Blog Feeds
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
Human Rights in IrelandIndymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.
Lockdown Skeptics
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international edition
|
International - Event Notice Thursday January 01 1970 Shannon Peace Forum - Sat 21st March 2009![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Please attend this important event on 6th anniversary of Iraq War Over ONE MILLION people have died in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Shannon Peace ForumFacilitated by the Peace and Neutrality AllianceLocation: Park Inn Hotel, Shannon Airport Date: Saturday 21st March 2009, 1pm – 5.30 pm Forum themes and objectives: Peace, Justice and Accountability 12.00: Press Conference – Neutrality and the Lisbon Treaty rerun 13.00 to 13.30 Forum Registration: (Admission waged €15, unwaged free – Lunch available at Park Inn at about €10) 13.30: Opening address: The human rights of one million Iraqi dead – Dr Sawsan Assaf, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway. 14.00: Irish Neutrality-the Lisbon Treaty - Role of Shannon Airport in Iraq and Afghan wars. Panel: Roger Cole, PANA, Michael Youlton, IAWM, Prof John Maguire, AWI 15.00: Extraordinary Rendition – Irish Complicity in abuses of international law – From Bush to Obama – from Guantanamo Back to Bagram? Noeleen Hartigan, Amnesty International, John Lannon, Shannonwatch.org, Professor Gernot Biehler, TCD. 16.00: Plenary Session – Accountability and the Way Forward – Panel to include contribution from Political Parties including: Patricia McKenna Green Party, Jan O’Sullivan TD labour Party and Theresa Ferris, Sinn Fein Objective – a frank and open exchange of views. Peace activists attending the Forum are invited to make written submissions, both before and after the Forum on various aspects of the two main topics, Neutrality and Torture Rendition, and on the additional topic of the way forward for the Irish peace movement. 17:30 Close of Forum - Accountability is the Way Forward For more information contact Ed Horgan Tel: 086-3539911 edward_horgan@hotmail.com |
View Full Comment Text
save preference
Comments (4 of 4)