Tag: usa

22 Aug

Stephen Kinzer: Could the Georgian conflict be a rationale for bombing Iran?

Guardian Stephen Kinzer: Could the Georgian conflict be a rationale for bombing Iran?: “Attacking Iran via South Ossetia Could the conflict between Russia and Georgia be the excuse the Bush administration has been looking for to bomb Iran?” (…) This year, I’ve developed a comparable pathology. I am terrified that the Bush administration is going to attack Iran [...]
23 May

Sei anni fa la rendition di Abou Elkassim Britel

Il 25 maggio 2002 Abou Elkassim Britel, cittadino italiano di origine marocchina, subisce una extraordinary rendition dal Pakistan in Marocco. Silenzio e buio di istituzioni e di media: da oltre sei anni Kassim vive in una tragica condizione di violazione dei suoi diritti, detenuto illegalmente prima e poi a seguito di un processo iniquo, ma non [...]
22 May

A list of US citizens to detain under martial law

From The Magazine : Radar Online: “THE LAST ROUNDUP Is the government compiling a secret list of citizens to detain under martial law? By Christopher Ketcham  ” (Via Radar Online.)
08 Apr

National Democratic Institute – Washington D.C. (USA)

Screening of A Minority Report at the National Democratic Institute, 2030 M Street NW, Basement Conference Room, Washington, D.C.
08 Apr

A Minority Report in Washington

A Minority Report – Kosovo Minorities Eight Years After will be screened in Washington D.C. on Thursday, April 10th 2008 (National Democratic Institute, 2030 M Street NW, Basement Conference Room).
19 Dec

Justice for Kassim

Here is the story of Abou El Kassim Britel, an Italian citizen serving a 9 year prison sentence in Morocco “on an unsafe conviction obtained through extraordinary rendition and torture” (Fair Trials International).
05 Dec

Saputnik Film will cover the Europe and Eurasia Young Leaders Conference

National Democratic Institute Saputnik Film will be filming the conference of Europe and Eurasia Young Leaders, which will be held in Belgrade on December 5-9, 2007. Main task of the Saputnik Film film crew will be to cover all phases of the conference, the panels and the discussions between young leader and to interview them [...]
23 Nov

Unsubscribe! Amnesty International on the interrogation techniques used by the CIA in the “War on Terror”

The short Waiting For The Guards is the first of 3 films commissioned by Amnesty International to highlight the enhanced interrogation techniques used by the CIA in the “War on Terror”. The movie is part of the Unsubscribe me! campaign of Amnesty International.
23 Oct

United Nations Association Film Festival

UNAFF See you at the 10th United Nations Association Film Festival Saturday 27th October, at 13.15, Annenberg Auditorium (Stanford University). For the full program, please go to the UNAFF official website. Download the UNAFF's poster (2.1 MB)!
28 Sep

UNAFF – Stanford (USA)

Presentation of "A Minority Report" and Q&A on October 27th, at 13.00 at Stanford University (Annenberg Auditorium). Stefano Giantin will attend also the the roundtable "Camera as Witness – lasting impact of documentary films"  on October 27th, 15.15.