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CENTRE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CONFLICT (CHRC), SPRING 2013 SEMINARS
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Seminar Date: | 2013-02-27 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2013-02-12 |
| Announcement ID: |
201321 |
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Centre on Human Rights in Conflict, Spring 2013 Seminars
Wednesday 27 February 2013, 16.00-17.45h
Transforming Pain into Hope: Human Rights Defenders in the Americas
Human rights defenders in the Americas have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of human rights. However, they are systematically harassed, attacked, stigmatized and subjected to unfounded criminal charges in almost every country in the Americas to prevent them from speaking out for the rights of the most marginalized. Those particularly targeted include people working on issues related to land and natural resources; the rights of women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, abuses against migrants as well as those working to ensure justice for human rights abuses, plus journalists, bloggers and trade unionists. The speakers will present Amnesty International’s campaign and Amnesty International's Report Transforming pain into hope: Human rights defenders in the Americas, which are based on the analysis of around 300 cases of attacks against human rights defenders in more than a dozen countries in the Americas, primarily between January 2010 and September 2012. (Report and current public campaigning actions are available at: http://amnesty.org/en/campaigns/human-rights-defenders-americas)
ADMISSION FREE, ALL WELCOME!
Venue: Room DH 110, Duncan House, High Street, Stratford, London E15 2JB
Public Transport: Stratford Station
Speakers:
Nancy Tapias Torrado, Researcher on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas, Amnesty International
Leonor Rebassa, Campaigner for the Human Rights Defenders in the Americas
For further information contact
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Centre on Human Rights in Conflict,
School of Law and Social Sciences
University of East London,
Duncan House,High Street, Stratford, London E15 2JB
Email: chrc@uel.ac.uk
Visit the website at http://uel.ac.uk/chrc/events
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