Amnesty International Hosts Return of Blueprint for Accountability Series with 'The Response' Film Screening

Amnesty International Hosts Return of Blueprint for Accountability Series with
'The Response' Film Screening

Discussion to Follow with The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi and Others

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the return of the Blueprint
for Accountability Film Series, Amnesty International USA will host a
screening of the film The Response on Tuesday, October 27, at 7:00 p.m. The
film focuses on the military tribunal case of a suspected enemy combatant at
the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay and the three
military judges slated to decide his fate. This groundbreaking courtroom drama
is based on actual transcripts from Guantanamo military tribunals. It is one
of the first dramas to illuminate tribunal processes and allow the audience to
experience Guantanamo first-hand.

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Starring Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Kate Mulgrew (Star
Trek: Voyager), and Peter Riegert (Animal House, The Sopranos), The Response
was recently named the 2009 American Bar Association (ABA) Silver Gavel Award
winner as best of the year in Drama & Literature.

Amnesty International reiterates that the military commissions do not meet
U.S. and international standards for fair trials. The U.S. government needs
to hold fair trials in U.S. federal courts.

EVENT:
Screening and Discussion of The Response

DATE:
Tuesday, October 27

TIME:
7:00 p.m.

LOCATION:
Judson Church, 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012

There is a $10 suggested donation. For reservations, please email
TheResponseRSVP@gmail.com.

Blueprint for Accountability is a monthly film series presented by Culture
Project.

Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning grassroots activist
organization with more than 2.2 million supporters, activists and volunteers
in more than 150 countries campaigning for human rights worldwide. The
organization investigates and exposes abuses, educates and mobilizes the
public, and works to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and
dignity are denied.

For more information about the topic of this event, please visit:
www.amnestyusa.org

SOURCE Amnesty International

Amnesty International USA Media Office, +1-202-544-0200 ext. 302,
media@aiusa.org