A panel discussion on the call for democracy featuring Sheng Xue, Professor Joseph Wong, and John Ralson Saul, organized in collaboration with several human rights organizations on campus.

A discussion with John Humphrey Freedom Award winners Irene Petras and Andrew Makoni on the current human rights crisis in Zimbabwe.

A Panel Discussion on the Call for Democracy
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 – 7:30pm
Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto,
170 St. George St. at Bloor, 1st Floor
Featuring:
SHENG Xue, Vice-President, Federation for a Democratic China
Writer-in-Residence at McMaster University
Professor Joseph Wong, Canada Research Chair, Political Science
Asian Institute, University of Toronto
John Ralson Saul, Essayist, Honorary Patron of PEN Canada
Sponsored By:
China [...]

On their speaking tour across Canada, Irene Petras and Andrew Makoni from Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, this year’s recipient of the John Humphrey Freedom Award will stop at the University of Toronto on Monday December 1st, to discuss with students their work in addressing various human rights issues in Zimbabwe.  The talk will highlight [...]

Rights and Democracy Announces Winners of John Humphrey Freedom Award
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights is the winner of Rights & Democracy’s 2008 John Humphrey Freedom Award in recognition of its courageous pursuit of justice for victims of human rights abuses inside Zimbabwe.
Named in honour of John Peters Humphrey, the McGill University law professor who prepared [...]

8 Goals Speaker Tour with Robin Sitoula

78 Queens Park

Toronto, ON

Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe: What can you do?

Campaign for the Panzi hospital, DRC