Media Advisory

1 November 2001

AI Index MDE 11/007/2001 - News Service Nr. 193

Bahrain: Visit of an Amnesty International delegation

An Amnesty International delegation led by Ms. June Ray, Director of the Middle East Program at the International Secretariat and including Saïd Boumedouha and Dr. Abdel-Mitaal Gershab, both members of the Middle East Program, will be visiting Bahrain from 3 - 8 November 2001, where they are co-organizing together with the Bahrain Association for Human Rights, a seminar on "The Role of Civil Society in Promoting a Human Rights Culture".

The delegation will also be meeting senior government officials, as well as representatives of civil society, and former prisoners of conscience.

For more information on the activities of the delegation in Bahrain, please contact Kamal Samari at Amnesty International Press Office in London, UK, on 44 207 413 5831/ mobile: 44 777 847 2126.

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For more information please call Amnesty International's press office in London, UK, on +44 20 7413 5566

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