In light of the indiscriminate bombing by Israel causing death and destruction in Gaza, this timely seminar discusses the impact of the onslaught as well as the plight of Palestinians prisoners who are routinely subjected to torture and inhumane treatment in Israeli detention facilities, including the use of jamming devices, which admit high levels of electromagnetic radiation.
Speakers include:
Kiri Tunks
President, National Education Union (NUT Section); a trade unionist and an international solidarity campaigner.
Asa Winstanley
Associate editor, The Electronic Intifada; investigative journalist.
Chris Nineham
Founder Member and Vice Chair, Stop the War Coalition
Dr Daud Abdullah
Director, Middle East Monitor; author of several books on Islam and the Palestine Question.
Ruth McGuinness
Barrister and researcher, formerly with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Avocats Sans Frontieres and Freshfields working on detentions, inter-state disputes and the ICC.
Moderator:
Hannah Phillips, AOHR researcher focusing on human rights challenges in the Middle East.
Date and Time:
Monday 8 April 2019
6:30pm-8:30pm
Location:
Friends House – 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ
All welcome
Register: https://gazabombingandprisoners.eventbrite.co.uk
