Road to Gitmo Screenings Needed
By Leslie Irvin

This past January marked the fifth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Just three months before the President signed into law the Military Commissions Act, stripping the right of Guantanamo prisoners to challenge their detention in federal court. Join Amnesty International's "America I Believe In" Campaign to shed light and speak out against the US government's policies and practices in the "war on terror." By hosting a house party to educate and mobilize activists to take action, you can help close Guantánamo and restore US leadership on human rights.

THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO is the terrifying first-hand account of three British citizens who were held for two years without charges in the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Known as the "Tipton Three," in reference to their home town in Britain, the three were eventually returned to Britain and released, still having had no formal charges ever made against them at any time during their ordeal. Part documentary, part dramatization, the film chronicles the sequence of events that led from the trio setting out from Tipton in the British Midlands for a wedding in Pakistan, to their crossing the Afghanistan border just as the U.S. began its bombing campaign, to their eventual capture by the Northern Alliance and their imprisonment in Camp X-Ray and later at Camp Delta in Guantánamo.

During the week of March 19, citizens across the country will host house parties to screen the timely and critically acclaimed film “Road to Guantanamo.” This film chronicles the first-hand accounts of three British citizens who were held in Guantanamo for two years without ever having any formal charges pressed against them. The film has been a cause for dialogue and controversy because of its audacious and accurate portrayal of life in Guantanamo. You can check out the website for the movie at: http://www.roadtoguantanamomovie.com/.

Amnesty International is showing the film at: Urbandale Library March 20 at 6:30 "Road to Gitmo"

However more showings are needed by others hosting house parties.