More Than 150 Organizations Call to Close Guantánamo on 21st Anniversary

I have no idea why they even try anymore?<p>There was an UN vote to try to stop the sanction against cuba... the result? 185 vs 2 - 185 to stop the sanctions, 2 (brazil, ukraine) abstained and 2 countries voted to continue the sanctions (israel and of course USA).<p>Until this becomes an internal USA issue affecting the elections, and when the propaganda doesn&#x27;t help anymore with that, things will change... but for now, nothing will happen, waterbordings will continue while the politicians point fingers at other countries for stuff way less sever than whan usa has done in the last few decades.

How can prisoners file appeals or control their mental illness if they are isolated can&#x27;t function properly? These prisons are beyond punishment and the steps Supermax takes to prevent suicide also seems inhumane considering the conditions.

As I understand it, nobody wants to keep gitmo open, the issue is that the remaining prisoners have nowhere to go.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2022&#x2F;01&#x2F;11&#x2F;close-guantanamo-prison-wolosky-526829" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;2022&#x2F;01&#x2F;11&#x2F;close-guan...</a>

It’s sad that we live in a world where politicians just blatantly lie about their campaign promises and we all accept it as normal and award them with high approval ratings.

Giving the bay back to Cuba would also be a reasonable thing.

It&#x27;s been over 20 years. Let &#x27;em go or kill &#x27;em, and close the base. And never do anything like this again.<p>There is no best outcome, only least worst outcome, at this point.<p>EDIT: and for the downvoters, you realize that if we do nothing they will spend the rest of their lives in prison without a trial, right? And worse, the base will remain open and available for more torture.

It doesn’t look like the elected politicians have any control over that.

Maybe the members of these organizations would be willing to take responsibility for the prisoners? &#x2F;s<p>Seriously, these are non-state actors who were detained for some reason or another. From a political point of view there&#x27;s no real downside to keeping these people there forever, and there are no real upsides to releasing them.<p>The various ISIS brides are in the same boat: nobody wants them back and nobody wants to re-integrate them. They&#x27;ve shown red by abandoning their society for the caliphate of barbarians, so that point why not just leave them to rot? Because we&#x27;re nicer?