Buy One Set One Free
06.03.2008
Reprieve teams up with cosmetics company Lush to demand the closure of Guantanamo with “Guantanamo Garden” bath ballistics and “Fair Trial My Arse” pants.
On March 5th, comedians Bill Bailey, Kevin Eldon and Robin Ince donned oversize pants, emblazoned with the slogan “Fair Trial My Arse”, which was coined after US authorities accused Reprieve’s Director, Clive Stafford Smith, of smuggling contraband underwear in to his clients at Guantánamo last year. The comedians joined staff and press officers from Lush, and representatives of Reprieve, for a photo call outside Lush’s store at 80-82 Regent Street, London.
The occasion was the launch of an initiative aimed at raising awareness of the plight of the prisoners held without charge in Guantanamo Bay. Lush’s Mark Constantine recently met Reprieve’s Director Clive Stafford Smith, and Lush then developed a “Guantanamo orange” fizzing bath ballistic – named “Guantanamo Garden”, after attempts by a few privileged prisoners to grow plants in Guantanamo’s inhospitable soils – which dissolves to reveal a photo of either Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami Al Haj or British resident Binyam Mohamed, and a link to Reprieve’s website. Both men have been imprisoned without charge or trial for nearly six years.
As a further part of the campaign, Lush’s stores nationwide are featuring a window display containing a pair of truly enormous orange pants, which bears the “Fair Trial My Arse” message, and are also featuring Sami and Binyam on their Charity Pot hand and body cream (with 100% of the proceeds going to Reprieve) and on posters in the windows, mocked up like newspaper front pages, with the headline “A Fair Trail for Sami/Binyam.”
Speaking of the promotion, Clive Stafford Smith explained:
“Public pressure is the most effective tool to secure the release of men held in Guantánamo for years without charge or trial. Promotions like this raise awareness and help encourage people to call for the closure of Guantánamo. Reprieve is delighted that the staff at Lush have taken up the fight for justice for Sami al-Haj, Binyam Mohamed, and all the men who remain prisoner to this day without a day in court.”
To find your nearest Lush store visit www.lush.co.uk
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