The President’s 10 Year Anniversary:
Curbing Worsening Repression and
Human Rights Abuses in Syria
Thursday 23 September
13.00 – 15.00
Palais des Nations, room XXIV
Human rights defenders and advocates discuss the legacy of torture, arbitrary detention, and repression of basic freedoms perpetuated during the past decade in Syria under Bashar al-Asad’s rule.
Arabic interpretation will be available
SPEAKERS
Joe Stork, Deputy Director MENA Section, Human Rights Watch
Nidal Darwish, Committees for the Defense of Democracy Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria
Iyas Maleh, Director, Free Haitham Maleh Foundation
Ziad Abel Tawab, Program Officer, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Chair: Juliette De Rivero, Geneva Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch
Refreshments will be provided
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