I am writing this from Amnesty International's Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, which this year is being held in Philadelphia. If you are within a reasonable travel distance from Philly, you want to be here. The list of speakers for Saturday and Sunday is pretty much an all-star lineup:
- Seymour Hersh, investigative reporter for The New Yorker who uncovered the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib
- Donna Newman, the attorney for Jose Padilla, the only American civilian ever to be arrested on U.S. soil and held by the military without a charge, a court hearing, or access to his lawyer
- Clive Stafford Smith, human rights attorney who represents inmates held at Guantanamo Bay and is focusing his work on achieving due process for the detainees being held by the United States
- Susan Burke, who is leading the litigation team representing the victims of abuse during the interrogations at Abu Ghraib
- Jennifer Harbury, a Harvard-educated lawyer whose three-year quest to find her Guatemalan husband revealed high-level involvement between the CIA and the Guatemalan military in his capture, torture, and murder
... and more!
The conference is being held at the Crown Plaza at 1800 Market Street, 2nd floor.
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