Protesters rallied outside the White House on Saturday to mark the 12th anniversary of the arrival of the first prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. Wearing orange jumpsuits and hoods, the demonstrators marched through Washington to call on President Obama to uphold his now-five-year-old vow to close the prison. During the march, a direct action was held inside the Museum of National History.

Protester: “Guantánamo is kind of famous for torture. At this point, the majority of people held there have been cleared by courts, so there’s no reason to be holding them. They’re not going to get trials. Some of them have been in there for 12 years. They need to be returned to their families.”

The protest capped a week of actions surrounding the anniversary, including solidarity fasts with hunger strikers at Guantánamo. The human rights group Reprieve says the number of hunger strikers has doubled since the Pentagon imposed a media gag last month. The Pentagon has stopped disclosing all information on hunger strikers, saying it does not want to draw attention to their cause. According to Reprieve, 33 prisoners are now on hunger strike and 16 are being force-fed.