Hidden Detainees, the organisers behind the event, hope to recreate the barbaric conditions of the Guantanamo Bay (Camp X-Ray) camp in Cuba, where over 775 suspects from around the world were illegally held as part of America’s ‘War on Terror’. The notorious Camp X-Ray has received worldwide condemnation for operating outside the law, with record numbers of prisoners committing suicide and going on extensive hunger strikes.
“For over five years the prisoners have not been charged. They have been left in a state of limbo, rendering any effort to challenge their case in the court of law a futile exercise”, said Hidden Detainees spokesperson, Abdur-Rahman Sati.
The organisers have teamed up with a number of other human rights and community organisations to stage this extraordinary live stunt, including the Islamic Forum Europe (IFE), Liberty, Amnesty, Centre for the Study of Terrorism (CFSOT) and the 1990 Trust.
The Guantanomo Bay Cage in East London will be officially launched on Friday 5th October at 2pm at the junction of Whitechapel Road and New Road (London E1, next to the Royal London Hospital; nearest tube: Whitechapel) by former Guantanamo Bay detainees.
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I think Gitmo is a pys-op
06.10.2007 04:17
...so bearing this is mind, please don't forget to highlight all the other torture facilities used/operated by the USA around the world in its so called war on terror.
Counter Intellegence
keep it in the public eye
08.10.2007 09:20
Great way anyhow to keep Guantanamo in the public eye.
Best of luck.
Val
Stop & search at Bethnal Green
10.10.2007 09:28
manog
Addition - Video Now Available
10.10.2007 09:38
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real2reel
BROTHERS IN CHAINS films and discussion
10.10.2007 13:00
Additionally, two documentaries relating to the erosion of civil liberties will be shown...
This Is Camp X-Ray (Dec 2004, 73 minutes)
Punchy film documenting a week long, fully functional internment camp that was set up in the middle of Manchester three years ago, from its inception, construction, operation and aftermath. It features interviews with individuals who took part as guards and prisoners. There is reaction from local residents and passers-by. The film concludes with an emotional interview with the sisters of Jamal Al-Harith, a Manchester resident who was eventually released from Guantanamo Bay after 3 years of imprisonment without charge.
SOCPA - THE MOVIE (2007, 60 mins)
This film looks at the how the increased repression in this country is being played out in legislation designed to rid Parliament Square of Brian Haw, the lone protestor who has camped outside parliament since 2001 in full and defiant sight of the politicians who had voted to support the so-called 'war on terror'. The film follows Haw’s successful battle to remain, but also shows the enormous creativity and tenacity of other campaigners appalled at the idea that we have to ask for permission to protest near Parliament. The comedy and farce of the situation is explored with Sunday picnics, crazy cops and Charlie Chaplin lookalikes, but the dark side is equally exposed with police assaults, stories of harassment and persecution, and the discriminatory application of the law for political ends.
Films start 8pm
15 Rampart Street
(off Commercial Rd, nr NewRd/CanonStRd Jnct)
Entry Free
Note: See also, Hidden Detainees - Silenced but not Forgotten on Saturday 21st Oct, 6:15pm at the London Muslim Centre, 82-02 Whitechapel Rd.
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