A group of 173 human rights activists, each wearing an orange jumpsuit and a black hood and representing each of the remaining 173 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rallied in front of the White House on Tuesday to mark the ninth anniversary of the detention center’s opening and to protest the Obama administration’s failure to close it.
“Detainees, halt!” barked Carmen Trotta, a volunteer with the group Witness Against Torture, who wore military fatigues as he organized the protestors in Lafayette Park. “Turn left. Face the home of your captor.”
The rally and street theater were organized by a coalition of groups, including Amnesty International, the Center for Constitutional Rights and September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, who called on the administration to either put Guantanamo detainees on trial in federal court or release them.
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