Moazzam Begg on "Looking Forward to Gitmo." Begg is a former Guantanamo detainee and author of Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram, and Kandahar.
Brad Garrett on "The Problem with Torture." A retired FBI officer, Garrett was a lead interrogator in the DC Sniper, Chandra Levy, and CIA murder cases. He is a consultant for ABC News and heads Brad Garrett Investigations International.
Tina Monshipour Foster on "The New Guantanamo: Bagram and Beyond" Foster, a human rights lawyer, is founder of the International Justice Network (IJN), the first legal organization to represent "war on terror" detainees held at Bagram and other secret U.S. prisons in Afghanistan.
10 am-12:30 pm, Room 240
Stopping Torture Now, A Roundtable Session with Tina Monshipour Foster and Brad Garrett
1-2 pm, Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center
Putting Torture on Trial: How can Americans live up to our responsibility under the U.N. Convention Against Torture? This workshop explores the use of international human rights law to expose the U.S. government's program of enforced disappearance and torture, and seek justice for its survivors.
2:15-3:30 pm, Room 240
The Umbrella Project: Like us, umbrellas are frail, but they open up hope. This art activity invites you to help create what will become a traveling educational art installation of umbrellas that explore our country's use of torture, and how we should respond. The raw materials will be umbrellas, metallic markers, paint, and scissors along with stories, facts, quotations, poetry and emotions. No artistic ability required!
2:15-3:30 pm, Room 230
There Oughta Be a Law: A discussion of legislative efforts to stop torture and restore the rule of law with State Representative Paul Luebke, sponsor of the North Carolina "No Place for Torture" Act, and State Senator Ellie Kinnaird.
2:15-3:30 pm, Room 130
All events are free and open to the public. Lunch will be available at 12:30 pm.
The John Hope Franklin Center is located at 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC. For map and information on parking: www.jhfc.duke.edu/about/map.php.
Co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, Human Rights Working Group, Department of Cultural Anthropology, and Public Law Program of the Duke Law School.
For more information, contact Orin Starn (ostarn@duke.edu) or
NC Stop Torture Now (contact@ncstoptorturenow.net).
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