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British Human Rights Lawyers Blast U.S.-Run Prison at Guantanamo Bay
As we focus on the case of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, we speak with Victoria Brittain, co-author of his book, "Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back" and leading British human rights lawyer, Gareth Peirce about the U.S.-run prison camp.
We continue looking at the case of former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg. Democracy Now! was in London last week where we attended an event featuring Moazzam and Victoria Brittain at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. After the public conversation and Q&A, we had the chance to speak with Victoria Brittain. She is a former associate foreign editor of the Guardian newspaper and has worked on issues around Guantanamo Bay for years. She co-wrote the play "Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" and, along with Moazzam Begg, helped write his book "Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back."
* Victoria Brittain, co-author of "Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back" and a former associate foreign editor of the Guardian newspaper in London.
Also at the event last week in London was British attorney Gareth Peirce. She represents Moazzam Begg as well as the three other British citizens released from Guantanamo known as the "Tipton Three". Peirce is one of the leading human rights lawyers in Britian. She represented the Birmingham Six and Guilford Four. Actress Emma Thompson played her character in the movie "In the Name of the Father." I asked Gareth Peirce about recent comments made by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, calling Guantanamo Bay a "anomaly."
* Gareth Peirce, attorney for Maozzam Begg and one of the leading human rights attorneys in Britain.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/14/1456236
* Victoria Brittain, co-author of "Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and Back" and a former associate foreign editor of the Guardian newspaper in London.
Also at the event last week in London was British attorney Gareth Peirce. She represents Moazzam Begg as well as the three other British citizens released from Guantanamo known as the "Tipton Three". Peirce is one of the leading human rights lawyers in Britian. She represented the Birmingham Six and Guilford Four. Actress Emma Thompson played her character in the movie "In the Name of the Father." I asked Gareth Peirce about recent comments made by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, calling Guantanamo Bay a "anomaly."
* Gareth Peirce, attorney for Maozzam Begg and one of the leading human rights attorneys in Britain.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/14/1456236
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"violence breeds violence ''the saying goes. It is rather sometimes complicated even for psychologists and psychiatrists to explain the latent mechanisms of violent responses extending from a curse through harremming people to torturing them and killing then. I personnaly think that people revolt as groups or indivual because some other forces observable or acting in the dark are stepping into their emotional and intellectual sphere and disturbing the very established norms of the spychological and economical modes of living. You may argue that violence may be some innate attribute of humans as it is the case in animals. In this sense it would be a question of survival of the fittest. No one accept to be deprived of the very basic elements of a decent life, the right to believe, the right to speak, and to right think and dream. But once these basics have been taken away, reactions are possible if no control mechanism are available.
One of the most important meduims to tame violence in my opinion is the school environment where pupils and strudents are through the curriculum taught how to respect one another, respect their parents and teachers, respect the different views of of their mates, respect their neighbours, and respect all human beings - we teach them that all humans are equal in the eye of God. States as institutions military or whatever have to adopt a similar stance to neighbouring countries and consider their freedom and independence as part of global peace that we all want to promote.
One of the most important meduims to tame violence in my opinion is the school environment where pupils and strudents are through the curriculum taught how to respect one another, respect their parents and teachers, respect the different views of of their mates, respect their neighbours, and respect all human beings - we teach them that all humans are equal in the eye of God. States as institutions military or whatever have to adopt a similar stance to neighbouring countries and consider their freedom and independence as part of global peace that we all want to promote.
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