Media Advisory

8 March 2001

AI Index MDE 11/004/2001 - News Service Nr. 43

Bahrain : Visit of an Amnesty International delegation

An Amnesty International delegation led by Mr Bartram Brown, Professor of Law at Chicago University, and including Ms June Ray, Director of the Middle East program in the International Secretariat and Said Boumedouha, a researcher in the Middle East program, will be visiting Bahrain from 10-14 March 2001 to discuss with the authorities issues related to the protection and promotion of culture of human rights in the country.

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

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 21 26

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