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See “The Road to Guantanamo”

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Road to guantanamo

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’);[1][3][4] 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 to see first-hand the encounters of the region.
Mixed with interviews with the three men themselves, and archive news footage from the period, the film contains an account of the three men’s experiences from their travels into Afghanistan and to their capture and imprisonment.
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 and imprisoned in a US army stockade for a month with other prisoners, being regularly interrogated and occasionally beaten by US soldiers.
In January 2002, the ‘Tipton Three’ were declared “enemy combatants” by the US military, and flown 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.
The Tipton Three were all released without charge and without any compensation for their imprisonment in 2004. The three were flown back to England where, one year later, they went back to Pakistan for the wedding they planned to attend in the first place.

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.

â??The stoning of Soraya M.â?

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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 mullahsâ?? regime.  He heard the story from the witness of the horror, Sorayaâ??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!

Se â??The stoning of Soraya M.â?

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Soraya

Onsdag d. 13. april kl. 15-17

Amnesty International, Danmarksgade 7

9000 Aalborg. Se kort her.

Gratis adgang for alle!

ALDERSGRÃ?NSEN ER DOG 15 Ã?R!

Filmen er baseret på en roman af den iransk-franske forfatter Freidoune Sahebjam. Romanen og altså også filmen er baseret på den virkelige historie om Soraya, der bliver dømt til døden ved stening i en lille landsby i 1980ernes Iran. Hun er anklaget for utroskab. Sahebjam hørte om hendes historie under et af sine illegale besøg i det Iran, der havde dømt ham til døden in absentia for hans kritik af mullahernes regime. Historien hørte han fra et vidne til rædslerne, Sorayas tante.

Filmens klimaks er en omtrent tyve minutter lang scene, der viser steningen af Soraya, derfor er aldersgrænsen 15 år.

Vi håber at se jer på onsdag!

Amnesty Aalborg �rsmøde

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Amnesty International i Aalborg holder årsmøde, åbent for alle interesserede
Hvornår: søndag d. 10 april kl. 13:00
Hvor: Huset
Hasserisgade 10, Aalborg
Dagsorden:

1. Valg af referent og ordstyrer
2. Lokalforeningens beretning
3. Regnskab
4. Indkomne forslag
5. Valg af lokalforeningsledelse
6. Kommende aktiviteter
7. Eventuelt

For flere oplysninger kontakt Hans Hüttel (hanshuttel@me.com).

Annual meeting for Amnesty International Aalborg

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Poster

AI Aalborg is holding the annual meting, open for all interested

Place and time:

Sunday 10th April at 13:00

Huset
Hasserisgade 10, Aalborg

Schedule:

1. Choosing the secretary and meeting schedule
2. Report from the local board
3. Account report
4. Incoming suggestions
5. Local board elections
6. Coming activities
7. Additional matters

For more information please contact Hans Hüttel (hanshuttel@me.com).

Volunteers needed – concert with Amnesty International

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AI Aalborg koncert

Concert with Amnesty International – Unity in diversity

Amnesty Aalborg is planning a concert which will focus on diversity, and our rights as humans to be different. Amnesty is, therefore, arranging an evening where we can celebrate, that even though we are different, we all have the same rights as human beings.

The program:

The concert will be held at Skråen, Nordkraft, in their rooms above the great hall.

The final date has, as of now, not yet been decided as it depends on the work process, and the number of volunteers.

The entertainment for the evening will consist of 3 amateur bands that will volunteer to provide both the music and the atmosphere, while the bar will provide the refreshments.

At the concert you will be able to find information and material on the many campaigns which Amnesty employs within the subject of discrimination. Apart from that, there will be many opportunities for those interested in supporting Amnesty and the work it does.

However, to make this happen, we need volunteers who are ready to help in the following areas:

�                    Administration

�                    Advertisement

�                    Planning/scheduling of bands

�                    Volunteers on the evening

If you are interested in helping, or you just want to know more, contact Camilla at Amnesty International Aalborg.

We are looking forward to hearing from you, and we hope you will come and support this project so that we can draw attention to Amnesty International and its fight against discrimination.

Regards from Amnesty International Aalborg!

Contact info:

Camilla E. Callesen: Callesen_2@hotmail.com

mobile: 3053 1352

Foredrag og årsmøde i lokalforeningen

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tendai

Søndag d. 10. april kl. 13.00 holder Amnesty Internationals lokalforening i Aalborg sit årlige medlemsmøde på Huset i Hasserisgade i Aalborg.

Før mødet er der et foredrag med Tendai Tagarira, der er forfatter og menneskerettighedsaktivist fra Zimbabwe og nu bor i �rhus. Gennem mange år har Zimbabwe været præget af Robert Mugabes stadig mere diktatoriske regime og de menneskerettighedskrænkelser, det har ført med sig. Tendai Tagarira vil med sin engagerende og samtidig humoristiske fortællestil give et helt særligt indblik i situationen i Zimbabwe og livet som ung forfatter i eksil.

Alle er velkomne til dette foredrag, og der er selvfølgelig gratis entré.

Efter foredraget holder lokalforeningen sit årlige møde for alle medlemmer af Amnesty International i Aalborg kommune.

Dagsorden

1. Valg af referent og ordstyrer.

2. Lokalforeningens beretning.

3. Regnskab.

4. Indkomne forslag.

5. Valg af lokalforeningsledelse.

6. Kommende aktiviteter.

7. Eventuelt.

For nærmere oplysninger, kontakt Hans Hüttel (hanshuttel @ me.com), tlf. 31754520.

Koncert med Amnesty -Unity in diversity

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AI Aalborg koncert

Amnesty Aalborg er gået i gang med at planlægge en koncert, som skal sætte fokus på retten til forskellighed. Vi vil derfor arrangere en aften hvor man samles for at fejre, at på trods stor mangfoldighed er vi stadigvæk sammenlignelige ud fra de basale menneskerettigheder, som er os alle berettiget.

Programmet:

Koncerten vil blive holdt på Skråen, Nordkraft, i deres lokaler ovenover den store sal. Den endelige dato er endnu ikke fastlagt, men vil blive udarbejdet i henhold til den estimerede arbejdsproces, samt det antal hænder der er til rådighed.

Underholdningen på selve aftenen skal bestå af 3 amatør bands (frivillige) som sørger for musik og stemning og udover dette vil der være bar.

Der vil ligge materiale rundt omkring i lokalerne med diverse kampagner, som Amnesty beskæftiger sig med indenfor emnet diskrimination, samt mulighed for yderligere tiltag for de interesserede som ønsker at støtte Amnestys arbejde.

Men for at få det hele til at køre, er der op til og under koncerten brug for frivillige hænder indenfor følgende områder:

-          Administrationen.

-          Reklamering.

-          Planlægning af bands.

-          Praktiske hænder på selve aftenen.

Hvis du er interesseret i at hjælpe til eller blot vil vide mere, så kontakt Camilla fra Amnesty International Aalborg.

Vi glæder os til at hører fra jer og håber at I vil have lyst til at bakke op omkring dette tiltag, så vi kan få sat fokus på Amnesty International og deres kamp imod diskrimination.

Amnesty International Aalborg

Kontakt:

Camilla E. Callesen: Callesen_2@hotmail.com

mobil: 3053 1352