Two Sides, One Story - Cageprisoners National Tour

From Cageprisoners: 

TWO SIDES - ONE STORY: 
GUANTANAMO FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE WIRE 

A national tour to mark seven years of unlawful detention, abuse and torture 

January 11th 2009 - 4th February 2009 

SAMI AL HAJ (Ex Guantanamo Detainee and Aljazeera Journalist) 

CHRISTOPHER ARENDT (Ex-Guantanamo Guard) 

MOAZZAM BEGG (Ex-Guantanamo Detainee, Spokesman for Cageprisoners) 


Guantanamo Bay stands as one of the most potent symbols of unlawful detention in the world today. The detention of suspected terrorists as the prison camps has evoked emotion from those seeking its closure and continuance. 

Cageprisoners presents Two Sides – One Story , a tour of the UK that brings those on opposite sides of wire at Guantanamo together for the first time. 

Chris Arendt, a former guard at the base has agreed to speak about his experiences in detaining suspected terrorists and bring new insights into the way the US administration carried out policies against them. 

Also for the first time the detained Al Jazeera journalist Sami El Haj will be speaking withMoazzam Begg as they both reflect on life at the prison on the opposite to Chris. 

This unique tour is a historic moment in the continued War on Terror and will be launched on 11th January 2009, exactly seven years after the first transfers to Guantanamo Bay. 

Visit Guantanamo Voices, http://www.guantanamovoices.org/ the new blog by Sarah Mirk, a reporter based in Portland, Oregon. Sarah is travelling around the UK with Cageprisoners as part of our UK tour. 

02/02 -  Oxford Meeting
Supported by the Oxford Union and the Oxford University Islamic Society 
8pm 
The Oxford Union 
Frewin Court 
Oxford 
OX1 3JB 

For further information: 
07973-264-197 
contact@cageprisoners.com 
www.cageprisoners.com/tour