{"id":17877,"date":"2015-11-13T11:12:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T16:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=17877"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:14:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:14:41","slug":"challenges-of-human-rights-defenders-scholars-at-risk-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2015\/challenges-of-human-rights-defenders-scholars-at-risk-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges of Human Rights Defenders &#8211; Scholars at Risk Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join Hossein Raeesi, Carleton and uOttawa\u2019s first Scholar At Risk, and Alan Neal, host of CBC Radio\u2019s All in a Day, on Nov. 30 for a special presentation on the challenges of human rights defenders.<\/p>\n<p>After working for 20 years in Shiraz as a criminal and human rights lawyer, Raeesi moved to Canada in 2012 to escape undue detention and legal actions from the Iranian government. Thanks to the Scholars at Risk program, he is now able to teach and learn in Ottawa free from prosecution.\u00a0Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/2015\/from-iranian-lawyer-to-canadian-professor-spotlight-on-carletons-first-scholar-at-risk\/\">Raeesi&#8217;s experience as a Scholar at Risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The presentation will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. in room 2017 Dunton Tower.\u00a0Prior to the main event, we are holding a reception from 6-7 p.m. and would like to invite any faculty writing on human rights to attend, bring their books, and speak to guests about their work. If you are interested in promoting your human rights work and joining the conversation, please contact <a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#111;:&#x6e;o&#x72;&#97;&#x68;&#46;v&#x6f;&#108;&#x6c;&#109;e&#x72;&#64;&#x63;&#97;&#x72;&#108;e&#x74;o&#x6e;&#46;&#x63;&#x61;\">Norah Vollmer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited, so <a href=\"http:\/\/events.carleton.ca\/challenges-of-human-rights-defenders-scholars-at-risk-ottawa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">register here today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Hossein Raeesi, Carleton and uOttawa\u2019s first Scholar At Risk, and Alan Neal, host of CBC Radio\u2019s All in a Day, on Nov. 30 for a special presentation on the challenges of human rights defenders. 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