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Guantánamo has now been in operation for 8 years

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Despite promises to close Guantánamo being made, it remains open 8 years after the first prisoner arrived.

UK resident Shaker Aamer is one of those still imprisoned. His 12-year-old daughter has had enough and is asking Gordon Brown to bring her father home. Add your voice to her plea.

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Terrorism is not a new phenomenon but the 'war on terror' is.

While Amnesty acknowledges the right of governments to protect their citizens when they face complex challenges and threats, these measures should never result in the compromise of human rights.

President Obama has ordered the suspension of military trials and the closure of Guantánamo Bay.

These are positive moves and a testament to everyone who has been tirelessly campaigning on these issues for so long. However there is more that needs to be done and we should now call on our own government to full and independently investigate their involvement in abuses.

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