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Darfur after Rwanda: Sudan’s internal crisis and the international response conference May 16th 2007
The School of Arts and Crucible present a one day conference Darfur after Rwanda: Sudan’s internal crisis and the international response.
The conference takes place on Wednesday 16 May at Froebel College Roehampton University
PANEL 1 Sudanese politics: the NIF approaches to plurality, background of the Darfur crisis | |
| Chair | tbc |
| Panel | Dr Albaqir Mukhtar (human rights activist, and the Director of KACE al-Khatim Adlan Centre for Enlightenment and Human Development) |
| Gillian Lusk (freelance journalist) | |
Richard Dowden (Executive Director, Royal African Society) | |
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PANEL 2 Darfur crisis: origins, impacts, prospects. | |
| Chair | tbc |
| Panel | Ahmed Hussein Adam (Justice and Equality Movement, JEM) |
Yahia al-Bashir (Information Secretary, London Office of the Sudan Liberation Movement) | |
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PANEL 3 International reactions: what should the rest of the world do and what can it do | |
| Chair | tbc |
| Panel | Greg Barrow (Senior Public Affairs Officer for The World Food Programme) |
Dr Brian Brivati (Professor of Contemporary History at Kingston University) | |
| Brendan Cox (Director Crisis Action) | |
Dr Laura James (Sudan Analyst and Deputy Editor/ Economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit) | |
Lutz Oette (An international public lawyer working for REDRESS, an international non-governmental human rights organisation seeking reparation for torture survivors) | |
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Panel 4 Journalists and Media critics: what has the reporting of Darfur been like; coping with reporting restrictions such as danger and bureaucracy; dealing with a perceived lack of “news” and of audience interest | |
| Chair | tbc |
| Panel | Professor David Campbell (Professor of Cultural and Political Geography at Durham University) |
Anne Penketh (Diplomatic Editor, The Independent) | |
Mike Thomson (Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Today Programme Radio 4) | |
Sean MacGuire (Editor of Political and General News for Europe, Middle East and Asia for Reuters) | |
This conference is now fully booked.
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To book on this conference please complete the booking form and e-mail it to: crucible@roehampton.ac.uk
If you have any questions or queries about the conference e-mail them to: crucible@roehampton.ac.uk
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