Abu' Maryam
24-04-06, 02:13 AM
Human Rights & Social Justice Research Institute and others present:
GLOBAL TORTURE AND SECURITY
Date: Saturday 22nd April 2006
Time: 1.00 pm - 5.30 pm
Venue: Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn,
London, WC2A 3LS
Recent revelations and allegations about extra-ordinary rendition suggest complicity by European governments in 'torture flights'.
Such involvement has precedents in British and American foreign policy, dating back to their involvement in Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia. Today the problem goes far beyond torture flights: 'security' agencies in Europe have a broader complicity in global torture through cooperation with repressive regimes, e.g. by exchanging information on dissidents, deporting them to torture centres, using the consequent 'information' to intern or prosecute individuals in Europe, etc. In some cases these agencies are targeting movements which were previously encouraged as means to counter Left or Nationalist politics, before the 'blow-back' led to violent attacks in Europe.
The seminar will attempt to draw links among all those issues, as a basis to draw out implications for counter-strategy against the permanent 'War on Terror'.
Speakers include:
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed (author of War on Truth and the forthcoming book London Bombings),
Ruth Blakeley (Bristol University and Consortium for Research on
Terrorology and Political Violence),
Jonathan Bloch (co-author with Paul Todd of Global Intelligence - The World's Secret Services Today),
Professor Bill Bowring (Barrister, Professor of Human Rights & International Law and Director of the HRSJ Research Institute),
Carla Ferstman (Director of Redress),
Ben Hayes (Statewatch),
Les Levidow (CAMPACC),
Richard Norton-Taylor (Journalist, The Guardian),
Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui (Leader of Muslim Parliament), and
Francis Webber (Barrister at Garden Court Chambers and member of CARF).
Although limited, few places are still available, so if you are interested in attending, please ensure you contact us very soon.
For more details contact Ian Waller:
Tel: 020 7133 5095
Fax: 020 7133 5101
E-mail: i.waller@londonmet.ac.uk
Website: www.londonmet.ac.uk/hrsj
GLOBAL TORTURE AND SECURITY
Date: Saturday 22nd April 2006
Time: 1.00 pm - 5.30 pm
Venue: Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn,
London, WC2A 3LS
Recent revelations and allegations about extra-ordinary rendition suggest complicity by European governments in 'torture flights'.
Such involvement has precedents in British and American foreign policy, dating back to their involvement in Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia. Today the problem goes far beyond torture flights: 'security' agencies in Europe have a broader complicity in global torture through cooperation with repressive regimes, e.g. by exchanging information on dissidents, deporting them to torture centres, using the consequent 'information' to intern or prosecute individuals in Europe, etc. In some cases these agencies are targeting movements which were previously encouraged as means to counter Left or Nationalist politics, before the 'blow-back' led to violent attacks in Europe.
The seminar will attempt to draw links among all those issues, as a basis to draw out implications for counter-strategy against the permanent 'War on Terror'.
Speakers include:
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed (author of War on Truth and the forthcoming book London Bombings),
Ruth Blakeley (Bristol University and Consortium for Research on
Terrorology and Political Violence),
Jonathan Bloch (co-author with Paul Todd of Global Intelligence - The World's Secret Services Today),
Professor Bill Bowring (Barrister, Professor of Human Rights & International Law and Director of the HRSJ Research Institute),
Carla Ferstman (Director of Redress),
Ben Hayes (Statewatch),
Les Levidow (CAMPACC),
Richard Norton-Taylor (Journalist, The Guardian),
Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui (Leader of Muslim Parliament), and
Francis Webber (Barrister at Garden Court Chambers and member of CARF).
Although limited, few places are still available, so if you are interested in attending, please ensure you contact us very soon.
For more details contact Ian Waller:
Tel: 020 7133 5095
Fax: 020 7133 5101
E-mail: i.waller@londonmet.ac.uk
Website: www.londonmet.ac.uk/hrsj