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Mar 2022
2h 22m

The International People’s Tribunal on U...

SINA RAHMANI (@URORIENTALIST)
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In collaboration with international scholar activists and legal experts, the People’s Tribunal hosted an introductory webinar to discuss the urgent need to take legal action against U.S. sanctions and economic coercive measures session on March 18.

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https://solidarityiran.org/

Moderator: Helyeh Doutaghi, Doctoral Candidate in Law & Legal Studies at Carleton University, Canada

Dr. Eva Nanopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary University of London, England

Dr. Grasian Mkodzongi, Executive Director at Tropical Africa-Land and Natural Resources Research Institute, Zimbabwe

Carlos Ron, President of the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples, Venezuela

Vira Ameli, Interdisciplinary Researcher, Iran

Motee Abumusabeh, Political and Media Activist, Gaza, Palestine

María Lucrecia Hernández, Attorney, Directora de la ONG Sures, Venezuela

 

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