An Announcement by the Asian Human Rights Commission

We are writing to invite you for a session on the ‘Democracy Movement in Bahrain’ with Dr. Jasim Hussain, former MP, Bahrain. The session will be for 90 minutes at the AHRC’s office, starting at 10:00 a.m.; 28 August 2013.

Dr. Hussain is a spokesperson for the democracy movement in Bahrain. Dr. Hussain was elected twice to the Parliament of Bahrain. He resigned in 2011, protesting the government’s crackdown on the democracy movement in Bahrain.

Prior to his position in the parliament, Dr. Hussain was the Director of Economic Research Unit at the University of Bahrain, where he lectured at the College of Business Administration for more than a decade. He is widely published, in English and Arabic, on socio-economic developments of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

Dr. Hussain is visiting Hong Kong on August 28 – 29.

Venue: AHRC Conference Hall
Unit 701-A, Westley Square
48 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tong
Hong Kong SAR
Telephone: 852-26986339

Time: 10:00 a.m.
Duration: 90 minutes

To confirm a seat, please write to:
Mr. Nilantha Ilangamuwa
Communication Coordinator
Telephone: 26986339 (115)
Mobile: 950 69 197

Email: nilantha.ilangamuwa@ahrc.asia