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Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention & Extraordinary Rendition
November 8, 2005 | Cooper Union's Great Hall | NYC
With Edward Albee, Paul Auster, Sandra Cisneros, Don DeLillo, Dave Eggers, Martín Espada, Philip Gourevitch, Jessica Hagedorn, Heidi Julavits, Nicole Krauss, Rick Moody, Walter Mosley, Grace Paley, Emma Reverter, Salman Rushdie, Martha Southgate, and Colson Whitehead.
PEN American Center's second State of Emergency event offers a special evening of readings in opposition to current United States policies on the treatment of detainees in this country and abroad. A stellar group of writers come together to read and bring national attention to abusive government policies including torture, arbitrary detention, and extraordinary rendition.
The first State of Emergency event, which took place in August 2004 between the two major party conventions, supported PEN's Campaign for Core Freedoms and raised awareness about grave threats to essential freedoms in the United States.
Co-sponsored by Cooper Union
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State of Emergency in the press
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• India Abroad: November 9, 2005
"Rushdie Leads Literary Crusade for Civil Rights"
• El Pais: November 11, 2005
"Escritores contra la America que tortura"
• Avui: November 11, 2005
"Miracle contra la tortura"
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