Former Guantánamo prisoner Omar Deghayes and journalist Andy Worthington will be speaking at Scottish screenings of the documentary Outside Law - Stories from Guantanamo from Monday 22 March to Thursday 25 March
The UK subsidiary of a company that provided interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq will be running the next Scottish census. The company - CACI - will be involved in an official census rehearsal being held at the end of March in the west of Edinburgh and in Lewis and Harris. Don't let them get away with it.
Chris Arendt grew up in a trailer at the end of a dirt road in the middle of a rural Michigan cornfield. He joined the National Guard to get an education and was sent to guard the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. He'll be visiting Scotland with two former Guantanamo prisoners to talk about his experiences.
6pm to 7pm Tuesday 26 June atSt John's Church Hall (corner of Princes Street and Lothian Road), Edinburgh. Doors open 5.45pm. Admission free
Screening of the ground-breaking documentary "Outlawed - torture, extraordinary rendition and disappearances in the war on terror" followed by a discussion.
The Law Lords decided on Monday not to hear Babar Ahmad's appeal against extradition to the US to face "terrorism" charges. Friends and supporters of Babar Ahmad say the decision is "stunning." But it has gone almost unreported in the media.
Barbara Dowling is being charged under the Census Act, accused of not filling in her census form properly. Barbara will be defending herself.
Census forms are dropping through letterboxes in Scotland. Some vital information is missing from them.
- Justice for Aafia Siddiqui (Public Meeting)
Chris Arendt grew up in a trailer at the end of a dirt road in the middle of a rural Michigan cornfield. He joined the National Guard to get an education and was sent to guard the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. He'll be visiting Scotland with two former Guantanamo prisoners to talk about his experiences.
