Speaker Tour
Krishna Pahadi and Irene Khan
November
Northeast
Crisis in Nepal: A Former Prisoner of Conscience Speaks
Talk by Krishna Pahadi, founding chairman of the Human Rights and Peace Society and a former Chairman of Amnesty International Nepal, is one of Nepal's most prominent human rights activists. Mr. Pahadi will discuss his time as a Prisoner of Conscience for helping to organize a demonstration to protest King Gyanendra's seizure of power on February 1, 2005 and the suspension of fundamental rights. He seeks to inform fellow human rights activists of the current crisis in Nepal and what we can do to stop it.
Sunday, November 6, 2005
Location: Public Meeting for Democracy & Peace in Nepal - Satya Narayan Mandir (2nd Floor), 75-15 Woodside Avenue, Elmhurst, NY (between 75th and 76th Streets - Subway: E/F Express or G/R/V local to Roosevelt Avenue/Jackson Heights Station; or, #7 local to 74th Street/Broadway. Walk approximately 3 blocks south to Woodside Avenue
Time: 5:00 p.m.
For more information: contact Anil: 917.670.1057 Mridula: 917.604.6260 Sanjaya: 917.902.2667
Tuesday November 8, 2005
Location: New York University, Room 405, Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South,
New York NY 10012
Time: 6pm -8pm.
Sponsored by Amnesty International NYU
For more information: contact ss1695@nyu.edu or 631-813-8312.
Non-NYU students please bring with you a government-issued ID to sign in at the front.
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Location: Brown University, Wilson Hall 101, Providence, RI
Time: 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sponsored by AI's Brown University Student Group
For more information: contact aditi_bhaskar@brown.edu
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Location: Northeastern University's Centennial Quad, 320 Shillman Hall
Time: 6:45pm-8pm
Sponsored by AI's Northeastern University Student Group & the Boston Student Cluster
For more information: contact sharif.y@neu.edu
Friday, Nov 11, 2005
Location: Boston College
Time: 6:30pm-8:pm
Sponsored by AI's Boston College Student Group
For more information: contact Malak Yusef (malakyusef@yahoo.com)