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Event
- Title:
- Why is Guantánamo Still Open? An event by the Center for Constitutional Rights
- When:
- 08.17.2011 - 08.17.2011 18.00
- Where:
- Arts Auditorium - New York City
- Category:
- Organizing Events
Description
Art & Law
Residency Program presents: "Why is Guantánamo Still Open?"
A presentation by the Center for Constitutional Rights
Free and open to the public, rsvp to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
*VLA's Art & Law Residency Program cordially invites you to join Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney of the /Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative/ at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York City, for an insider's update on Guantánamo and a discussion about where the Center's work stands amidst the following developments:*
*WikiLeaks'* recent release of classified government documents on the Guantánamo detainees, and the sensationalized and often inaccurate reporting by some news media regarding the risk posed by the detainees.
*The Supreme Court's refusal to review /*Kiyemba v. Obama*/, CCR's case on behalf of the Uighur men detained at Guantánamo.
*The court's refusal to hear a case filed on behalf of released detainees who would like their names cleared.
*Obama's decision to try some defendants before the deeply flawed military comission system rather than civilian courts.
Residency Program presents: "Why is Guantánamo Still Open?"
A presentation by the Center for Constitutional Rights
Free and open to the public, rsvp to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
*VLA's Art & Law Residency Program cordially invites you to join Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney of the /Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative/ at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York City, for an insider's update on Guantánamo and a discussion about where the Center's work stands amidst the following developments:*
*WikiLeaks'* recent release of classified government documents on the Guantánamo detainees, and the sensationalized and often inaccurate reporting by some news media regarding the risk posed by the detainees.
*The Supreme Court's refusal to review /*Kiyemba v. Obama*/, CCR's case on behalf of the Uighur men detained at Guantánamo.
*The court's refusal to hear a case filed on behalf of released detainees who would like their names cleared.
*Obama's decision to try some defendants before the deeply flawed military comission system rather than civilian courts.
Venue
- Venue:
- Arts Auditorium
- Street:
- 1 East 53rd Street
- ZIP:
- 10022
- City:
- New York City
- State:
- US
- Country:
-
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