London photos

Photos from, and my report about the eight coordinated global vigils for the closure of Guantánamo that took place on May 3, 2023 in London, Washington, D.C., New York, Mexico City, Brussels, Copenhagen, Detroit and Los Angeles. The ongoing vigils take place on the first Wednesday of every month, and, as well as calling for the closure of the prison, also highlight the plight of the 16 men still held (out of 30 in total) who have been approved for release but, in 13 cases, cannot be repatriated because of US laws, and must be found new homes in third countries.

Photos from, and my report about the eight coordinated global vigils for the closure of Guantánamo that took place on April 5, 2023 in London, Washington, D.C., New York, Mexico City, Brussels, Los Angeles, Raleigh, NC and Cobleskill, NY. The ongoing vigils take place on the first Wednesday of every month, and, as well as calling for the closure of the prison, also highlight the plight of the 17 men still held (out of 31 in total) who have been approved for release but have no idea when, if ever, they will actually be freed.

Photos of, and my report about the coordinated global vigils for the closure of Guantánamo that took place on March 8, 2023 in London, Washington, D.C. New York and Mexico City. As it was also International Women’s Day, Victoria Brittain, Yvonne Ridley and Kate Hudson of CND spoke at the London vigil, and this article also includes the text of the powerful and poignant speech made by Victoria Brittain.

Photos and a report about the first coordinated protests calling for the closure of Guantánamo, and for the release of the 20 men approved for release from the prison, in London and Washington, D.C. on February 15, 2023. More coordinated protests, involving other locations. will be taking place on Wednesday March 8.

The latest fundraiser for my unique, ongoing, reader-funded photo-journalism project ‘The State of London’, which I began in May 2012, and have been posting photos with detailed accompanying essays every day since May 2017 (and, since last summer, every two days) on ‘The State of London’ Facebook and Twitter pages.

My photos of, and report about an inspiring march and rally for the closure of Guantánamo in central London on January 14, 2023, organised by the UK Guantánamo Network, a coalition of groups including a number of Amnesty International groups and the Close Guantánamo campaign. Also included is a statement by former prisoner Omar Deghayes, which was read out at the rally.

The latest fundraiser for my ongoing photo-journalism project ‘The State of London’, which began ten and a half years ago when I started cycling throughout London’s 120 postcodes, and taking photos. Five and a half years ago, I started posting a daily photo and a detailed accompanying essay on Facebook, in what is an entirely reader-funded project, for which any donation you can make will be very welcome.

My photos of, and my report about a UK Guantánamo Network vigil for the closure of Guantánamo that was held outside the US Embassy in London on November 2, 2022. At the vigil, we held up laminated posters of “the Guantánamo 20”, the 20 men (out of the 35 men still held) who have been approved for release but are still held.

Marking 2,000 days since I first began posting a photo a day, plus an accompanying essay, on my Facebook page ‘The State of London’, taken from my archive of photos taken on daily bike rides throughout London’s 120 geographic postcodes, which I’ve been undertaking since May 2012.

My report and photos from the Human Chain for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, on October 8, 2022, which involved the Houses of Parliament being completely encircled by campaigners calling for his extradition to the US to be dropped.