Human Rights in Egypt: The Inconvenient Truth
Human Rights in Egypt: The Inconvenient Truth
Egypt is experiencing the worst human rights violations in its modern history against political dissidents, human rights defenders, journalists, students, lawyers, academics, trade unionists, members of parliament; 60,000 of whom are in prison. The numerous reports by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are testimony to the unabated level of abuse.
Experts will assess the current situation in regard to disappearances, torture and verdicts of execution and what steps need to be taken by the UN, governments and the international community.
Conférenciers
Dr Maha Azzam
Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council
Alaa Abdel Monsef
Head of the Swiss Organisation for the Protection of Human Rights
Toby Cadman
International Human Rights Law expert and co-founder of Guernica37
Abo ElMaaty ElSandoby
Journalist
Abdel Rahman Ezz
Political activist and Journalist
Ibrahim Halawa
Irish citisen and Ex-detainee in Egypt's prisons