Guantanamo actors held at airport

[muriel_volestrangler]

The actors who star in movie The Road to Guantanamo were questioned by police at Luton airport under anti-terrorism legislation, it has emerged.

The men, who play British inmates at the detention camp, were returning from the Berlin Film Festival where the movie won a Silver Bear award.
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Mr Ahmed also alleges that he was verbally abused by a police officer and had his mobile phone taken from him for a short period.

The actor also claims that he was told by police that he could be held for up to 48 hours without access to a lawyer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4736404.stm

Previously reported via "less official" news sources on the Web: see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x473836

[madrchsod]

1. wasn`t orwell a brit?

[AX10]

2. The Nazis have strike Britain.

:puke:

[saigon68]

7. The poodle is missing from this photo

[Terran1212]

3. Michael Winterbottom is amazing -- the film will be great

See In This World also.

[HuffleClaw]

4. brrrrrrrrrrrrrr

wonder what idiotic minion was responsible for that.

"One of the actors, Rizwan Ahmed, said a police officer asked him if he intended to make any more "political" films." <=-- that part is particularly scary. i EXPECT this sort of crap in the USA, but in the UK too?

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. "i EXPECT this sort of crap in the USA, but in the UK too?" - DOH!!

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Tony didn't get nicknamed the "poodle" for no reason ya know . .

Bush says "roll over"

and Blair does it with his tongue hanging out and his tail wagging . . .

Civil liberties curtailed around the world

Terrorist organizations getting better organized

All since Bush started his "crusade" with his phony war on terror . . .

But we're "safer" now, aren't we ? ?

:eyes:

[Voice1]

6. Bedfordshire Police response

I wrote to the Bedfordshire Police Authority yesterday about this, they actually replied to my message fairly quickly, with a copy of the Police press release, which has now been posted on the Bedfordshire Police website - Note, at Luton Airport alone they hold between 1 and 6 people like this every day! Also note, absolutely no apology, but what do you expect from them these days:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=191985&mesg_id=192336