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June 24, 2004
Jonathan Hansen and Rabiye Kurnaz Interviewed
This week, Project volunteers filmed interviews with Jonathan Hansen, a historian writing about the history of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, and Rabiye Kurnaz, the mother of a German detainee still being held. Next week, interviews are scheduled for Sadiq Reza, a law professor interested in issues of detention and torture, David Rose, author of articles on Guantanamo for The Guardian and Vanity Fair magazine, and Asmat Begg, father of British detainee Moazzam Begg.
In other news, the design and hard-wiring of the Guantanamobile is proceeeding: an image of the finished van, along with more itinerary information, will be published in the near future.
June 05, 2004
Guantanamobile Project Travel Itinerary
We've set our travel itinerary for our long July-August trip. We will also be making shorter trips from the NY/Washington area throughout the summer and fall, and we will announce those trips as plans emerge. More details of what we're doing on in each location are forthcoming, but here is a list of the cities we will go to:
1.) Monday, July 19: We leave NY for Cleveland
2.) Tuesday, July 20: Cleveland events, day/evening
3.) Wed, July 21: To Ann Arbor; afternoon/evening in Ann Arbor.
4.) Thursday, July 22: Ann Arbor to Chicago
5.) Friday, July 23: Day/evening events in Chicago
6.) Saturday, July 24: Chicago to Iowa City
7.) Sunday, July 25: Day/evening events, Iowa City
8.) Monday, July 26: Iowa City to St. Louis
9.) Tuesday, July 27: Day/evening events, St. Louis
10.) Wednesday, July 28: St. Louis to Nashville
11.) Thursday, July 29: Day/evening events, Nashville
12.) Friday, July 30: Nashville to Charlotte
13.) Saturday, July 31: Day/evening events, Charlotte
14.) Sunday, August 1: Charlotte to Washington
June 04, 2004
Corin Redgrave and Michael Ratner Interviewed
On June 3, the Project interviewed Michael Ratner (above), president of the Center For Constitutional Rights, in his Manhattan office.
At the same time, our London team spoke with Corin Redgrave, director of the British-based Guantanamo Human Rights Commission, in the town of Stratford-On-Avon where he is rehearsing for a run of King Lear. Clips of both interviews will soon be available as streaming media online.
June 02, 2004
The Guantanamobile Arrives!
We have our van! The Guantanamobile is a red Chevy Mark III with a tv monitor/dvd player pre-installed: we're currently retrofitting it to meet the needs of the project. Check back shortly for the project itinerary.