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OMAR DEGHAYES COMES TO EASTBOURNE
Ex-prisoner of Guantanamo Bay, Omar Deghayes, was released in December 2007. Since then as part of the Save Omar Campaign, he has been touring the UK, giving a graphic account of the suffering and torture that was the daily infliction at this US prison. Omar was invited by the Eastbourne for Peace and Liberty group to speak at Our Lady of Ransom church hall, on Saturday, 14th February 2009.
)1 Reflections on Guantanamo (23.20 mins) > Click to View
2) Save Omer Campaign (30.07 mins) > Click to View
3) Questions & Answers (22.07 mins) > Click to View
)1 Reflections on Guantanamo (23.20 mins) > Click to View
2) Save Omer Campaign (30.07 mins) > Click to View
3) Questions & Answers (22.07 mins) > Click to View
BATTLEFIELDS WITHOUT BORDERS:
Iraqis in Crisis (28 mins)
A talk given by the US peace activist Kathy Kelly, at Our Lady of Ransom church in Eastbourne on Saturday, 17th November 2007. Legendary peace activist Kathy Kelly has visited Iraq 26 times and has lived in Baghdad during the 2003 ‘Shock and Awe’ bombardment and invasion. Kathy was also in Beirut during the Israeli bombing in 2006 and in Qana where the Palestinian children were massacred in a missile attack in 1996. She has recently lived among Iracqi refugees in Jordan and Syria. In 1988 she spent nine months in prison for planting corn on nuclear missile silo sites. www.vcnv.org
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The Law Against Peaceful Protest (27.52 mins)
In December 2005, Maya Anne Evans became the first person in the UK to be convicted for peaceful protest within 1km of Parliament under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. On 14th January 2007, Maya spoke of her experiences and about the erosion of civil liberties in Britain and the war in Iraq at the Friend's Meeting House, Eastbourne.
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Report from Iran (47.41 mins)
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Report from Iran (47.41 mins)
In May 2006, EMILY JOHNS travelled to Iran with a JNV/Fellowship of Reconciliation delegation during a period of international tension over Iran’s nuclear programme. This is Emily’s report given at the Friends Meeting House, Eastbourne on 14th January 2007 of her visit to meet the ordinary people of Iran.
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