University of Trier: Exciting lectures and film highlight in January!

On January 9, 2025, there will be several events at the University of Trier that take place in January. A highlight is the film screening of "Rabiye Kurnaz against George W. Bush" on January 15th. This will be shown at 6:30 p.m. in the lecture hall 4 of the University of Trier. The human rights attorney Bernhard Docke will be present and answer questions about the demonstration. The film deals with the fight for the release of Rabiye Kurnaz 'son from Guantanamo and was staged by Andreas Dresen. The event is organized in cooperation with the Jura, Elsa Trier, the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Justice as well as the Koblenz and Zweibrücken lawyers.

On January 20, 2025, an online event entitled "Right-wing radicals on the way to the middle of society? Democracy projects online and in civil society" takes place. The interlocutors Anna-Sophie Heinze from the University of Trier, Theresa Lehmann from the Amadeu Antonio Foundation and journalist Thomas Zorn will deal with topics such as radicalization on the net and the influence of right-wing parties on young voters. The aim of the discussion is the development of effective measures to promote democracy, in particular to support teachers and local policy, as well as a project to identify false information for young TikTok users.

Monday lectures in January 2025

As part of the Monday lectures, Prof. Dr. Julia Affolderbach on "Geography: Postal growth economies as an alternative understanding of economic understanding". On January 20, Prof. Dr. Eva Walther the topic "Why is the AfD chosen?" treat. The end of the series on January 27th Dr. Carina Dorneck with her lecture on "artificial intelligence in embryo selection". Participation in the lectures is free of charge and possible without prior registration, with a continuation of the series in February 2025.

In another context, research on human rights violations in the Guantanamo Bay prisoner camp illuminates the inhumane treatment of prisoners there. According to the UN experts, the facility is considered a place of "incomparable noticity" and "incessant human rights violations" since its establishment in 2002 by the administration of George W. Bush. Amnesty International documented this in a document and emphasized that at the time of Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, a UN human right to speak, 30 prisoners were exposed to "cruel, inhumane and humiliating treatment". She called for an apology from the US government and warranties against future torture.

The warehouse, which has now been operated for over 20 years, has a past in which only 8% of the prisoners are viewed as members of al-Qaida, while 86% were arrested due to US brochures that promised rewards for "suspicious persons". Reports on torture practices such as "waterboarding" and sexual humiliation have also been documented, including specific incidents in which prisoners were exposed to brutal techniques.