Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

June 12, 2007

Guantanamo attorney speaks in Arizona cities

Guantanamo attorney speaking in Arizona cities:
Flagstaf, Prescott, Phoenix and Tucson

UPDATE TUCSON: Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, an attorney at Dorsey & Whitney in New York, on the history and treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo:
Sunday, June 17 at St. Marks Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. 3rd Street in Tucson.

Message from Flagstaff:
Attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan will speak in Flagstaff this Friday, June 15, 7-9pm at the Federated Community Church 400 W. Aspen (near the Library), about his extensive work representing Bahraini nationals who are detained at Guantanamo. He has also done legal work related to Kosovo and other human rights issues. Joshua will be coming to visit his mother Juliette who lives in Sedona and his cousin Kristen who lives in Flagstaff, hence the great opportunity for our community to hear his eyewitness accounts. He is also speaking around Arizona that weekend, see his schedule below. As his cousin Kristen states, "Josh is an amazing guy who has dedicated a lot of his professional life to helping other people. These days he is a lawyer at a big law firm in New York, but he commits a lot of his time to pro-bono representation of several Guantanamo detainees. He has been to Guantanamo 11 times and has an incredible story to tell about people that have been imprisoned and tortured without ever being charged with a crime. Josh has the inside story on this and I think we'll all get a lot from hearing what he has to say." His work has been covered extensively in the media. Here are a couple of examples:An article in New York Magazine: http://nymag.com/news/features/17337
NPR's This American Life: http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=331
We hope you'll come hear Josh speak and pass this information on to others who are interested!Thanks and we look forward to seeing you there.
AZ Speaking Schedule:
Friday, June 15th: Flagstaff at 7 pm at the Federated Community Church Saturday
June 16th: Prescott 1 pm Prescott United Methodist Church Sedona 7 pm at the Sedona Jewish Community CenterSunday
June 17th: Phoenix 12 noon at the Sun City Lake View Recreation Center
Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, an attorney at Dorsey & Whitney in New York, on the history and treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo. The presentation will take place on Sunday, June 17 at St. Marks Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. 3rd Street in Tucson.

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