Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival In Solidarity: An International Celebration of Arts and Human Rights 13-22 October 2023 “In a world where human rightscontinue to be under attack,Dublin Arts and Human RightsFestival sets out to celebrate the people who have stood up for them around the world and throughout history, and highlight the role artists can play in promoting a more just society.” – Kevin Courtney,Irish Times
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A Bahraini activist fears she may spend years in prison after she returns this week to support her father, a jailed pro-democracy protest leader who she says is on hunger strike.Maryam al-Khawaja told AFP she expects to be arrested on arrival in the Gulf kingdom, where she was convicted in absentia of assaulting police on her last visit in 2014, a charge she denies.Amnesty International secretary general Agnes Callamard will accompany Khawaja because "there is no other other option to save Abdulhadi's life", she said in an interview.