Darfur's Defender (Voices on Genocide Prevention)
Series: Voices on Genocide Prevention
From: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Length: 00:22:18
Mossaad Mohamed Ali, a lawyer, an environmentalist and a human rights defender based in Nyala, South Darfur, is the coordinator of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, Mossaad talks about his involvement to provide legal advice and representation to hundreds facing human rights violations in Darfur and the situation there as it exists today.
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Mossaad Mohamed Ali, a lawyer, an environmentalist and a human rights defender based in Nyala, South Darfur, is the coordinator of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, Mossaad talks about his involvement to provide legal advice and representation to hundreds facing human rights violations in Darfur and the situation there as it exists today.
Broadcast History
Posted to US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Web site on September 20, 2007 and is available on various Web-based distribution sites, namely iTunes.
Transcript
SEPTEMBER 20, 2007, DARFUR'S DEFENDER
JERRY FOWLER: My guest today is Mossaad Mohamed Ali. He is a lawyer and human rights defender based in Nyala, South Darfur. And as coordinator of the Amel Center for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture, in 2006 he shared the Olof Palme Prize with former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. The Prize recognized their work to protect human rights, peace and security. Mossaad welcome to the program.
MOSSAAD MOHAMED ALI: Thank you, welcome.
JERRY FOWLER: It is very good to have you here. I understand you are in the country originally to attend a conference of human rights defenders organized by Human Rights First and the Carter Center in Atlanta. And I was wondering how did you get involved in human rights work to begin with?
MOSSAAD MOHAMED ALI: My involvement in human rights activities it was since I was in at the Uni...
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