Voice in the Wilderness
Peace activist Jo Wilding will speak on her experiences in Iraq during the invasion and bombing, and on the current situation. There will be time for questions and discussion.
Monday 14 July at 7.30 pm
All Hallows Church, 24 Regent Terrace, Leeds LS6 1NP
On 13 February 2003, as an attack on Iraq looked more and more likely, Jo Wilding went to Iraq to act as an observer. At the time she said:
I am leaving for Iraq today to act as a human-rights observer. I shall be gathering evidence on breaches of the Geneva Conventions and other humanitarian law for legal challenges being brought by CND and Peacerights against the British government.
Over the next six and a half weeks Jo lived in Baghdad, and her Iraq diary — a powerful and moving account of her experiences — was published in the Guardian and on the Internet, becoming a welcome humanitarian alternative to the propaganda of the US and UK governments and to the voices of ‘embedded’ journalists.
As part of a national speaking tour, Jo will be at All Hallows Church in Leeds on Monday 14 July at 7.30 pm. She will speak on her experiences and also on the current situation in Iraq. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.
Further details: 0113 242 2205