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TUESDAY LUNCHTIME: demo outside US Embassy: Bring Binyam Back

London Guantánamo Campaign | 16.02.2009 18:42 | Guantánamo

A British doctor, part of a government team who recently visited Binyam Mohamed in Guantánamo Bay, has declared that he is fit to travel home. It's now up to the American government to order his release. Please join the London Guantánamo Campaign and Brighton Against Guantánamo as we call on President Obama to make that sooner rather than later...

Emergency Demonstration: Bring Binyam Back!

Tuesday 17 February, 1-2.30pm

US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, Mayfair W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street/Marble Arch)


At the beginning of the month, a US military lawyer, Yvonne Bradley, visited Binyam Mohamed in his cell at Guantánamo Bay and reported that he was just "skin and bones" and is close to death: if action is not taken quickly, it is likely that he will leave Guantánamo Bay in a body bag, she reported.

Please join the London Guantánamo Campaign and Brighton Against Guantánamo as we protest outside the US Embassy on Tuesday lunchtime calling on President Obama to deliver on his promises and his commitments to human rights and the rule of law by releasing Binyam Mohamed.

The British and American governments must also disclose any secret information they have about Binyam's torture and rendition. Furthermore, they must also release the other two British residents, Saudi national Shaker Aamer from Battersea and Ahmed Belbacha, an Algerian national from Bournemouth.

London Guantánamo Campaign
- e-mail: london.gtmo[at]gmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.guantanamo.org.uk

Additions

Advance publicity for today's lunchtime demo on politics.co.uk - please come

17.02.2009 11:12

The mainstream media is showing interest in this demo, so it would be great to have a decent turn-out.

 http://www.politics.co.uk/news/foreign-policy/anti-guantanamo-protest-hits-us-embassy-$1270021.htm

Anti-Guantanamo protest hits US embassy

Tuesday, 17, Feb 2009 10:02

By politics.co.uk staff

Protestors will gather outside the US embassy today to call for the release of British resident Binyam Mohamed.

The demonstrators, dressed in the orange jumpsuits worn by inmates at Guantanamo Bay, say Mr Mohamed needs to be returned to the UK immediately given his medical condition.

Mr Mohamed has been on hunger strike for over a month now, with a US military lawyer, Yvonne Bradley, saying he is just "skin and bones".

She is understood to have argued he is close to death.

"Binyam Mohamed is currently in a very fragile state and must be released immediately," said Aisha Maniar of the London Guantánamo Campaign.

"Mr Mohamed's health and safety must take priority. We urge the US to release him immediately and call on the British government to intensify their actions to have him released."

A Foreign Office delegation is currently visiting Mr Mohamed in the camp with a view to returning him home as soon as possible.

David Miliband confirmed to parliament earlier this month that the American government had no objections to Mr Mohamed returning to the UK, where he holds residency status. This was a marked change in attitude to earlier comments, in which the Americans refused to allow Mr Mohamed to leave.

The protest comes as controversy continues to swirl around Foreign Office claims of threats from American intelligence services that they would stop cooperating with British counterterrorism efforts if a judges' ruling on Mr Mohamed's torture case is made public.

Protestors will gather outside the embassy from 13:00 GMT.

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