Friday 8 October

 

 

Gareth Peirce: Dispatches From the Dark Side: On Torture and the Death of Justice

Birmingham Conservatoire, Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HG

7.30 – 8.45pm

Sponsored by the RSA

Gareth Peirce is a human rights lawyer who has faced down some incredible opponents – fighting bitter battles for the wrongly convicted and campaigning for law reform. She represented the Birmingham Six, the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, Guantanamo detainees Moazzam Begg and Bisher Amin Khalil al-Rawi and the families of the victims of the Lockerbie air disaster amongst a plethora of high profile cases. Gaining her inspiration from the rallies of Luther King in 1960’s America, she is considered radical by some, passionate by others. In a career spanning more than 30 years, she is said to have “transformed the criminal justice scene in this country almost single-handedly.” Dispatches From The Dark Side is her first book

Tickets: £6 (£4.50)

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