From: bjorn-AT-globalnet.co.uk
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 21:09:49 +0100
Subject: M-G: Africa Direct Conference


To all those who are interested and can make it:
>
>RWANDA  : THE GREAT GENOCIDE DEBATE
>
>A ONE DAY CONFERENCE EXAMINING THE ONGOING CRISIS IN CENTRAL AFRICA
>
>9:30 AM - 7:00 PM  SUNDAY 27 JULY 1997 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNION
>
>
>In 1994 images of mass slaughter in Rwanda shocked the world. But What were
the
>causes of this carnage and what should be done about it ? For the past three
>years Africa Direct has challenged the consensus that the events in Rwanda can
>be understood as an upsurge of atavistic ethnic hatred, fuelled by a policy of
>genocide.
>
>This conference aims to bring together those who want a better explanation. It
>will examine how the genocide consensus has stifled criticism of breathtaking
>barbarism : of a six hour military assault on the world's largest refugee
camp;
>of forced repatriation of hundreds of thousands of refugees; of courts handing
>out death sentences to those who have been denied the chance to defend
>themselves.
>
>Critical of international policy in Rwanda and the region, Africa Direct's
>stand
>has attracted both praise and condemnation in Britain and from around the
>world.
>We invite you to join in this one day forum to continue the debate.
>
>CONFERENCE
>9:30  		am	Registration
>10:00-11:00  	am	Central Africa : background to the crisis
>11:30-1:00     pm	Debate  : Why did Rwanda explode ?
>			Speakers from Africa Direct and Medecins Sans Frontieres
>2:00-3:30     	pm	The international tribunal on Rwanda:
>				Western Justice comes to Africa
>				Speaker  : Phil Taylor, legal expert reporting
>                                          back from Arusha
>4:15-7:00   	pm	Prospects for change : the time for action
>
>Tickets
>
>Please send me : -----  Tickets -AT-=A325  (waged)
>		  -----  Tickets -AT-=A315  (students/unemployed)
>		  -----  Tickets -AT-=A310  (FE students)
>
>I enclose a total payment of =A3------- (Please make cheques payable to 'Africa
>Direct')
>
>Name 		: -----------------------------------------------------------  
>Address	: -----------------------------------------------------------
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>For further information contact:   	Africa Direct
>                               	BM CAM WC1N  3XX
> 			 	        Tel 0171 278 9908
>                               	e-mail : africadirect-AT-easynet.co.uk
>					Fax : +44-171 6917063



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