Sept. 21-22, 2011
http://www.ngosummit.org/
We have the honour to invite YOUtoWE HAVE A DREAM
GLOBAL SUMMIT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND PERSECUTIONSeptember 21-22, 2011
at The W Hotel
541 Lexington Ave., New York CityOn September 21-22, as world leaders assemble in New York for the annual opening
of the United Nations, and to commemorate the 2001 Durban conference on racism
and discrimination, an international coalition of non-governmental
human rights organizations will hold a parallel summit. Its goal is to place
urgent stuations of discrimination and persecution on the international agenda,
uphold the UN's founding principles of human rights and democracy
and give a voice to the voiceless.RSVP by September 12, 2011
by clicking here or sending email to secretariat@ngosummit.org Visit NGOsummit.org for updates. ______________________The Summit will feature eminent human rights heroes and experts:Yang Jianli
Tiananmen Square survivor, former prisoner of conscience, president of Initiatives for China, representative of jailed Liu Xiaobo at the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
Mariane Pearl
Journalist, author and women's rights activist. Mariane was five months pregnant in 2002 when her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and brutally murdered in Pakistan. Her inspiring memoir was made into a film starring Angelina Jolie in the role of Mariane Pearl.
Dalia Ziada
Egyptian rights activist, blogger, published writer and poet, Dalia joined the American Islamic Congress (AIC) as the founding director of its Middle East and North Africa bureau, based in Cairo, Egypt. Ziada dedicates her life to promoting women rights, freedom of expression, and nonviolent action in her homeland, Egypt, and the whole Middle East.
Rebiya Kadeer
The leading spokesperson and human rights advocate of the Uyghur people. Ms. Kadeer was jailed for six years in a Chinese prison for standing up to Chinese government repression.
John Dau
Genocide survivor, refugee, one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” featured in the award-winning documentary God Grew Tired of Us. Through his foundation John Dau is transforming health care in the war-torn region of South Sudan by building medical clinics and training community health workers.
Together with: Geng He — Human rights abuses in CHINA Tran Khai Thanh Thuy — Human rights abuses in VIETNAM Grace Kwinjeh — Human rights abuses in ZIMBABWE Thaung Htun — Human rights abuses in BURMA Normando Hernandez — Human rights abuses in CUBA Berthe Kayitesi — Genocide in RWANDA Adeeb Yousif — Genocide in SUDAN Jacqueline Kasha — Human rights abuses in UGANDA Ahmad Batebi — Human rights abuses in IRAN Irwin Cotler — Canadian MP, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, McGill University law professor, constitutional and comparative law scholar, international human rights lawyer, counsel to prisoners of conscience, peace activist Joel Brinkley — Professor of journalism at Stanford University, author, former New York Times reporter, editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent And many more human rights heroes and eminent figures: click here
Themes: Discrimination against women Freedom of speech Discrimination against religious minorities Persecution of dissenters and human rights defenders Discrimination against LGBT Genocide prevention UN reform And more
For more information: http://www.ngosummit.orgco-sponsored/ by an international coalition of human rights NGOs:
