This is the chance to get closer to the reality of Bahrain!

We, Crossing-Borders now have the unique chance to invite two Bahraini ladies; Maryam Al-Khawaja (Daughter of Abdul-Hadi AlKhawaja) & Dr. Fatima Haji from Bahrain who was arrested and tortured in Bahrain.
She will come and tell us about what she has been through and about the current situation on the soil of Bahrain.

Dr. Fatima Haji's bio:
Fatima Salman Hassan Haji - is a Bahraini internal medicine specialist and rheumatologist, as well as the Co-Founder of BRAVO (Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organization).
Fatima Haji is one of the doctors who witnessed the brutality of the Bahraini authorities' crackdown against pro-democracy protestors gathered at the Pearl Roundabout, and worked to provide in April 2011. She is one of 48 medical professionals, who were arrested tortured to extract false confessions and prosecuted for treating patients.
Dr. Haji was kidnapped and imprisoned for 3 weeks, denied sleep and food, electrocuted, her life was threatened, she was threatened with rape and forced to confess to crimes that she did not commit. She was convicted on felony charges and sentenced in a military court to five years in prison but was acquitted in the High Appeal Court in June 2012. Dr. Haji continues to be suspended from work since April 2011, for treating patients. Since her release she has worked tirelessly to found the Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organization and advocate for human rights in Bahrain.
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights will also be launching a report about the Access to Health Situation in Bahrain and the attacks on medics.

I know this is a VERY short notice, but since unique opportunities come once in a while, and all of a sudden, I would like you all to spend 2 hours of your lives, to listen to a story which will never be presented in any other media.

Contact information
Tuba Shah - Event Coordinator
Tel. no: +45-52303551
Email: tuba.s.syed@gmail.com
Website: www.crossingborders.dk

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