Outside the Law - Stories from Guantanamo - March 25 @7.30pm

  • Post reply
No replies
Thu, 25/03/2010 - 16:16
sister2all
sister2all's picture
User offline. Last seen 7 weeks 2 days ago. Offline
Senior member
Joined: 11/01/2008


Outside the Law (Glasgow screening) - Stories from Guantanamo


Film screening and panel discussion



Time 7:30pm - 9:30pm


Location - Adelaides
209 Bath Street
Glasgow


(see map below)


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=209%20Bath%20Street%2C%20Glasgow%2C%20United%20Kingdom


Description





Screening of the documentary Outside the Law - Stories from Guantánamo, followed by a discussion. Speakers include Omar Deghayes (former Guantánamo prisoner), Andy Worthington (co-director of the film, with Polly Nash) and Aamer Anwar (human rights lawyer)

The film focuses on the stories of three particular prisoners - Shaker Aamer (who is still held), Binyam Mohamed (released in 2009) and Omar Deghayes (released in 2007). It is being screened as part of a UK tour to be launched at the National Film Theatre, London on Saturday 27 February. The tour coincides with a mounting scandal involving British complicity in torture, which focuses on Shaker Aamer and Binyam Mohamed.

Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo is a Spectacle Production. The tour is arranged by Spectacle, the Guantánamo Justice Centre and Andy Worthington.


FREE ADMISSION ~ ALL WELCOME.

“The journey of a thousand miles must begin
with a single step.”

Top