Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo

Remember John Yoo, the smug, shameless apologist for unfettered executive power who once claimed that, if he so desired, the President of the United States could crush a child’s testicles and there was nothing that anyone could do about it? It was John Yoo, a follower of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who took a […]

After a summer hiatus, the first in a series of autumn screenings of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo,” the documentary film directed by Polly Nash and Andy Worthington, takes place at 11 am on Sunday September 12 at the Renoir Cinema in the Brunswick Centre, London WC1 (nearest tube Russell Square, and see a […]

The following interview, conducted by Louise Whittle, is published in the June 2010 issue of Labour Briefing (see here for subscription details, and/or a free copy of the current issue), and was cross-posted yesterday on Louise’s site, Harpymarx. Labour Briefing: What made you (and Polly Nash) make the film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo”? […]

“[T]his is a strong movie examining the imprisonment and subsequent torture of those falsely accused of anti-American conspiracy.” Joe Burnham, Time Out Now that we have a new government — involving an unprecedented coalition between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats — the ongoing UK tour of the new documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories […]

On reflection, two days before the General Election was a weird time to be travelling anywhere to show “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo,” the new documentary film, co-directed by Polly Nash and myself, which former prisoner Omar Deghayes and I have been touring since February. This week it was as though the impetus to […]

Last week, I had an email out of the blue from Jeremy Varon, a Professor of History at the New School for Social Research in NYC and a member of Witness Against Torture, the campaigning organization that screened the new documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (directed by Polly Nash and myself) at […]

I’m pleased to report that Monday night’s screening of the new documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” at the Free Word Centre on Farringdon Road was a great success. The screening took place as part of the London International Documentary Festival, and featured an excellent panel for the post-screening Q&A session — former […]

I’ve already posted an article about the screening tonight of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” as part of the London International Documentary Festival at the Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1, so this is primarily a last-minute reminder, although it also gives me an opportunity to report on Saturday’s protest about the […]

Ahead of Monday’s screening of the new documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (directed by Polly Nash and myself) at the London International Documentary Festival, Joe Burnham has given the film a great review in Time Out: [T]his is a strong movie examining the imprisonment and subsequent torture of those falsely accused of […]

On Tuesday I was delighted to be invited to speak once more with progressive radio host Jeff Farias. The show is available here, and the half-hour interview starts 24 minutes in. Jeff had read my recent article, “Guantánamo and Habeas Corpus: The Torture Victim and the Taliban Recruit” (originally published on Truthout), and we had […]