Symposium on Hudood Ordinance

To ignore the plight of thousands of women who have been raped and jailed due to the Hudood Ordinance is not just apathy towards Pakistanis but an apathy towards mankind.

A symposium on Hudood Ordinance is being organized by ANAA (Asian American Network Against Abuse) on Saturday, July 8th in Chicago. This is a Pakistani-American group that has been responsible for highlighting the stories of Mukhtaran Mai and other victims that never got justice.

The speakers will be:

1. Shazia Khalid, a doctor by training who became a rape victim and was sent into asylum by the Pakistan Government

2. Justice Majida Rizvi. Justice Majida Rizvi had previously chaired a committee for the Government of Pakistan and had recommended a repeal of Hudood Ordinance.

3. Manzur Ejaz, a columnist for BBC, Daily Times and other publications

Date and time: Satuday, July 8, 2006, 12 p.m.
Location: Hyatt Regency, Regency Ballroom A
151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601

Be there to support our people and to learn more about how we can help in getting this unIslamic ordinance repealed!

For details about Shazia Khalid’s story and about ANAA,
visit: http://4anaa.org