Protesters gathered outside the White House on Monday to mark the eighth anniversary of the opening of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. One hundred twenty-five people have started a twelve-day hunger fast calling for the prison to be closed. Fasters include Frida Berrigan of Witness Against Torture.

Frida Berrigan, Witness Against Torture: “We’re here to hold up a mirror to the Obama administration in the hopes that what they see is not a reflection of the hope and change that they promised but the hardened continuity, hardened continuity with the Bush administration.”