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University of San Diego Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice

 

 

 

December 1, 2004

A dramatic reading of

Guantanamo:
Honor Bound to Defend Freedom

 

Co-sponsored with Amnesty International,
International Legal Studies Program at California School of Law,
International Museum of Human Rights at San Diego,
and the Women's Equity Council of the United Nations Association

7:00pm, IPJ Theatre

 

Guantanamo, a drama currently playing in New York City and London about post-9/11 detainees in the Guantanamo detention facility, is composed from interviews with prisoners and their families and statements by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and Lord Johan Steyn.  The drama is written by Victor Brittain and Guillian Slovo and the reading will be directed by Dale Morris, Managing Director of  6th @ Penn Theatre.  A discussion with audience participation, led by leading San Diego human rights attorneys William Aceves and Gwen Young, follows the reading.