Helsinki Commission to Probe Trans-Atlantic Response to Iran Crisis

WASHINGTON – Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), Chairman of the United States Helsinki Commission, announced that the Commission will hold a hearing to discuss the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran and the prospects for a joint U.S.-European response:

THE IRAN CRISIS: A TRANSATLANTIC RESPONSE
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 9, 2005
192 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The confirmed panelists will be:

Mr. Jeff Gedmin
Director
Aspen Institute Berlin

Mr. Tom Melia
Deputy Executive Director
Freedom House

Ms. Goli Ameri
US Public Delegate to the UN Human Rights Commission

Dr. Karim Lahidji
Vice-President
International Federation of Human Rights

Ms. Manda Zand Ervin
Founder
Alliance of Iranian Women

Media contact

Email csce[dot]press[at]mail[dot]house[dot]gov

Phone 202.225.1901

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