Anyone interested in human rights or events at Guantánamo Bay in recent years might like to go along to the Irish Film Institute (IFI) tonight at 6pm, where Amnesty International present a special screening of The Road to Guantánamo. The film tells the story of three men from the town of Tipton, near Birmingham arrested in Pakistan by American forces while attempting to leave the country after attending a wedding in 2001. They subsequently spent a number of years in the notorious Guantánamo Bay prison camp before being released based on evidence provided by British counter-intelligence.

The event will be attended by the three detainees – Rhuhel Ahmed, Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal and director Mat Whitecross. Matt Cooper from Today FM will chair a Q&A session after the film.

"The Road to Guantánamo is a ferocious, partisan, and moving account of how three young men from the UK Midlands, ended up in the world's most notorious US prison. The docu-drama blends interviews, news footage and re-enactments to tell their story."

Tickets are still available from the IFI and cost €10.

Published by Padraig.