EDM: Guantánamo Bay Prison Camp

Guantánamo Bay Prison Camp

Tabled by John McDonnell (Labour) 14 signatures

The motion

That this House notes that 11 January 2026 marked the 24th anniversary of the opening of the Guantánamo Bay Prison Camp; further notes with alarm that 15 people including three men, who have long been approved for release, Muieen Abd Al-Sattar, 2009, Guled Hassan Duran, 2021, and Ismael Ali Bakush, 2022, remain imprisoned at the camp; also notes that three other men, Abu Zubaydah and Abu Faraj Al-Libi, held at Guantanamo since September 2006, and Muhammad Rahim, held since March 2008 have not been charged with any wrongdoing, but have never been approved for release; is dismayed that a further six men Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, Walid Bin Attash, Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri, Ammar Al-Baluchi, Riduan Isamuddin and Khalid Shaykh Mohammed, continue to be deprived of justice; believes that Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, previously charged, is in legal limbo after a Department of Defense sanity board found him mentally unfit to stand trial in 2023 as a result of his torture; is concerned that two other convicted prisoners, due to be released in 2032 after a plea deal in 2022, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, serving his sentence in almost complete isolation and Abd Al-Hadi Al-Iraqi, the most profoundly physically disabled prisoner at Guantanamo, who is not receiving adequate care continue to be failed by the US authorities; and urges the Government to call for closure of the camp and for the release of the 15 men who remain imprisoned at the camp.

Signatories (14)