http://www.humanrightsfirst.org Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence. Wed, 15 May 2013 16:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/about-us/staff/daphne-eviatar/#comment-56935 Pentagon Propaganda Fail: Diplomatic Disaster of GITMO Promotional Video « aseerun Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:39:42 +0000 http://69.164.209.119/?page_id=2373#comment-56935 [...] But Daphne Eviatar, a senior associate at Human Rights First’s Law and Security Program, also likened the video released by the Pentagon to propaganda and said it is not a realistic portrayal of the detainees’ lives. “For years, Human Rights First and other human rights observers have refused to take the [Department of Defense] prison press tours for exactly this reason – because it allows the US government to portray the prison as a great place to live where detainees get lots of exercise, take art classes and work on their resumes, Such tours, and the B-roll video, are designed to distract observers from the fact that these men are being imprisoned indefinitely, most without charge or trial, in a faraway prison where they’re completely cut off from their homes, families and communities. Neither the video nor the prison tours reveal the suffering that they or their families endure.” [...] [...] But Daphne Eviatar, a senior associate at Human Rights First’s Law and Security Program, also likened the video released by the Pentagon to propaganda and said it is not a realistic portrayal of the detainees’ lives. “For years, Human Rights First and other human rights observers have refused to take the [Department of Defense] prison press tours for exactly this reason – because it allows the US government to portray the prison as a great place to live where detainees get lots of exercise, take art classes and work on their resumes, Such tours, and the B-roll video, are designed to distract observers from the fact that these men are being imprisoned indefinitely, most without charge or trial, in a faraway prison where they’re completely cut off from their homes, families and communities. Neither the video nor the prison tours reveal the suffering that they or their families endure.” [...]

]]> http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/about-us/staff/daphne-eviatar/#comment-56631 Outrage Over Pentagon’s Guantanamo “Propaganda” Video « Al Hittin Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:38:14 +0000 http://69.164.209.119/?page_id=2373#comment-56631 [...] But Daphne Eviatar, a senior associate at Human Rights First’s Law and Security Program, also likened the video released by the Pentagon to propaganda and said it is not a realistic portrayal of the detainees’ lives. [...] [...] But Daphne Eviatar, a senior associate at Human Rights First’s Law and Security Program, also likened the video released by the Pentagon to propaganda and said it is not a realistic portrayal of the detainees’ lives. [...]

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