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Amnesty International: Close Guantanamo 5th Anniversary Demonstration

US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London. Thursday 11 Jan, 2007

Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007     Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007
'Detainees' line up to be marched to the pen outside the US Embassy in London.

  Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007      
The flag was flying but American Embassy staff kept hidden away from windows throughout the event .     
 
Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007
The first section of the roughly 300 'detainees'.
  Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007
  The 'detainees' wait in line, hands in front, eyes down as ordered by the 'guards', masked and gagged.
    Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007
The first 'detainees' enter the pen outside the US Embassy, which is guarded by police.
   

Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007
The pen is closely packed with around 300 'prisoners'.
Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007
 
Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007
Amnesty International's banner on the front of the 'camp' calling on the US to Close Guantanamo.
Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007
The' guards' order the 'detainees' to kneel in submission, eyes down and hands on head.
Amnesty 'Close Guantanamo' demo, US Embassy, London © Peter Marshall, 2007
A 'detainee' is disciplined by 'guards' as the cameras roll.


  

 

 

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