LGBT & Secular Rights At Risk: A Bangladesh Perspective
20 January 2019, Conway Hall
12:00-5:00pm

Human Rights are at risk in Bangladesh. Especially, the rights of the LGBT+ community and the secular community are the most vulnerable. We want to speak on behalf of these communities and raise our voice. We want to defend their rights. We want to reach towards the wider communities and gain support through this conference.

Speakers: Maryam Namazie, Gita Sahgal, Sadia Hameed, Lizzie Streeter, Hsien Chew, Henna Khanom, Sadikur Rahman Rana, Jimi Bangash, Daniel Fitzgerald, Mediah Ahmed, Bonya Ahmed, Jamie Jane, Riaz Osmani, Asif Mohiuddin, Simon Ware.

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22 January 2019, University of Warwick
Warwick for Free Speech and Human Rights on Free Speech, Religion and Gender Equality

Warwick for Free Speech and Human Rights at the University of Warwick is organising an event to tackle the issue of Free Speech and Gender Equality in Religious as well as Secular countries / politics / governments.

Maryam Namazie will be speaking about Iran and secularism. She will be speaking about her campaigns targeted at fighting Islamist extremists and patriarchal norms in Iran and in the UK.

Steven Kettell, an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, in the department of Politics and International Studies. He is a specialist in the politics of secularism, non-religion and the role of religion in the public sphere.