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‘Britain Against Sanctions on Iraq’ Denis Halliday “History will slaughter those responsible” Denis Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary General and UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq “If people could hear and see what is being done in their names in Iraq, they would be outraged but they don’t, so it continues” John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor, Sunday Telegraph, April 2000 SANCTIONS AWARENESS WEEK Leeds University - Roger Stevens Building - Lecture Theatre 22 - 6pm every evening Tuesday 8th May: Paying the Price - Killing the Children of Iraq John Pilger’s Award winning documentary Wednesday 9th May: Apocalypse Now - Frontline Infants - UN Policy on Iraq Felicity Arbuthnot argues that the UN’s policies are targeting the utterly vulnerable, the under 5’s and the newborn - those they are avowed to protect. Thursday 10th May: Five years in prison for delivering medical journals to doctors? Richard Byrne from Voices in the Wilderness reports on his sanctions breaking visit to Iraq, January 2001. Learn what you can do to bring the suﬀering to an end. Friday 11th May: The Economic - Political Game Dr. Kamil Mahdi explores the Political-economic aspects. What are the real motivates behind the sanctions? NATIONAL CONFERENCE & RALLY - TO END SANCTIONS ON IRAQ - Saturday 12 May - 12pm - Leeds University Conference Auditorium - Rally to the City Centre immediately after. Speakers : Felicity Arbuthnot - Award wining journalist George Galloway MP Grant Wakefild - Director ‘The Fire This Time ’ RH Tony Benn MP (tbc) Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Famous Singer (tbc) With pre-recorded Contributions from : Denis Halliday & Hans von Sponeck- former UN Assistant Secretary Generals and UN Humanitarian Co-ordinators in Iraq. Both resigned in quick succession to protest against the sanctions . John Pilger - Interenationally acliamed journalist and broadcater Julian Filochowski - Director of CAFOD For more information visit our website: www.basinet.org e-mail: [email protected] Tel: (0113) 282 4810 Mobile: 07713 742021

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BASI. 1.5 million dead ...price worth paying?. ‘ Britain Against Sanctions on Iraq’. SANCTIONS AWARENESS WEEK Leeds University - Roger Stevens Building - Lecture Theatre 22 - 6pm every evening Tuesday 8th May: Paying the Price - Killing the Children of Iraq - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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‘Britain Against Sanctions on Iraq’

LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION

“NO”to

economic sanctions on

IRAQ

LUU CASI SOCIETY

says

Denis Halliday“History will slaughter those responsible”

Denis Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary General and UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq

“If people could hear and see what is being done in their names in Iraq, they

would be outraged but they don’t,so it continues”

John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor, Sunday Telegraph, April 2000

SANCTIONS AWARENESS WEEKLeeds University - Roger Stevens Building - Lecture Theatre 22 - 6pm every evening

Tuesday 8th May: Paying the Price - Killing the Children of IraqJohn Pilger’s Award winning documentary

Wednesday 9th May: Apocalypse Now - Frontline Infants - UN Policy on IraqFelicity Arbuthnot argues that the UN’s policies are targeting the utterly vulnerable, the under 5’s

and the newborn - those they are avowed to protect.

Thursday 10th May: Five years in prison for delivering medical journals to doctors?Richard Byrne from Voices in the Wilderness reports on his sanctions breaking visit to Iraq, January

2001. Learn what you can do to bring the suffering to an end.

Friday 11th May: The Economic - Political GameDr. Kamil Mahdi explores the Political-economic aspects. What are the real motivates behind the

sanctions?

NATIONAL CONFERENCE & RALLY-TO END SANCTIONS ON IRAQ-

Saturday 12 May - 12pm - Leeds University Conference Auditorium - Rally to the City Centre immediately after.

Speakers:Felicity Arbuthnot - Award wining journalist

George Galloway MPGrant Wakefild - Director ‘The Fire This Time’

RH Tony Benn MP (tbc)

Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - Famous Singer (tbc)

With pre-recorded Contributions from:Denis Halliday & Hans von Sponeck- former UN Assistant Secretary Generals and UN

Humanitarian Co-ordinators in Iraq. Both resigned in quick succession to protest against the sanctions.

John Pilger - Interenationally acliamed journalist and broadcater