Do not miss our upcoming film screening of: -- Granito: How to Nail a Dictator -- 6:15pm, Mon 11th Nov, 270 Old College, Edinburgh A milestone for justice in Central America, the Guatemalan courts charged former dictator Rios Montt with genocide for his brutal war against the country’s Mayan population in the 1980s! *This film shows the key evidence used for bringing the indictment* Granito: How to Nail a Dictator tells the extraordinary story of how a film, aiding a new generation of human rights activists, became a granito — a tiny grain of sand — that helped tip the scales of justice. Following the screening, we are incredibly fortunate to host a Q&A session with: - Georgia Booth, Amnesty International UKs Country Coordinator for Guatemala - Roddy McNulty of Recovery Action, an organisation working on the ground in Guatemala
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:31:44 +0000