Coalition for
the Defense of Human Rights
Can Minorities Survive in the New Iraq?
Friday, November 19, 2004
2:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
U.S. Capitol Building
Mansfield Room, S 207
Panelists:
Dr. Walid Phares, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy
Nina Shea, Freedom House
Center for Religious Freedom
Robert DeKelaita, Assyrian
Academic Society
Rev. Ken Joseph, Assyrian
Christian News
Yonadam Kanna, Member of
the Iraqi Assembly
Suhaib Nashi, MD, FRCP,
Mandaean Society of America
Ashur Yoseph, Assyrian
Aid Society
Friday session is open
to the public. Attendees' names are required by the Capitol Building
Appointment Desk. Enter at any door. Please call 202-498-8644
or send RSVP to keith.roderick@csi-usa.org Can Minorities Survive
in the New Iraq?
2:00 Press Conference
2:30 p.mIntroduction: The
Rev. Dr. Keith Roderick, Secretary General of the Coalition for
the Defense of Human Rights
2:35 p.m. Yonadam Kanna.
Secretary General of the Assyrian Democratic Movement and a member
of the Iraqi Assembly
2:45 p.m.. Dr. Walid Phares,
Foundation for the Defense of Democracy The Significance of Iraqi
Minorities for Democratic Reforms in the Middle East.
2:55 p.m Nina Shea, Freedom
House Center for Religious Freedom The Canary in the Mine.
3:05 p.m.. James Y Rais.
Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association International Law
Section on the Middle East . Protecting the ChaldoAssyrian Population
in Their Homeland.
3:15 p.m. Suhaib Nashi,
MD, FRCP, Mandaean Society of America No Where to Go: Between
Kafir and People of the Book.
3:25 p.m.. Question and
Answer
3:40 p.m.. Break
3;50 p.m. The Rev. Ken
Joseph, Assyrian Christian News Who Speaks for Iraqi Christians?
4:00 p.m Robert DeKelaita,
Assyrian Academic Society
Immigration: Will There by any Iraqi Christians Left.
4:10 p.m Ashur Yoseph,
Assyrian Aid Society. Western Support is Imperative for the Survival
of
Minorities.
4:20 p.m Outline of Initiatives
in Congress Supporting Iraqi Minorities
4:30 p.m.. Questions and
Answers
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