Marissa Luck

One year ago, human rights activists breathed a temporary sigh of relief when Obama ordered the closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a review of detention center policies, and an end to coercive torture techniques by January 22, 2010. One year later, the deadline has passed and 196 prisoners remain in the detention facility that has come to represent the US’s repressive torture techniques and indifference to international law. The administration has yet to set a new date for closure of the prison.