Cage or cake? That was the cry ringing out from Christchurch Gardens on Sunday as festival goers at the City and Tower Hamlets Amnesty International Group's End of Summer Festival were invited to roll the "war on terror" dice to discover their fate.
Roll "UK resident" and you would expect to be safe. However, for the UK residents still being held in Guantanamo Bay, this is far from the truth. Therefore, in our war on terror game, rolling "UK resident" put festival goers straight into the cage. (More information on the UK residents in Guantanamo Bay)
Free cake was on offer for those who rolled "known torturer" or "bounty hunter", to demonstrate the injustice of who wins and who loses in the international war on terror.
Unfortunately for George Galloway, the local MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, he found himself behind bars (see picture).
We let him out though to make an inspiring speech in which he spoke of hope that the international community could stop the erosion of civil liberties worldwide, in the same way as it stood together to crush apartheid in South Africa.
George was not the only local politician we banged up on Sunday. Local London Assembly member John Biggs also found himself behind bars, after a poor roll of the dice. He even put on an orange jumpsuit!
The rest of the day's festivities also went well. Hundreds and hundreds of books, CDs and DVDs as well as delicious cream teas were sold, raising over £1000 for Amnesty International. We also had some fantastic musical performances from the Navarinos, the London Uyghur Ensemble and two local orchestras as well as DJ Instrumental.
The sun shone, despite earlier forecasts for heavy rain and we all got a little bit sunburnt!
Roll "UK resident" and you would expect to be safe. However, for the UK residents still being held in Guantanamo Bay, this is far from the truth. Therefore, in our war on terror game, rolling "UK resident" put festival goers straight into the cage. (More information on the UK residents in Guantanamo Bay)
Free cake was on offer for those who rolled "known torturer" or "bounty hunter", to demonstrate the injustice of who wins and who loses in the international war on terror.
Unfortunately for George Galloway, the local MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, he found himself behind bars (see picture).
We let him out though to make an inspiring speech in which he spoke of hope that the international community could stop the erosion of civil liberties worldwide, in the same way as it stood together to crush apartheid in South Africa.
George was not the only local politician we banged up on Sunday. Local London Assembly member John Biggs also found himself behind bars, after a poor roll of the dice. He even put on an orange jumpsuit!
The rest of the day's festivities also went well. Hundreds and hundreds of books, CDs and DVDs as well as delicious cream teas were sold, raising over £1000 for Amnesty International. We also had some fantastic musical performances from the Navarinos, the London Uyghur Ensemble and two local orchestras as well as DJ Instrumental.
The sun shone, despite earlier forecasts for heavy rain and we all got a little bit sunburnt!
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