Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Emergency!!
- How and why it is being hidden
- And what we can do about it
Monday 31st August 2009, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Footbridge Lecture Theatre, University of Sydney
Bruce Haigh
Political commentator and author; former Australian diplomat and Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.
Dr John Whitehall
Paediatrician and Associate Professor in Public Health at James Cook University; volunteer medical worker in Sri Lanka; finalist, Senior Australian of the Year, for raising relief funds for Tsunami victims.
Dr Sam Pari
Tamil Human Rights Advocate; volunteer worker, post-war and post-tsunami regions of Sri Lanka.
We will also hear eyewitness accounts from government-run internment camps where 300,000 people are being held, away from the scrutiny of international humanitarian agencies and media.
Moderator: Associate Professor Jake Lynch
Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney.
A Joint Initiative of CPACS and the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, UTS.
For further information contact:
Keryn Scott or Lyn Dickens, CPACS, (02) 9351 7686