When: Wednesday 18.05.2011, 15:00 – 17:00

Where: Amnesty International Aalborg, Danmarksgade 7, Aalborg

Amnesty International Aalborg invites all to watch a new documentary “Blood in the Mobile” by Frank Poulsen (se the trailer here). The film tells a story of the filmmaker’s journey to discover the truth about his mobile phone. It shows many shocking examples of child labour and war economy in Congo, where the metal used in mobile phones is mined.

The African continent is known for its rich mineral resources. In Congo you can find, among others, a mineral used in production of our mobile phones. The country is plagued by civil war, which during the last 15 yeas has claimed over 5 million human lives.

The film starts at 15:00 and lasts about 120 minuter. Afterwards we would like to engage you in a short discussion about the situation in Congo and talk more about thedark side of our consumer society.

Entry is of course free of charge.

We hope to see you next Wednesday!

Amnesty International Aalborg invites all to watch a widely discussed and acclaimed film “The Road to Guantanamo”. After the film you can take part in a short workshop.

When: Wednesday, 20th April, 15.00-17.00

Where: Amnesty International Aalborg, Danmarksgade 7, Aalborg

Free entrance

The Road to Guantanamo is a British 2006 docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the incarceration of three British detainees (the ‘Tipton Three’) at a detainment camp in Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. It premiered at the Berlinale on 14 February 2006 and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature.

The film documents the personal accounts of Ruhal Ahmed, Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul (the ‘Tipton Three’), three young British men from Tipton in the West Midlands of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origins who travelled to Pakistan in September 2001 just days after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the USA, ostensibly to a wedding of a friend of theirs. While staying at a mosque in Karachi, the three decided to take a rash and dangerous trip to Afghanistan and end up in the middle of the fight between The Taliban and the Northern Alliance soldiers.

Imprisoned at a base at Mazar-e Sharif, they were interrogated and discovered to be of British origin. With no luggage, money, passports, Ruhal, Asif, and Shafiq were handed over to the United States military, imprisoned in a US army stockade and eventually transported, together with dozens of other alleged Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where they remained for the next two years. They were held in mostly solitary confinement without charge or legal representation.

In 2004 the Tipton Three were all released without charge and flown back to England without any compensation for their imprisonment.

After the film we would like to invite you to take part in a short workshop on torture, during which you will be able to experience one of the common torture methods known as wall-standing. The participation will of course be voluntary and taking place in safe conditions.

We hope to see you this Wednesday.

Wednesday 13 April, 15.00-17.00

Amnesty International, Danmarksgade 7

9000 Aalborg. See the map here.

Free entrance!

YOU HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 15 YEARS OLD.

The film is based on a novel by an Iranian-French author, Freidoune Sahebjam. The novel and the film tell a real story of Soraya from a small Iranian village, who in 1980s was accused of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. Sahebjam heard her story during one of his illegal visits in Iran, where he has been senctenced to death in absentia for his criticism of the mullahs’ regime.  He heard the story from the witness of the horror, Soraya’s aunt.

The climax of the film is a twenty-minute scene showing the stoning of Soraya, which is why we introduced an age limit of minimum 15 years.

We hope to see you on Wednesday!