To mark the 5th anniversary of the transportation of the first prisoners to the US concentration camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a series of demonstrations took place around the world.

In London, Amnesty International organised a protest [Photos | Slide show | Video] and a vigil [Photos] outside the US embassy. Another vigil also took place in solidarity with 90 anti-Guantanamo US activists that were arrested in an occupation of the U.S. Federal Court House in Washington DC [Report | Photos]

In Birmingham around 80 people gathered in front of Hiatt, a UK company that makes shackles and other torture equipment used by the US military in Guantánamo Bay over the last 5 years [Report and Photos]. In Edinburgh a protest outside the US Consulate, and a meeting in the Scottish Parliament took place [Report and Photos]

For further reports and background information see the National Guantanamo Coalition website, and AI's Close Guntanamo section.

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