|
Comment on this article |
Email this Article
|
|
Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Government Secrecy : Iraq : Prisons : Regime |
|
Human Rights Film Series presents "The Torture Question" on 4/13 |
Current rating: 0 |
by Jen Tayabji
Email: tayabji (nospam) shout.net (verified)
Phone: (217) 352-8721
Address: 610 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign, IL 61820 |
12 Apr 2006
|
The Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) will be concluding the 5th Human Rights Film Series with...
*******************************
"The Torture Question"
Thursday, April 13
7-9pm
Free Admission and Snacks
http://www.prairienet.org/idf/filmseries.html
See bottom of email for info on another event on torture!
******************************* |
This spring, the Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) is proud to present our 5th Human Rights Film Series. On April 13th, the series will conclude with the showing of THE TORTURE QUESTION.
In mid-August, a FRONTLINE documentary crew made the perilous journey to the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Entering the 280-acre compound in the middle of the night, escorted by helicopters and a convoy of armed Humvees, the crew was following 50 detainees fresh from the battlefield. As they were ordered to kneel in formation on the concrete floor, one detainee nervously asked the FRONTLINE cameraman, "Is this Abu Ghraib?" The answer brought a shudder.
Abu Ghraib has always been a terrifying place to Iraqis -- Saddam Hussein used it as his primary torture chamber -- but in 2004, when graphic photographs of American soldiers abusing prisoners surfaced, Abu Ghraib took on deeper meaning.
In THE TORTURE QUESTION, FRONTLINE traces the history of how decisions made in Washington in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11 -- including an internal administration battle over the Geneva Conventions -- led to a robust interrogation policy that laid the groundwork for prisoner abuse in Afghanistan; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and Iraq.
THE TORTURE QUESTION provides the context for understanding how the rule were confused, how lines of authority were blurred, and what happens when the authorization of "coercive interrogation" makes it way into the battle zone. For more information:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/
The films will be shown with IDF's newly purchased projector and large screen. Free snacks will be provided!
The films will all begin at 7pm and will be shown at the Illinois Disciples Foundation. A facilitated discussion will follow the film.**
This spring, the Human Rights Film Series is cosponsored by: Action Darfur, Activist Forum, Amnesty International #124, Anti-War Anti-Racism Effort (AWARE), Council on American-Islamic Relations (UI Chapter), Feminist Majority, Muslim Student Association, Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative (PRC), School for Designing a Society, Socialist Forum, Student ACLU, UC Friends Peace and Service Committee, University YMCA, University YWCA, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War (CU Chapter).
The Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) is a pioneering peace with justice campus ministry and non-profit organization located on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. For more information about the film series or the IDF, please contact us at (217) 352-8721, idf (at) prairienet.org, or visit our website at http://www.prairienet.org/idf.
**The IDF is located at the NW corner of Springfield and Wright streets in Champaign. It is only 2 blocks from the U of I Quad and on several CU-MTD bus routes. Limited free parking is available. The film series is wheelchair accessible and will be shown in the Bondurant Room, located on the 2nd floor.
AND DON'T MISS NEXT THURSDAY'S EVENT FEATURING DONG TIZON!
--------------------
"Breaking The Silence of Torture:
Survivor and Activist Dong Tizon Speaks Out"
Thursday, April 20th
7pm
At IDF
Free and open to the public!
www.prairienet.org/idf
-------------------- |
See also:
http://www.prairienet.org/idf
http://www.prairienet.org/idf/filmseries.html
|
This work is in the public domain |
