Fri, 01 Sep 2006
The Institute of Race Relations is organising a conference titled "Racism, liberty and the war on terror" in London on Saturday 16 September. The program has several interesting sessions:
Morning panel discussions
- The impact of anti-terror powers in the UK, with Fahad Ansari (Islamic Human Rights Commission), Liz Fekete (IRR), Anne Gray (CAMPACC), Saghir Hussein (Stop Political Terror)
- The attack on multiculturalism, with Arun Kundnani (IRR), Lord Ouseley (author of Community Pride Not Prejudice report), A. Sivanandan (director, IRR), Salma Yaqoob (councillor, Birmingham Sparkbrook)
- Detention and incarceration, with Dr Frank Arnold (Medical Justice Network), Harmit Athwal (IRR), Deborah Coles (Inquest), Daniel Machover (human rights lawyer)
- Combating racial violence, with Shobha Das (Support Against Racial Incidents), Beena Faridi (Islamic Human Rights Commission), David Renton (author), Jenny Bourne (IRR)
Afternoon panel discussions
- Civil liberties: the racial dimension, with Louise Christian (human rights lawyer), Arun Kundnani (IRR), Asad Rehman (Newham Monitoring Project)
- Liberty and the global war on terror, with Naima Bouteldja (journalist), Victoria Brittain (journalist and author), Tony Bunyan (director, Statewatch), David Rose (journalist and author)
- Campaigning against deportations, with Liz Fekete (IRR), Emma Ginn (anti-deportations campaigner), Daniel Sukula (Sukula Family Must Stay), Harris Nyatsanza (Zimbabwean human rights activist)
- Defending international conventions, Nadine Finch (barrister), Hsiao Hung-Pai (journalist), Tauhid Pasha (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants), Frances Webber (barrister)
More info at
http://www.irr.org.uk/conference2006/