Robert Fisk – journalist, author, truth teller (Wellington)
Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand is proud to host Robert Fisk as guest speaker for its 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) lecture series.
“The first casualty when war comes is truth” Hiram Johnson
Robert Fisk’s truth telling has endeared him to those crying out for their story to be told and thinking people around the world….. and not at all to those found wanting in his concise, outraged reportage from the Middle East.
“My own journalism over the past five years has concentrated more and more on the sheer hypocrisy of the political-military-journalistic nexus of power which is deployed to fool us, to persuade us to follow policies which are contrary to our national interest and against all morality.” – Robert Fisk, The Age of the Warrior
What: Hear Robert Fisk talk about his career and journalism generally during an evening chaired by SCOOP journalist Gordon Campbell.
Venue: Embassy Theatre, 10 Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington
Cost: $25 per person, or $20 for students with a valid ID (services fees may apply). All proceeds will benefit Amnesty International. Tickets via Ticketek, http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=ROBERTFR08
With more than 30 years reporting on the Middle East Robert Fisk is the most decorated British foreign correspondent. He writes daily for the Independent and has been awarded the British International Journalist of the Year Award seven times. He has also received the Amnesty International UK Press Award twice and been multiply short-listed for it.
Journalist and author, Robert Fisk needs little introduction to New Zealand audiences – his book, The Great War for Civilisation has sold more per capita here than any other country.
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