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Several dozen activists from Amnesty International demonstrated in the front of the Prime Minister office in Warsaw on April 4. They urged Polish authorities to conduct a transparent investigation the secret CIA detention centres in Poland.
Participants at Saturday’s event wore white masks and yellow question and presented short statements on behalf of individuals that had been arrested and tortured during the “war on terror”.
Art Attack, a festival of activist poetry was held from March 12-March 14 in Zagreb. The festival, held this year for the first time, was organized by the English Students’ Club in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb in Croatia.
On the last day of the Festival, Amnesty International Croatia organized a video projection of short movies and video clips on human rights violations committed in the name of security.
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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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Italy marked the Guantánamo anniversary on Jan 17 in Rome, with 254 activists dressed in orange jumpsuits representing 254 prisoners still in Guantánamo, with a corresponding prisoner name and number.
The activists marched in single file around central Rome and during the demonstration, Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome, signed our petition and send out a public statement supporting Amnesty International initiatives.
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Fabio Ciconte
Direttore dell’Ufficio Attivismo
Amnesty International Sezione Italiana
Activists in Hungary proceeded to the American Embassy in orange jump suits to mark the Guantanamo anniversary on Jan 11, 2009. In front of the embassy, Kornel Simon recited a poem from Jumah al-Dossari as published in Poems from Guanánamo in Hungary.
Sebály Bernadett
Amnesty International Hungary
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