Human Rights Book Club - West Coast
Join others to read about and discuss human rights topics through non-fiction and literature.
Location
Online
About this event
West Coast Human Rights Book Club, sponsored by Amnesty International Sacramento Group.. We will meet online every 3 months, third Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM.
The next book discussion will be on Thursday May 16, 2024 online.
We are reading the book, Until We are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran, a memoir by Shirin Ebadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
For more info, contact amnestysacramento@gmail.com. A Zoom link will be sent the week of the book club meeting!
Low income or student? You can request a free copy here
Until We are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran, a memoir by Shirin Ebadi,
277 pages. Published in 2016.
Shirin Ebadi was the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She has assisted and inspired millions with her work as a human rights lawyer in Iran and she revealed the toll it took on her family who, along with her, were subjected to years of intimidation by the government.
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