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Former Guantánamo detainee Sami El-Haj attended the event

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The regional Office Lebanon and the Anis K. Makdisi Program in Literature- American University of Beirut (AUB) organized an event around the book Poems from Guantanamo on March 17 at 17:00- 19:00 in AUB.

Panel speakers included:  Sari Hanafi, Sociology Professor- AUB; Sami El-Haj, Al Jazeera/ former Guantánamo detainee; Ahmed Karaoud, Amnesty International - Beirut Office Director and Jordanian writer Ahmad Jaradat.

The event was attended by teachers, AUB students and some AI members in Lebanon. It was broadcasted on Al-Jazeera Mubashar on 20 Mar 09.

Mazen Jaber
Amnesty International
Beirut, Lebanon

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Our report We’re only asking for what is ours was launched this morning in a press conference. The Yakye Axa and Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous communities each designated three people to speak to the press – as part of a panel and in subsequent interviews.

Even without knowing any Guaraní we could understand the power of their words and the passion with which they voiced their demands to the public. We did our best to make sure that the community representatives were the protagonists of the day, although sadly it was difficult to convince many local journalists that they should interview them directly.


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