Nazias
09-07-08, 09:04 PM
Cageprisoners at IslamExpo 2008
Friday 11th July - Monday 14th July
Olympia, London
IslamExpo is hosting a unique exhibition by Cageprisoners, comprising the works of men detained without trial in the UK, to highlight the hidden human tragedy taking place, as part of Europe's largest four-day Islamic exhibition at London's Olympia.
Since the start of the global War on Terror, there has been a systematic removal of human rights and civil liberties through seemingly legal processes, including Control Orders and detention without charge. Captivated: The Art of Interned will be exhibited for a second time, with previously unseen work by prisoners and other artists. Included in the exhibition are unique and stimulating pieces depicting the ongoing horrors at Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib and the secret detention sites. The exhibition will run daily from Friday 11th to Monday 14 July (10am - 8pm, except on Monday, closing at 4pm).
The Cageprisoners lectures Guantanamo: From Cuba to Britain will be delivered by Legal Director of Reprieve and lawyer for dozens of prisoners in Guantanamo, Zachary Katznelson, acclaimed human rights lawyer, Gareth Peirce and Cageprisoners’ spokesman, Moazzam Begg. The event will be chaired by journalist and author, Victoria Brittain. Sunday 13th July,12:45-1:45pm Main Hall.
Former Guantánamo detainee and Cageprisoners spokesman Moazzam Begg will be at the exhibition and the Cageprisoners stall (location G71) over the weekend. Shafiq Rasul and Ruhal Ahmad of The Road to Guantánamo will be joining Moazzam for a book signing and taking questions from people at the stall between 4pm -6:30pm on Sunday 13th July (at location G71).
Former detainee, Cerie Bullivant, will also be on hand to discuss the devastating effects of control orders on people in the UK.
Cageprisoners will also be running a competition on the stall for two DVD copies of the Oscar-winning documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side.
Moazzam Begg will also be also be talking about the Guantanamo poets and perform readings from ‘Poems from Guantánamo’ at the Muslim Writers section (G130). Sunday, 13th July, 6.30pm.
* For more information about the Captivated exhibition, see www.cageprisoners.com/page.php?id=32
Source (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=767)
Friday 11th July - Monday 14th July
Olympia, London
IslamExpo is hosting a unique exhibition by Cageprisoners, comprising the works of men detained without trial in the UK, to highlight the hidden human tragedy taking place, as part of Europe's largest four-day Islamic exhibition at London's Olympia.
Since the start of the global War on Terror, there has been a systematic removal of human rights and civil liberties through seemingly legal processes, including Control Orders and detention without charge. Captivated: The Art of Interned will be exhibited for a second time, with previously unseen work by prisoners and other artists. Included in the exhibition are unique and stimulating pieces depicting the ongoing horrors at Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib and the secret detention sites. The exhibition will run daily from Friday 11th to Monday 14 July (10am - 8pm, except on Monday, closing at 4pm).
The Cageprisoners lectures Guantanamo: From Cuba to Britain will be delivered by Legal Director of Reprieve and lawyer for dozens of prisoners in Guantanamo, Zachary Katznelson, acclaimed human rights lawyer, Gareth Peirce and Cageprisoners’ spokesman, Moazzam Begg. The event will be chaired by journalist and author, Victoria Brittain. Sunday 13th July,12:45-1:45pm Main Hall.
Former Guantánamo detainee and Cageprisoners spokesman Moazzam Begg will be at the exhibition and the Cageprisoners stall (location G71) over the weekend. Shafiq Rasul and Ruhal Ahmad of The Road to Guantánamo will be joining Moazzam for a book signing and taking questions from people at the stall between 4pm -6:30pm on Sunday 13th July (at location G71).
Former detainee, Cerie Bullivant, will also be on hand to discuss the devastating effects of control orders on people in the UK.
Cageprisoners will also be running a competition on the stall for two DVD copies of the Oscar-winning documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side.
Moazzam Begg will also be also be talking about the Guantanamo poets and perform readings from ‘Poems from Guantánamo’ at the Muslim Writers section (G130). Sunday, 13th July, 6.30pm.
* For more information about the Captivated exhibition, see www.cageprisoners.com/page.php?id=32
Source (http://www.cageprisoners.com/campaigns.php?id=767)