Thursday, February 11, 2010

Feb 17 Amnesty Intl film event cosponsored by WSRCAT

Wednesday February 17, 6:30 pm, in Johnson Hall #102, University of Washington, Seattle, map at http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/northcentral.html?JHN ; Amnesty International presents a Screening of "The Response," an award-winning courtroom drama exploring the trial of a suspected enemy combatant, based on actual transcripts of the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals. This powerful film has not yet been released to the general public. Besides the 30-minute film screening, a panel of speakers will discuss the issues, including Arsalan Bukhari, the Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington, and Joseph McMillan, from the Perkins Coie legal defense team for Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's personal driver. Co-sponsors include Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Washington State Religious Campaign Against Torture (WSRCAT), and the Veterans for Peace - Tacoma chapter. info on the film http://www.theresponsemovie.com/

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