- FREE ONLINE EVENT -
Justice for Aafia
Global Virtual Rally
- Thursday 24 March 2022
- 6pm (UK Time) - 1pm (ET) - 10pm (Pakistan)
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What this is about ...
Speakers
Fawzia Siddiqui - Aafia’s sister
Dr Fowzia Siddiqui is a Neurologist by profession. She is also the founder of the Aafia movement and has built the movement to advocate for the release of her sister Aafia Siddiqui.
Marwa Elbially - Aafia’s Lawyer
Dr Aafia Siddiqui's lawyer Attorney Marwa Elbially is committed to advocating for the rights of underrepresented groups. Prior to opening her practice, Ms. Elbially worked for several years at non-profits on a wide variety of legal issues that affected the civil liberties of Muslims in the United States involving criminal, civil, and immigration law.
Amina Masood - Chairperson Defence of Human Rights Pakistan
With the disappearance of her husband in 2005, Amina Masood Janjua has become the face of the disappearances in Pakistan. Spearheading the organisation, Defence for Human Rights, she has campaigned unrelentingly in her aim to see not only the release of her husband, but also the release of all the other men who have been caught by the indiscriminate detention policies of the Pakistani intelligence services.
Leena al Arian - Coalition for Civil Freedoms
Leena Al-Arian is a Palestinian American mother and activist living in Boston, MA. She is the co-director of the Coalition for Civil Freedoms, an organisation co-founded by her father, Sami Al-Arian, a former political prisoner in the U.S. She holds a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago. She is a contributor to the volume, Being Palestinian: Personal Reflections on Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora (Edinburgh University Press, 2016).
El‑Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan - Director of Operations for The Aafia Foundation
El‑Hajj Mauri’ Saalakhan is a Metro-Washington, DC, based human rights advocate; author, lecturer and poet. His work has taken him across America into Africa, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Middle East. He is a founder of the Coalition Against Political Imprisonment and the National Association for Police Accountability. He also founded and formerly served as Director of Operations for The Peace Thru Justice Foundation. He presently serves as Director of Operations for The Aafia Foundation.
Moazzam Begg - Outreach Director for CAGE
A British-born Muslim, Moazzam Begg is a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner and outreach director for CAGE.
He is the author of the best-seller Enemy Combatant in which he recounts his experience as an innocent man detained and tortured at Guantanamo, Bagram and Kandahar. The Muslim 500 listed him as one of the 500 “most influential Muslims” in the world. The New Statesman listed him in the top 50 “Heroes of our time”
Jibran Nasir - Lawyer & Activist
Mohammad Jibran Nasir is a lawyer, civil rights activist, and an independent politician. Jibran is also involved in disaster relief work through Elaj Trust. In 2018, Jibran founded the Aik Awam Movement, a social movement advocating equal protection of Fundamental Rights for all citizens of Pakistan. Jibran regularly engages youth on topics related to citizen empowerment, legal reforms and social justice and has spoken at more than of 50 Universities in Pakistan, US and the UK
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