A former British ambassador to Russia who also served in the United States after 9/11 will headline a lecture in Ely.
Sir Tony Brenton, who worked in Moscow between 2004 and 2008, will look at setbacks in democracy and human rights internationally at a talk inside Ely Cathedral.
A spokesperson for the Amnesty Ely Group said: “The focus of Sir Tony Brenton’s lecture is the fact that human rights appear to be in retreat globally.
"[This is] with the rise of populist governments and the Covid pandemic acting as a distraction that allowed rights abuses to go undetected.”
Sir Tony, a senior official at the British Embassy in Washington DC after 9/11, joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1975 and is a Fellow at Wolfson College in Cambridge.
The ‘Sir Tony Brenton – democracy and human rights; turning the ebbing tide’ lecture will take place on October 23 at 6pm; entry is free.
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