United Nations HG, New York, 26 September 2019
On the margins of the High-level Segment of the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York, NPWJ is conceving a panel discussion on human rights and freedom under siege in Saudi Arabia with UN experts and families of people killed or imprisoned by the Kingdom.
About this Event
Freedom of expression and freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, are essential building blocks of a democratic society. Suppression of dissent by any State power violates the freedom of its own citizens in a flagrant breach of international human rights. Equally, holding people in degrading and inhuman ways, and in the worst case, torturing them is unacceptable for any UN member state.
OPENING REMARKS:
- Senator Emma Bonino – Italian Senator and Founder of No Peace Without Justice
SPEAKERS:
- Hatice Cengiz – Writer and fiancée of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi
- Lina al-Hathloul – Sister of detained women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul
- Abdullah Alaoudh – Senior fellow at Georgetown University and son of detained cleric Salman al-Awdah
- Agnes Callamard – Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
This event is convened on the margins of the High-level Segment of the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York
– Date and time: 26 September 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
– Venue: West Terrace, Delegates Dining Room, United Nations HQ (4th floor)
