[act-ma] 10/20 Anatomy of the Iron Fist: Police Violence in Democratic South America

[Charlie Welch]

Anatomy of the Iron Fist: Police Violence in Democratic South America 
<http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/node/3367>
*Date:* Monday, October 20, 2008
*Time:* 5:00 - 6:30 pm
*Location:* CGIS South, S-354, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
*Contact:* Katherine Tan, ktan at fas.harvard.edu

John Sheffield will discuss the rise of police brutality against the 
poor under Latin American democracies and how grassroots human rights 
groups have begun to respond. This presentation will be based on first 
hand images and testimony, followed by discussion.

This event is the first of the new montly series: Human Rights 
Uncensored: Students Stories from Latin America.
Sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 
and the Harvard Human Rights Advocates Latin American Advocacy Branch./ 
/Light dinner will be provided.