EVENT
A conference organised by the Institute of Race Relations
Saturday 16 September 2006, Conway Hall, Central London
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How should we respond to the attacks on our civil rights, refugee rights and our multicultural society - carried out in the name of national security? Join leading campaigners, lawyers and thinkers in debating how we can defend our liberties and our communities...
With plenary speakers Moazzam Begg, Gareth Peirce, Colin Prescod, A. Sivanandan and Salma Yaqoob.
Programme
- 9.30 - Registration
- 10.00 - Welcome address with Colin Prescod, chair of the Institute of Race Relations
- 10.05 - Keynote speeches by Gareth Peirce, leading human rights lawyer, and A. Sivanandan, director of the Institute of Race Relations
- 11.00 - Break
- 11.15 - Morning panel discussions
- 12.45 - Lunch
- 1.45 - Afternoon panel discussions
- 3.15 - Break
- 3.30 - Final plenary with Colin Prescod, Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo detainee, Salma Yaqoob, Birmingham councillor, and A. Sivanandan
- 5.00 - Close
Morning panel discussions
- The impact of anti-terror powers in the UK
- The attack on multiculturalism
- Detention and incarceration
- Combating racial violence
Afternoon panel discussions
- Civil liberties: the racial dimension
- Liberty and the global war on terror
- Campaigning against deportations
- Defending international conventions