Torture and Detention: Is This The American Way? [Flyer (PDF)] 

Barbara Olshansky, senior attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights and author of Secret Trials and Executions: Military Tribunals and the
Threat to Democracy

Steve Oleskey, attorney for six Guantanamo detainees
Erik Saar, former Army translator at Guantanamo Bay and co-author of Inside the Wire, a book describing abuses at the U.S. base

Discussion moderated by Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA

Co-sponsored with the U.S. Northeast regional office of Amnesty International USA.

Pending visa clearance, the discussion will also be joined by Sabiha Delic-Ait Idir and Emina Lahma (wives of prisoners detained in Bosnia and Guantanamo Bay)

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. (vigil at 5:00 p.m.)
Faneuil Hall

Held a year after the release of photos showing Americans torturing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, Torture and Detention: Is This The American Way? will discuss how illegal detention and torture are still taking place and what can be done to stop it. Join Barbara Olshansky, Steve Oleskey, and Erik Saar as they share their experiences of working with detainees and trying to end this abuse.