PANEL- Recital of Liberty: Freedom of Speech in Uzbekistan, LSE, London, Nov. 26

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PANEL- Recital of Liberty: Freedom of Speech in Uzbekistan, LSE, London, Nov 26

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

Recital of Liberty: Freedom of Speech in Uzbekistan.

To mark the launch of 'Recital of Liberty', an audio book of Uzbek
dissident writings translated by Richard McKane, English PEN have
organised a panel discussion on the subject of freedom of speech in
Uzbekistan.

Our speakers for the evening include former British ambassador to
Uzbekistan and author Craig Murray, Alisher Ilkhamov of the Open
Society Institute, and Ania Corless, a member of English PEN's Writers
in Prison Committee. Hamid Ismailov, the Head of the Central Asia and
Caucasus service, BBC World Service, will act as Chair.

The event will take place in the Graham Wallas Room, Centre for the
Study of Human Rights, LSE at 6pm on Wednesday 26 November.

The room is on the 5th Floor of the Old Building. Guests should enter
via the LSE main entrance on Houghton Street. Old Building is marked A
on the close up of this map:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/howToGetToLSE.htm

All welcome. Admission is free. No booking required.

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