Programme of Events in Washington DC and Live Webcast at The Ratiu Foundation, Manchester Square, London, with Bahraini Human Rights Activist
NABEEL RAJAB
RECIPIENT of the 2011 ION RATIU DEMOCRACY AWARD
The Ratiu Foundation is pleased to announce the programme of events connected with Nabeel Rajab, a human rights activist and co-founder of The Bahrain Human Rights Society, receiving the 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award.
Thursday 1 December 2011
NABEEL RAJAB at the 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Workshop
14:00, 5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004-3027
RSVP online at bit.ly/rrgpfv
This event is scheduled to be WEBCAST LIVE at bit.ly/rrgpfv at 14:00 (Washington DC time), 19:00 UK time
Panel One: YOUTH, DEMOCRATIC CHANGE AND THE ARAB SPRING
Chair: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, The Wilson Center
Speakers: Robin Wright, Distinguished Scholar, U.S. Institute of Peace and The Wilson Center and author, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World (2011), Caryle Murphy, The Washington Post and Public Policy Scholar, The Wilson Center, The Hon. Tamara Wittes, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs (invited).
Comments: Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Recipient of the 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, and Oleg Kozlovsky, Blogger, Co-founder and Director of Vision of Tomorrow Foundation (Moscow) and Recipient of the 2010 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award.
Panel Two: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY: DEFIANT BAHRAINIS AND THE ARAB SPRING
Introductory Remarks: The Hon. Jane Harman, President, Director and CEO of the Wilson Center.
Chair: Christian Ostermann, Chair, Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, The Wilson Center.
Keynote Speaker: Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Recipient of the 2011 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award.
Comments: Wafa Ali, Journalist and Public Policy Scholar, The Wilson Center, Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy (invited), Tom Malinowski, Washington Director, Human Rights Watch.
The closing remarks and the Award will be delivered by Nicolae Ratiu, Chairman of the Ratiu Foundation, during a post-event reception.
Friday 2 December 2011
NABEEL RAJAB at The World Youth Democracy Forum for DC-Area Students
10:00 – 12:30 (Washington DC time), Room 602, Linder Family Commons, 1957 E St, NW, Washington DC
RSVP at tinyurl.com/WYDF2011 by Monday, 28 November. Reservations are required as space is limited
Event moderated by Eliot Sorel, M.D., D.L.F.A.P.A., The George Washington University Founder, World Youth Democracy Forum, and Senior Advisor, Ion Ratiu Democracy Award
This event will be broadcast live on the Internet. Students at universities around the world, including in Alexandria (Egypt), Bucharest (Romania), Chisinau (Rep. of Moldova), Cluj (Romania), and London, have been invited to participate.
WEBCAST IN LONDON
Friday 2 December 2011, 15:00 – 17:30 (London time)
Ratiu Foundation / Romanian Cultural Centre, Manchester Square, 18 Fitzhardinge Street, London W1H 6EQ. Confirm your attendance by e-mail at bookings@romanianculturalcentre.org.uk by Thursday 1 December.
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