Media panel: Has the media turned its back on human rights? (Amnesty HRC 2011)

A media panel debate and discussion the role of media in the promotion, protection and defence of human rights.

Speakers include Sophie Black (writer, journalist and editor of Crikey), Hugh Riminton (Channel TEN's national political editor), Mark Dodd (The Australian's Canberra based defence/foreign affairs writer), Michael Ware (former correspondent for Time Magazine and CNN). Moderated by Jeff Waters (senior ABC Journalist and author).

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Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million people working to defend human rights and dignity. In 2011 we celebrated our 50th year. On 6 -- 8 October 2011, we drew on that fifty years of experience to hold our biggest ever Human Rights Conference at Royal on the Park in Brisbane, Queensland.

We assembled an impressive array of human rights defenders, experts and commentators to lead a series of lectures, discussions and workshops over three days -- all focused around the conference theme of 'Change the World'.

Find out more by visiting http://www.amnesty.org.au/

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