Talha Ahsan, a simple man with a flair for poetry and an advocate for human rights has been detained without trail for five years in the UK under an extradition request from USA. He is accused in the US of terrorism-related offences arising out of an alleged involvement over the period of 1997-2004 with a series of websites, one of which happened to be located on a server in America. He has never been arrested or questioned by British police and continues to sit in high security prison with no knowledge of when his imprisonment will end.
And if you are not able to make it to the IHRC bookshop, don’t forget to watch the live streaming of the event on http://www.ihrc.tv from 18.00 (GMT) and 19.00 (BST).
Statement of Support: A.L. Kennedy, renowned novelist:
“This slim volume allows us brief access to a human being accused of inhumanity, to the details of his thinking, his loves, the life currently kept on hold by a Kafkaesque legal system and dangerous levels of official secrecy and paranoia on both sides of the Atlantic.”
Admission is free. To book a place please call 02089044222 or email events@ihrc.org, or leave your name and details in store.
Date: 19 July 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Venue: IHRC Bookshop, Gallery and Information Centre
202 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8PA
Nearest train / tube: Preston Road (Metropolitan Line), South Kenton (Bakerloo Line, Overground)
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Holy Qur’an: Chapter 4, Verse 75
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