[Interviews on Detention with Dr. Adeyinka Akinsulare Smith, Dr. Hawthorne Smith, and John Wilkinson]

Call Number
392-2-11:12/1

General information

Call No.:
392-2-11:12/1
Part of series
HU OSA 392-2-11 Video Recordings of WITNESS: WITNESS Partners' Raw Footage: Nah We Yone ["It Belongs to Us"] - Support to Sierra Leonean refugees
Located at
DVD-ROM #12 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU OSA 392-2-11_012
Date of production
2002-06
Date
2002
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
58 min.
Notes
German language

Content

Form/Genre
Raw material
Contents Summary
The 3 interviews focus on the conditions in the system of detention. Dr. Adeyinka Akinsulure Smith describes the psychological trauma that refugees go through the war: the use of young girls and boys to fight in the war by the rebels, the internally displaced people, who exerience the lack of any perspective and the fear for their relatives. Dr. Hawthorne Smith claims that retraumatization can be caused by the system of detention and argues for the "erosion of civil liberties"; especially after 9/11 those who have escaped from their country and are Muslims or have an Arabic background feel out of control of their own situation and fear they may be deported back. John Wilkinson has been working for 2 years visiting detainees from Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Cameroon. He says the conversation with the detainee is like in prison.

Context

Associated Names
WITNESS (Copyright holder)
NWY (Copyright holder)