Dr. Paola Rivetti attends pre-launch of Scholars at Risk Network's Free to Think 2019 report

Scholars at Risk Ireland held an event at the Irish Centre for Human Rights Irish, Seminar Rooom at NUI Galway on Friday, 15 November. Dr. Paola Rivetti, Assistant Professor at School of Law and Government DCU, attended the pre-launch of Scholars at Risk report entitled "Free to Think 2019".

The event featured a conversation with Mansoureh Behkish, a women’s rights activist and currently a Scholar at Risk (SAR) based in the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR). She is part of the Mothers of Khavaran (Iran) and an activist amongst the Mothers of Laleh Park (Iran). As a supporter of non-violent resistance and a Human Rights Defender, she has spent the past three decades empowering survivors and victims of human rights abuses. As a result of her work she has faced continuous harassment, confiscation of her passport and violation of her right to travel and three terms of imprisonment. Mansoureh will share her story and her engagement with SAR.