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FotoFest Headquarters , Houston, Texas
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with organizer Margot Herster, artist Carolyn Mara Borlenghi, curator Wendy Watriss and participating attorneys Douglas Cox and Sarah Havens (Allen & Overy, NY)
photos by Fred Baldwin and Craig Anthony Thomas
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Video Artist Carolyn Mara Borlenghi (far l.) and Project Creator/Artist Margot Herster (l.) talk with visitors |
| Featured attorneys Douglas Cox and Sarah Havens from the New York office of Allen & Overy, representing detainees from Yemen, spoke on April 1 at the exhibit |
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| Video Artist Carolyn Mara Borlenghi (l.) and Project Creator and Artist Margot Herster (r.) |
| Doug Cox and Sarah Havens talk about their Yemeni detainees clients |
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| Sarah Havens looks at a photograph of the father of one of the Yemeni detainees |
Visitors to the exhibition watch The Lawyers, a video by Carolyn Mara Borlenghi and Margot Herster |
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The Challenge of Guantánamo - Legal and Human Rights Issues
featuring Lt. Col. Mark A. Bridges (USMA, West Point, NY), and Anant Raut (Weil Gotschal & Manges, LLP, Washington, DC). Moderator: William Cunningham (Professor Emeritas, University of St. Thomas, Houston)
University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. In association with the Center for International Studies at the
University of St. Thomas
photos by Margot Herster and Fred Baldwin
Anant Raut from the Washington DC office of Weil Gotshal & Manges gave a statistical profile of Guantánamo, conditions under which detainees were apprehended, how the designation "enemy combatant" is made and the experience of the Saudi Arabian detainees he represents. See Saudi Repatriates Report by Anant Raut and Jill M. Friedman
Lt Col Mark Bridges, who was a military lawyer assigned to defend one of the first detainees charged with being an "enemy combatant." analyzed the history and use of military commissions in the United States from the Mexican American War in the first half of the 19th century through World War II and the current "war on terror."
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| Anant Raut , Weil Gotschal & Manges, Washington, DC |
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| Lt. Col. Mark A. Bridges, USMA, West Point, NY |
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| Melanie Gray (r.), Weil Gotshal & Manges Partner in Houston and a sponsor of the Guantánamo programs, welcomed guests and praised Anant Raut's pro bono work at Guantánamo. She talked about the firm's long-time commitment to supporting pro bono work related to legal and human rights issues. |
Anant Raut (far r.) talks with Katherine Miller at the reception |
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Breakdown in the Gray Room: The Images from Abu Ghraib
by David Levi Strauss
University of Houston
Presented by FotoFest and University of Houston Downtown in collaboration with
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
photos by Jaqueline Jocson
David Levi Strauss talked about the meaning and context of the torture pictures from Abu Ghraib. He analyzed them in relation to images from art history relating to war as well as more recent depictions of political and social behavior in the U.S., evidenced in photographs of the lynching of African American men and Emmett Till and parties held by college fraternities viewable on the Internet. Mr. Strauss made presentations at the University of Houston Central Campus and University of Houston Downtown.
Breakdown in the Gray Room , recording of the talk broadcast on The Progressive Forum, 90.1 KPFT, Houston
Inconvenient Evidence: The Effects of Abu Ghraib, essay on The Brooklyn Rail by David Levi Strauss
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| David Levi Strauss |
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| David Levi Strauss' opening remarks |
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| Strauss' talk analysed the Abu Ghraib images (l.) and related them to historical depictions of torture and punishment such as lynchings of African American men in the American South (r.). |
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| David Levi Strauss answers questions from attendees at the University of Houston presentation. |
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