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Prisoners of Conscience: Violence and Detention & Violence in Detention

The International Religious Freedom of Belief Alliance (IRFBA) invites you to a webinar marking the International Day Commemorating Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. The IRFBA focuses on prisoners of conscience and the fate that they have been facing globally. Among the speakers are former prisoners of conscience and also family members of those still imprisoned. They are to shine the light on what it means to be a prisoner of conscience and how they could be helped. 

Speakers include: 

  • Amb. Robert Rehak - Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Interfaith Dialogue and Freedom of Religion or Belief (Czech Republic), IRFBA Chair 

  • Cezar Pavalascu - Director, State Secretariat for Religious Affairs (Romania), Chair of the IRFBA Working Group on Atrocity Prevention

  • Paweł Radomski - Foreign Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion (Poland)

  • Rushan Abbas - Uyghur advocate, sister of Dr. Gulshan Abbas, prisoner of conscience in China

  • Wade Kusack - Love Your Neighbor Community (LYNC), Founder and President 

  • Amelda Ismael Khudeeda - Yazda, Documentation Team 

  • Bianca Jagger - human rights defender working with former prisoners of conscience from Nicaragua 

  • Bani Dugan - Principal Representative, Bahá'í International Community's UN Office

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