World Tribunal on Iraq
Session on
Media Wrongs Against Truth and Humanity
Exposing the Politics of Disinformation
Rome
Aula Magna del Rettorato
Università degli Studi Roma Tre
10-13 February 2005
Statement - Call for Endorsement - List of Endorsers
Sponsorship Appeal - Press Release (09/02/05)
Proceedings
Confirmed Panel of Jury
Prof. Samir Amin Director, Third World Forum - Egypt/Senegal
Prof. Upendra Baxi Professor of Law, University of Warwick - India/UK
Prof François Houtart Director, Center Tricontinental - Belgium
Prof Margherita Hack Astronomist - Italy (waiting for confirmation)
Prof. Wangaari Mathai Nobel Peace Prize 2004, Minister of Environment -
Kenya
(waiting for confirmation)
Confirmed Participants
Dr. Corinne Kumar Director, El-Taller International, Coord. World Court
of Women,
Tunisia.
Danny Schechter MediaChannel, New York, Journalist/Film-maker (WMD - Weapons
of Mass Deception), USA
Dahr Jamail Independent Journalist, Alaska/Iraq
Isam Rasheed Iraq
Tahrir Swift Independent Journalist, Arab Media Watch, UK
Michele Santoro Journalist, MEP, Italy
Gabriele Zamparini Independent Film-maker (XXIst Century), Italy/UK
Fernando S. Del Solar Guerrero Azteca Project, US
Prof. David Miller Professor of Geography, Media Analyst (Ed. Tell Me
Lies), UK
Prof. Peter Phillips Director, Project Censored, USA
Anjali Kamat Independent Journalist, India/Egypt
Dr. Tony Alessandrini Human Rights Activist, WTI International, USA
Hana Albayaty Independent Film-maker, activist, Iraq/Belgium
Ayse Berktay Peace Initiative Turkey, WTI International Coordination Group,
Turkey
Patricia Alessandrini Composer, USA/France
Programme
10 February 2005
7.00 pm - 8.00 pm: Opening Ceremony and Introductory Statements
8.00 pm - 11.30 pm: Concert: Peoples' for Truth and Against War
11 February 2005
10.00 am - 10.30 am: Introduction - The Right and Duty to Truth
10.30 am - 1.30 pm: Truth-Telling in Context
'Media Wars' and the Histories of Media Propaganda, Disinformation and Resistance
On Ownership, Message and Profits
Theory and Practice of "Embeddedness"
The Silencing Of Dissent
1.30 pm - 2.30 pm: Lunch
2.45 pm - 5.00 pm: Media Wrongs Against the Peoples of Iraq: Aggression
Complicity in waging a war of aggression through disinformation
Complicity in denying peaceful resolution of situation
Complicity in distorting the Iraqi will
5.00 pm - 5.30 pm: Coffee
5.40 pm - 7.30 pm: Media Wrongs Against the Peoples of Iraq: Silence.
Silence on the realities of war, occupation, reconstruction, liberation and political transition.
Silence on truths of civilian suffering
Silence on Iraqi visions and rejections
12 February 2005
10.00 am - 1.30 pm: Media Wrongs Against the Peoples of the 'Coalition': Deception and Incitement
Complicity in willing a public to war
Deception on the political and economic motives of war and occupation
Silence on costs of war and occupation
Incitement of a public mood of fear and insecurity
1.30 pm - 2.30 pm: Lunch
2.45 pm - 6.00 pm: Media Wrongs Against Humanity: Exclusion and Usurpation
Distortion of the fundamental concerns and priorities of the global population
Complicity in enabling the corporate-military usurpation of visions of 'security'
Complicity in the exclusion and non-hearing of global voices for peace and justice
Complicity in denying the truths told by non-Western and alternative Media
13 February 2005
10.00 am - 1.30 pm: Celebrations of Compassionate Truth-Telling
Watching the Media
Blogging Towards Truth
Experiments of Peoples' Media
1.30 pm - 2.30 pm: Lunch
2.45 pm - 5.00 pm: Voices of Truth, Humanity and Wisdom
inter-cultural visions of the duty to truth and truth-telling
the poetics of non-violent futures
experiences of reclaimed voices
5.00 pm - 9.00 pm: Break
9.00 pm - 10.00 pm: Presentation of Preliminary Findings and Summary Statement of Judgement
10.00 pm - 10.15 pm: Concluding Statements
Awaiting Confirmation
Dr. Saadi Youssef Poet, Iraq/UK
Dr. Hamudi Jasim Iraq
David Barsamian Director, Alternative Radio, USA
P. Sainath Independent Journalist, Activist, India
Amy Goodman Democracy Now, Independent Journalist, USA
Kalpana Sharma Journalist, India
If you would like to provide additional support, either financial or back-up services, please contact WTI Italy at the following address:
Contact: Jayan Nayar - Walter Musco
Peoples' Law Programme
Lelio Basso International Foundation
Via della Dogana Vecchia, 5 - 00186 Rome Italy
Tel. 0039.06.68.65.352 - Fax 0039.06.68.77.774
wti-italia@libero.it