, United Kingdom, 25/05/2010.

Bring Shaker Aamer home now!

Demo in Parliament Square, Westminster, London (nearest tube: Westminster)

Shaker Aamer has been imprisoned without charge or trial in Guantánamo Bay for over eight years. He is a legal permanent resident of the UK, married to a British national, with four British children (the youngest of whom he has never met) living in Battersea, south London.

A new documentary telling the story of Guantánamo: torture, extraordinary rendition and secret prisons. Examining how the Bush administration turned its back on domestic and international law, rounding up prisoners in Afghanistan and Pakistan without adequate screening and often for large bounty payments.  Focusing on the stories of three prisoners, Shaker Aamer, Binyam Mohamed and Omar Degha…

See trailer...

Followed by Q&A.

Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX.

With Omar Deghayes, Andy Worthington and Polly Nash.

This screening is organized by the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.

A small group demonstrated on Richmond Terrace for the release of Shaker Aamer who has been detained in Guantanamo Bay for more than 8 years without charge. British Labour politician Martin Linton, Member of Parliament for Battersea, was also there to show his support. United Kingdom, 24/04/2010.

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