Disco_Destroyer Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: Fri31Jul - WAKEFIELD - Caged Prisoners talk re Gitmo |
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CAGEPRISONERS Presents
TOXIC LEGACY -
The GiTMO Effect
Friday 31st July
7-10pm
Omar Deghayes (former Guantanamo detainee)
Yvonne Ridley (Broadcast Journalist, Cageprisoners Patron)
Andy Worthington (Journalist and author of The Guantanamo Files)
Wakefield City High School,
Warmfield View,
Wakefield,
West Yorkshire,
WF1 4SF
The Guantanamo Bay detention facility has become the most visible symbol of the global 'War on Terror'. In this legal black hole, detainees have been denied their basic rights and humanity and reduced to numbers.
Whilst there is hope that this infamous facility will close in the coming year, reports of abuse and hunger strikes surface on a regular basis. More worrying is that other sites like the Bagram facility in Afghanistan still exist, with three times the number of prisoners held therein and with little sign of closing anytime soon. Furthermore, many
governments around the world have used the same reasons to justify the curtailing of civil liberties in their own countries including the UK where scores of individuals have been held without trial or charge for up to eight years.
Cageprisoners invites you to Toxic Legacy - The Gitmo Effect, for a discussion on the legacy of Guantanamo on the War on Terror.
For further information
07807 153 025 / contact@cageprisoners.com _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
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