CONF.- Chechnya After the War, SOAS, University of London, Nov. 27

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CONF.- Chechnya After the War, SOAS, University of London, Nov. 27

Posted by: Jane Savory <js64@soas.ac.uk>

Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, SOAS
in collaboration with
Medical Aid and Relief for Children of Chechnay (MARCCH)

Invite you to the 'Chechnya After the War' Conference

on Thursday, 27th November 2008
in the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, Brunei Gallery, SOAS,
University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG

A panel of experts and distinguished speakers will be setting the
present situation in context. Many aspects of the current situation
will be explored with particular emphasis on the humanitarian
situation, using relevant material, information and experience. They
will explain and convey a better understanding of what is going on in
Chechnya at present and what the future is likely to hold for the area.

This is an important one day conference in which a panel of experts
and distinguished speakers will be setting the present post-war
situation, humanitarian, social and political in context.

Speakers

Lord Judd will be opening the morning session at 9:30
Lord Rea will be introducing the afternoon session of speakers

Speakers include:

Lord Rea (Save Chechnya Campaign)
Lord Judd (Former Rapporteur for Council of Europe on Chechnya)
Akhmed Zakaev (A former minister in the Chechnya government)
Dr Zukhra Kharkimova (Director of the children's hospital in Grozny
and deputy minister of health in Chechnya)
Tom Porteous (Director, Human Rights Watch, London)
Elena Burtina (Civic Assistance Committee, NGO, Russian Federation)
Willem de Jonge (Head of Mission, Medecins Sans Frontieres, (MSF) Russia)
Professor John Russell (Institute of Peace Studies at Bradford and
author of Chechnya: Russia's "War on Terror")
Dr Cerwyn Moore (Birmingham University)
Tony Wood (Assistant editor of the New Left Review)
Murad Batal Al-Shishani (Jordanian-Chechen Journalist for the BBC)

To Book a Place

To book a place for the conference please call MARCCH or visit their
website on www.marcch.org.
Payment by cash or cheque ACCEPTED. For more information: call MARCCH
on 020 8883 9999
Ticket Price: £15 or Free for Students,OAPs, and those on benefit

Marcch, Medical Aid and Relief for Children of Chechnya,
www.marcch.org (ref: 1086499)


Jane Savory
Office Manager, Centres and Programmes Office
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

tel +44 (0)20 7898 4892 email js64@soas.ac.uk
fax +44 (0)20 7898 4489 web www.soas.ac.uk/centres/

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