The Iraq Sanctions and the Case of Dr. Rafil Dhafir: Criminalizing Compassion in the ‘War on Terror.’ Part 1

Denis Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary General and Head of the UN Humanitarian Program in Iraq 1997-98, spoke at an evening panel discussion at Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship on Thursday, June 28th at 7p.m. The event was titled, “The Iraq Sanctions and the Case of Dr. Rafil Dhafir: Criminalizing Compassion in the ‘War on Terror.’” Other speakers on the panel were, Magda Bayoumi, a community activist and member of the Central New York Muslim community, and Katherine Hughes, a court watcher at the 17-week trial of Dr. Dhafir. The S.U. Middle Eastern Studies Program, Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Syracuse Peace Council, and the Dr. Dhafir Support Committee sponsored the event. About one hundred people attended and many people joined the speakers and members of the Muslim community for supper at the mosque after the event. Part One: Introduction and first two speakers, Denis Halliday and Magda Bayoumi.

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