UK Premiere of film about the Connecticut Supermax prison that houses two extradited British nationals. With Amnesty International & Special Guests from the USA Solitary Watch. Date of event : 16th May 2013, 6pm – 9pm Location : Kings College, Room S-2.08, King’s Building, Strand, London WC2R 2LS We are excited to announce an upcoming special event entitled “Extradited to a future of Torture: the reality of Solitary Confinement in the...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:00pm until 9:00pm Extradited to a Future of Torture: The Reality of Solitary Confinement in America Location: Room S-2.08, King’s Building, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS All welcome. Tickets are free http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6291986501 Twitter hashtag: #SupermaxUS This event, hosted by International State Crime Initiative, will feature the UK premiere of the new documentary by Valerie...
It has become depressingly familiar over the past decade for the UK Government to abandon its own citizens to the nightmare of the US criminal justice system. The cases of Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmad, however, stand out as the single worst example of this political betrayal, because these men face the worst possible consequences of a system that would shame a banana republic. Stripped of the presumption of innocence, incarcerated in solitary confinement...
Join Clive Stafford Smith, John Podmore, and David Jessel in the third annual Prisoners’ Advice Service/ JusticeGap debate. Book now. The debate – 1.6m behind bars: are there any lessons to learn from the US prison system? – will be chaired by investigative journalist, author and campaigner David Jessel. Confirmed panelists so far are: - Clive Stafford Smith, founder of Reprieve who has spent 25 years working on behalf of defendants facing the death...
By Divya Talwar BBC Asian Network Syed Talha Ahsan was arrested in July 2006 at his home in Tooting In a small room, in the home in south London where Syed Talha Ahsan grew up, just a few plastic bags containing his belongings remain in the UK. The British terror suspect from Tooting, known as Talha, has spent the last six months in the US, where he is being held in a “supermax” high-security prison in Connecticut. Mr Ahsan has the...
Ahsan is not asking for much, just justice
and the right to be treated as we would want our own brothers and sisters treatedTalha Ahsan is a British-born poet and writer with Asperger syndrome who was extradited to the US in October 2012
His trial is scheduled for October 2013. If convicted he will spend 70 years in “supermax” solitary confinement in ADX Florence.
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Learn MoreI know Syed Talha Ahsan as a friend and in his capacity as a writer and commentator on Islamic issues, current affairs and the plight of those facing injustice. I found him to be a sincere, caring and rational person. He was one who consistently provided a voice for those less fortunate or those facing oppression.
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