80 Free Americans Arrested for Protesting 6 Years of Torture and Horror at U.S.A.'s Pro-Zionist Guantanamo Torture Camp

The human rights group Amnesty International staged protests around the world Friday to mark the sixth anniversary of the first arrival of detainees at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The group is demanding the prison be shut down. Meanwhile, a U.S. appeals court in Washington has ruled against four British men who allege they were tortured during their detention at Guantanamo. VOA's Cindy Saine reports from Washington.

Demonstrators representing prisoners at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base kneel before the Supreme Court during a rally in Washington, D.C., 11 Jan 2008

Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union and other rights organizations used the anniversary to again call on the Bush administration to close down Guantanamo. A crowd of about 100 protesters, many dressed in orange jumpsuits similar to the ones worn by Guantanamo prisoners, gathered in the pouring rain in Washington, D.C. Friday. Larry Cox, the Executive Director of Amnesty International USA said Guantanamo has become a symbol.

"It's become the symbol of everything that's wrong with the U.S. approach to fighting terror and making people safer," said Cox. "It's become a symbol of human rights abuses, it's become the symbol of things which deviate so grossly from the values that this country has always upheld that people are horrified and shocked." More