!['Close Guantánamo' cartoon by Khaldoon Gharaibeh.](/web/20061228014728im_/http://www.amnesty.org/images/homepage/guantanamo_jordancartoon_150x150.jpg)
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Activists from countries including Jordan, Hungary, Chile, and the UK joined efforts to bring the world's attention to the abuses in Guantánamo on 16 December. The date marks the start of one month of activism against the detention centre.
Read about international actions on 16 December
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![Truong Quoc Huy](/web/20061228014728im_/http://www.amnesty.org/images/homepage/Vietnam_appeal.jpg) |
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A growing number of brave activists are defying Internet repression and using the Internet to fight for human rights.
Act now to free Truong Quoc Huy
![Boat carrying immigrants escorted by Italian Coast Guard vessel, Lampedusa, near Sicily.](/web/20061228014728im_/http://www.amnesty.org/images/homepage/migrants_dec06_100.jpg) |
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Migrants’ rights are human rights; and governments, communities, employers and individuals need to do more to uphold and protect them.
Take action: Protect the rights of all migrants in South Korea
![Mexican federal police advance during violent protests, Oaxaca.](/web/20061228014728im_/http://www.amnesty.org/images/homepage/Oaxaca100.jpg) |
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More than 140 people were detained in Oaxaca City, southern Mexico, when a protest against the state governor ended in violent clashes with federal and state police.
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