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Unheard Voices Seminar in Chicago
by Raman Mikhael, September 20, 1998
Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 07:52 pm CST
CHICAGO, Illinois (Atour) - "Unheard Voices: Assyrian Human Rights in the Middle East Seminar", sponsored by the Assyrian Academic Society and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, North Park University.
Saturday October 3rd, 1998
Assyrians in the Middle East have been persecuted on the basis of their ethnicity, language, culture, religion, and geographical origin. Unfortunately, Assyrian human rights have received too little attention by international human rights organizations. This seminar is an effort to draw the attention of international human rights organizations to the plight of the Assyrians of the Middle East and to introduce those organizations to the Assyrian community in the Diaspora.
Registration Fee: $20 - $10 for students (registration fee includes lunch)
Registration Deadline: 09/19/98
Please browse the web page below for registration information.
Preliminary Schedule
10:00 - 11:00 Registration
11:00 - 11:10 Introduction
11:10 - 11:40 Historical Overview - Mr. Wilfred Alkhas 11:40 - 12:00 International Human Rights Law - Dr. Don Wagner 12:00 - 12:30 Human Rights in Iran and Iraq: Ms. Elahi Hicks - Human Rights Watch
12:30 - 12:45 Coffee Break
12:45 - 01:05 Human Rights in Iran: Assyrian Viewpoint - Ms. Adrin Takhsh 01:05 - 01:25 Human Rights in Northern Iraq: Assyrian Viewpoint - To be announced 01:25 - 01:45 Human Rights in Government Controlled Iraq: Assyrian Viewpoint - To be announced
01:45 - 02:45 Lunch
02:45 - 03:15 Human Rights in Turkey & Syria: Ms. Elise Auerbach - Amnesty International 03:15 - 03:35 Human Rights in Turkey & Syria: Assyrian Viewpoint - Mr. Abdulmesih BarAbrahem 03:35 - 03:55 Human Rights in Lebanon: General Overview - Dr. Emad Chamoun 03:55 - 04:30 Assyrian Eyewitness Testimonies by Mrs. May Ibrahim, Mr. Garmos Enwia and others 04:30 - 05:00 Question & Answer Session
05:00 - 05:15 Break
05:15 - 05:30 Assyrian Human Rights at the Congressional Level - U.S. Congressman Rod Blagojevich 05:30 - 05:50 Assyrian Human Rights and Immigration: Cause and Effect - Mr. Robert Dekelaita 05:50 - 06:10 Assyrian Human Rights at the UN & UNPO - Senator John Nimrod 06:10 - 06:30 Minority Human Rights in the Middle East - Dr. Walid Phares 06:30 - 07:00 Question & Answer Session
North Park University
Anderson Chapel
3225 West Foster Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-4895
Phone: 773-244-5785/6
Fax: 773-583-0858
Assyrian Academic Society
P.O. Box 3541
Skokie, IL 60076
Phone: 773-461-6633
E-mail: webmaster@aas.net
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