Protests are scheduled across the world today as part of the International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo. We speak with a former Guantanamo detainee currently in Cuba as part of an international delegation calling for the closure of the prison camp as well as the brother of a Guantanamo detainee who has been held there since 2002. [includes rush transcript]

Protests are scheduled across the world today as part of the International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo. In Washington, a nonviolent direct action is planned outside the Federal Court. Protesters dressed in orange jump suits and black hoods plan to risk arrest by attempting to deliver motions to the court on behalf of detainees at Guantanamo.

Meanwhile in Cuba the first-ever international delegation of former prisoners, families of current prisoners, US lawyers and human rights activists will hold a protest today in front of the gates of Guantanamo.

One member of the delegation is Asif Iqbal who was held at Guantanamo for two years. In late 2001 he was taken from Pakistan to Afghanistan, where he was held, beaten, and interrogated by US troops. During his two years at Guantanamo he claims he was abused by US interrogators and forced to make false confessions. He was released in 2004 and has a lawsuit pending against the United States. He joins us on the phone from Cuba.

• Asif Iqbal, British citizen and former Guantanamo detainee.

Taher Deghayes also joins us on the line from Cuba--he is the brother of Guantanamo prisoner Omar Deghayes. Formerly a law student in Britain, Omar Deghayes was arrested in Pakistan along with his family in 2002. He was taken to Guantanamo where he has since been held without charge.

• Taher Deghayes, brother of Guantanamo prisoner Omar Deghayes.