LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A human rights activist from Syria is scheduled to speak next week in Lawrence about the turmoil in his country.
The University of Kansas says that Radwan Ziadeh will be at the university’s Dole Institute of Politics on Tuesday for a free afternoon forum. Institute director Bill Lacy said Ziadeh will discuss Syria’s current struggle.
Ziadeh has been involved in documenting human rights violations since the Syrian uprising began. Last year he was elected director of the Foreign Relations Office for the Syrian National Council, the main umbrella organization for the Syrian opposition.
He’s a senior fellow at the U.S Institute of Peace and a fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding in Washington, D.C.
