Who's secure now?
The government talks a lot about '
national security' but voices asking 'security for whom' go unanswered. If we are safe, why don't we feel safe? And if the Howard government's actions in Iraq and elsewhere are making us less safe, what can we do about it? These are some of the questions raised in the
Seventh Annual Hawke Lecture,
Security for Whom? Redesigning Security, Reinforcing Human Rights, delivered by
Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International on Wednesday 8 September 2004. The full text of her speech is at
http://www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au/events/lectures/2004AHL_speech.htm
Posted by belinda at October 29, 2004 11:17 AM