Amnesty International's Sri Lanka Experts Available for Interviews

Sri Lanka Country Specialist Jim McDonald, Middle East/North Africa Advocacy
Director Zahir Janmohamed Available to Comment on Human Rights Concerns in the
Country

The following Amnesty International experts are available to comment on the
ongoing human rights crisis in Sri Lanka:

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Jim McDonald, Sri Lanka country specialist

McDonald has served as the organization's country specialist on Sri Lanka for
almost two decades and has testified on behalf of Amnesty International before
the U.S. Congress on the ongoing conflict there. He is a lawyer and a
long-time human rights activist.

McDonald has traveled extensively throughout Asia and the South Pacific.
Currently, he writes about the dire humanitarian crisis in the Wanni region of
Sri Lanka on the organization's blog "Human Rights Now!" To see his posts,
visit: http://blog.amnestyusa.org/.

Zahir Janmohamed, advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa

At Amnesty International, Janmohamed helps coordinate the organization's
lobbying and community organizing on Middle East/North Africa-related issues.
In addition, he also focuses on Sri Lanka. He has traveled and worked
extensively in South Asia and worked on a film project in Pakistan on
sectarian violence.

Previously, Janmohamed worked for the Center for the Study of Islam and
Democracy where he organized conferences in Nigeria and Sudan on the
democratization process. In 2002, he was an eyewitness to the communal
violence in Gujarat, India that left thousands of Muslims dead. He has since
spoken at more than 25 universities and his articles have been published in
more than 30 publications.

To schedule an interview with McDonald or Janmohamed, please contact the AIUSA
media office at 202-544-0200 x302 or e-mail lspann@aiusa.org.

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CONTACT: AIUSA media office, +1-202-544-0200 x302, lspann@aiusa.org

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