Conference attracts activists of human rights
Ray Choto, a journalist from Zimbabwe, was illegally detained and tortured by officers in 1999, after the publication of a story that connects the arrest of 23 Zimbabwe National Army members of the alleged coup d’état with a plot.Nigeria as a journalist and activist Ken Wiwa is complain Royal Dutch Shell Oil because of the accusation of supporting torture in 1995 and the murder of his father, Ken Saro Wiwa, a leading provider in the environmental movement Nigeria.
These men are moderators seven others at a conference on human rights this weekend. The majority of events will take place at the University of Alaska Southeast and all are free and open to the public.
“I think the possibility of having someone from another country where conditions are so different, and, by the things Ray has really made an impression on people,” said Diana DeFazio, an area of The organizer Amnesty International, headquartered in New York.
Choto, a presentation, “The media, democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe” at 7 pm Friday at the HES-Egan library. A discussion will follow. Choto is also to attend a forum of discussion and talks about his writing, Saturday morning at FH.
DeFazio said environmentalists, but also journalists, were targeted on torture and imprisonment. Nigeria niches playwright Ken Saro Wiwa, a member of the Ogoni people on the Niger River Delta, has been a leading protests against the Nigerian government and the country’s largest exporter of oil, Royal Dutch Shell. According to Amnesty International, Wiwa and eight other Ogonis guide were arrested in 1995 by the Nigerian army erhängte trumped-up charges and murder, in violation of international law.
“We are very honoured that Ken Wiwa,” said DeFazio. “… The suspension of his father and the failure of the international community to act in time are that cooperation between the Sierra Club and Amnesty International in a joint campaign to defend the defenders of the environment.”
Wiwa will say at 7:30 am on Saturday in the Scottish Rite Temple at 206 Fourth Street. Wiwa about his work is to discuss and read from his new book “In the shadow of Saint: A Son’s Journey to Understand the legacy of his father.”
Elizabeth students at the FH, of course, Schelle’s “Servant Leadership”, helped organize the weekend, human rights conference. The Juneau World Affairs Council, Amnesty International and HES have in common the event.
Schelle said six pieces of writing in relation to human rights have been selected will be discussed Saturday morning. A jury comprising Rosalee Walker, Andrew Hope, Dixie Belcher and Peter DuBois Juneau, Choto, and Mario Tafur with the Los Angeles office of Amnesty International, to discuss issues of human rights from 9:30 to 10:30 hours at the library Egan. The six that can be written and Friday evening.
“After that we break out in six meetings, which focus on different pieces to write,” said Schelle. These meetings will last until noon, followed by a panel discussion at the latest by 1
Saturday between 2 and 4:45 pm, Amnesty International offers three workshops at the library Egan. The workshops are “Human Rights and the Environment”, “-Amnesty International Campaign to Stop Torture” and “asylum seekers in Alaska.”
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