Talk by Susan Burke and Screening of “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib” April 17, 2007

Talk by Susan Burke and Screening of “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib”
Susan Burke is an attorney in a Saleh v. Titan, a case against the government contractors who participated in torturing and abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison and other prisons in Iraq. Some of her clients are featured in the film. Susan L. Burke is a founding member of Burke O'Neil LLC. She has defended and prosecuted class actions involving varied allegations such as breaches of ERISA fiduciary obligations, disability discrimination in public housing, failure to provide mental health services and toxic torts.
HBO documentary Ghosts of Abu Ghraib looks beyond the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which torture occurred. For the first time, Ghosts of Abu Ghraib features both the voices of Iraqi victims (interviewed in Turkey after arduous attempts to meet with them) and guards directly involved in torture at the prison.
Cosponsored by Brown Operation Iraqi Freedom: Brown's Antiwar Group and Brown Amnesty International
Tuesday 10 April. MacMillan Hall 115. 7:30pm

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