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DESCRIPTION:International Rivers Network invites you to a lecture by Ali Askouri, 
 Sudanese human rights activist.\n  \nMr. Askouri, originally from a 
 community that would be affected by the Merowe Dam (also known as the 
 Hamadab Dam), currently lives in exile in London. Formerly a senior officer 
 for the Central Ministry of Planning in Sudan, he is currently the 
 President of the Leadership Office of Hamadab Affected People. He 
 coordinates the struggle to protect the rights of people threatened by the 
 Merowe Dam.\n \nThe Merowe Dam will displace more than 50,000 people from 
 the Nile Valley to the Nubian Desert. In addition to its serious livelihood 
 impacts, the project will tear apart communities, increase diseases, and 
 have far-reaching environmental impacts. The 174-km-long reservoir will 
 inundate an area of Sudan rich in history dating back 5,000 years.\n 
 \nDissent has been met with violent repression, yet the affected people 
 continue the struggle to have their voices heard.\n  \nInternational Rivers 
 Network protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend 
 on them. IRN opposes destructive dams and the development model they 
 advance, and encourages better ways of meeting people's needs for water, 
 energy and protection from destructive floods. IRN has supported Ali 
 Askouri's work since 2004.\n\n\n\n.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/06/18373232.php
SUMMARY:Sudan Activist on Forced Displacement and the Merowe Dam: The Other Human Rights Crisis
LOCATION:Morgan Lounge in Morgan Hall on the UC Berkeley Campus.\n\nMorgan Hall is 
 near the intersection of University Ave. and Oxford Ave. on the northwest 
 corner of the UC Berkeley campus, between Mulford and Tolman Halls. Enter 
 Morgan Lounge directly through the eastside of the building by the 
 terrace.\nA campus map showing Morgan Hall is available here: 
 http://www.berkeley.edu/map/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/06/18373232.php
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