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Guerrilla Theatre in Cambridge

Manos | 24.03.2002 16:56 | Cambridge

The Cambridge Students Against the War (CamSAW) performed yesterday, Saturday 23 March 2002, an act of public guerrilla theatre in opposition to the inhumane and illegal treatment of prisoners detained in Guantánamo base.

The Cambridge Students Against the War (CamSAW) performed yesterday, Saturday 23 March 2002, an act of public guerrilla theatre in opposition to the inhumane and illegal treatment of prisoners detained in Guantánamo base.

Three activists dressed as detainees and one as a soldier. During the act the detainees shouted slogans such as "Americans have human rights, so do Afghanis". The soldier was responding by throwing them to the ground and kicking them. When asked to slightly move out of the way the soldier dragged the detainees which brought the whole street to a standstill.

The performance was very successful in attracting the interest and the comments of the public. The police turned up only to support our right to publicly perform. The performance moved across the centre of Cambridge, and finally joined the Think Twice conference.

References from Amnesty:

USA: AI calls on the USA to end legal limbo of Guantánamo prisoners
USA: Amnesty International requests access to Guantánamo base

At the same time as the performance Cambridge Woman in Black were holding a vigil on market square.

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- Homepage: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/camsaw/

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  1. Write to American Embassy — Eric