Freedom of Expression May be a Freedom, But Big Brother Wants You to Shut the Hell Up
cn | 23 February, 2006 10:34A couple of days ago, BBC ran a story about a number of actors who starred in an award-winning film about Guantanamo Bay who were stopped at an airport in the UK as they were returning from the Berlin Film Festival. From the article:
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.
One of the actors, Rizwan Ahmed, said a police officer asked him if he intended to make any more "political" films.
The issue is that there is absolutely no recourse for a British (in this case) or American citizen if an authoritiy figure, whether it be a federal agent, a local law enforcement officer, or even a privately employed sercuity staffer at an airport or other such place decides to detain you. The article reports that one of the actors was told he can be held for upto 48 hours without a lawyer...all this because he participated in making a movie that someone deems to be in opposition to the current policies of the government.
The BBC article is here.
boingboing post here.
IMDb of movie here.
Craig Murry blog posting on incident (with follow-up) here.
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