Guantánamo Reading Project
With
public readings of the play Guantánamo: ‘Honor Bound
to Defend Freedom’ the Guantánamo Reading
Project focuses attention on the shameful and unlawful detentions
at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The project’s
goal is to encourage local debate and action to support the remaining
detainees’ habeas rights to challenge their detentions in federal
court, as upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004.
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, the project’s sponsors, invite people and groups across the U.S. and abroad to put on readings in their communities, using the list of steps and the resources on this web site. When your plans are underway, contact us so we can add your reading to our list of host cities.
Guantánamo: ‘Honor Bound to Defend Freedom’ is the work of playwrights Victoria Brittain and Gillian Slovo from spoken evidence and letters from British detainees to their families. The play was commissioned by London’s Tricycle Theatre, from an idea by Nicholas Kent, in January 2004, and played there and at the New Ambassadors Theatre, followed by amateur readings throughout the U.K. The play has had U.S. runs in New York City, Tucson, Northampton, San Francisco, San Diego and Boston.
The Guantánamo Reading Project is a collaboration of the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee. CCR and BORDC thank Robert Meeropol and the Rosenberg Fund for Children (www.rfc.org) for helping develop the idea of producing Guantánamo: ‘Honor Bound to Defend Freedom’ in communities around the world.
So, get going! Download the play and take a look at our suggestions
for how to put on a reading. It’s all right here.
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Inspire community action and communication about U.S. detentions at Guantánamo Bay by producing a public reading of Guantánamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom in your community. |
Choose, download, and print or request materials, and have copies available on tables at your event (Ask for a contribution so you can cover your expenses!). |
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The Guantánamo Reading Project is a collaboration of the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee. |
Let us know if you are putting on a reading, would like to write an article, or would like to volunteer. We appreciate your interest. |
Bisher Al Rawi released from Guantánamo Bay. Read his first statement.