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Please join Amnesty International and War on Want to hear about the remarkable work of Abahlali baseMjondolo (‘people of the shacks’), a movement campaigning for the rights of many thousands of South Africans living without access to adequate housing and at risk of forced evictions.

The evening includes a a screening of the 20 minute short version of the film, Dear Mandela, the story of the emergence of Abahlali, its courageous response to the numerous challenges it has faced and its campaign against forced evictions, which led to the constitutional court victory in 2009.

VENUE: Human Rights Action Centre, 17 - 25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA
DATE AND TIME: Friday 7 October 2011 at 6:30 p.m.
CONTACT: Caroline Elliot, War on Want
Attn Africa Programme, Amnesty International, amnestyis[at]amnesty.org
PRICE: FREE
BOOKING: book your space

Caroline Elliot, from War on Want, will introduce the evening’s programme, which includes a screening of the 20 minute short version of the film, Dear Mandela, the story of the emergence of Abahlali, its courageous response to the numerous challenges it has faced and its campaign against forced evictions, which led to the constitutional court victory in 2009.

Bandile Mdlalose, the Secretary General of Abahlali, will provide a first-hand account of the realities experienced by shack-dwellers and of incidents of harassment and threats against Abahlali’s members and supporters because of their activism.

Mary Rayner, AI’s researcher onSouth Africa, will speak about AI’s monitoring and support work for Abahlali members violently displaced in late 2009 from their homes atKennedy Roadinformal settlement and for others who were at risk of an unfair trial in the aftermath of the attacks.