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> Newham Bookshop and Newham Monitoring Project > invite you to join former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg (in > conversation with Asad Rehman, chair of NMP) > for the launch of his book > > 'Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim’s Journey to Guantanamo and Back' > > At 7pm on Monday 20th March > > Moazzam Begg was detained in Guantanamo Bay between February 2003 and > January 2005, one of nine British citizens to be held there. He had been > abducted by Pakistani intelligence services and held without charge in > Bagram for a year before being handed over to the US intelligence services > to be detained in Guantanamo Bay. During his captivity in Guantanamo Bay > he was held in solitary confinement, routinely tortured and threatened > with death. He was eventually released without any charge in January 2005 > after years of campaigning by his family and a long legal battle lead by > his lawyer Gareth Peirce - best known for her work with the Guildford > Four. Following his release he actively campaigned for the release of five > other Britons held in Guantanamo. > > Venue: > Main Hall at the Stratford Campus, > University of East London, > Romford Rd > E15 (corner of Water Lane) > > Tickets: > £5 from Newham Bookshop, 745-747 Barking Road, London, E13 9ER or call to > book tickets on 020 8552 9993 > > ENTRY IS BY TICKET ONLY – MAKE SURE YOU BOOK IN ADVANCE > > Organised in conjunction with UELSU (See attached flyer) > > Find out more about Moazzam Begg's experiences and his new book in an > interview from the Guardian at: > > http://books.guardian.co.uk/extracts/story/0,,1717386,00.html > > >