'That was how politics started for me': Oral Histories of Parliament
'That was how politics started for me': Oral Histories of Parliament
Mon, Sep 12, 17:30
House of Commons Library • London
Free
The Bloodshed: Political Detentions in Egypt Post-Military Coup
Date and time
Description
A new report documenting mass human rights abuses, torture and political detentions by the Egyptian authorities following the military coup of summer 2013
Speakers:
Dr Anne Alexander
A respected academic and writer; author of a biography of Gamal Abdel-Nasser (Haus, 2005), and co-author of Bread, Freedom, Social Justice: Workers and the Egyptian Revolution (forthcoming).
Nabila Ramdani
An award-winning French-Algerian journalist, columnist, and broadcaster who specialises in French politics, Islamic affairs, and the Arab World.
Toby Cadman
International Criminal Law specialist, in the areas of war crimes, extradition and human rights law.
Alastair Sloan
Al Jazeera columnist and regular contributor to The Guardian
David Hearst
Editor of the Middle East Eye; former chief foreign leader writer for The Guardian.
Mohammed Jamil
Director, AOHR
Info: 07778677132, info@aohr.org.uk, www.aohr.org.uk