Guantánamo Diary

In conversation with Erwin Chemerinsky, Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Irvine
Date: Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015
Time: 7:15–11:55pm
Location: Mark Taper Auditorium-Central Library
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Though never charged with a crime, Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp since 2002. His deeply personal diary an unprecedented publishing event as the first ever book published by a still-imprisoned detainee is a terrifying (and darkly humorous) chronicle of a vivid miscarriage of justice. To discuss the book and the case, longtime human rights activist and editor of Slahi’s book, Larry Siems, joins Slahi’s lawyer, Nancy Hollander, whose practice is devoted to criminal cases (including that of Chelsea E. Manning) involving national security issues.

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