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  • Date and time: Wednesday 15 June 2022, 1pm to 2.30pm
  • Location: Online only
  • Audience: Open to alumni, staff, students, the public
  • Admission: Free admission, booking required

Event details

Join Protection International, ProtectDefenders.eu, and the University of York's Human Rights Defender Hub in celebrating the winners of our HRDs Poetry Challenge.

ProtectDefenders.eu, Protection International and the HRD Hub are hosting a poetry reading to announce the winners of the HRDs Poetry Challenge. During this event we will hear from the three winners, launch the digital poetry publication featuring the top 30 finalists and engage in a discussion on the importance of protecting artists and activists amidst contexts of closing civic space.

Read about the finalists