Dissent and Democracy: An Audience with Anwar Ibrahim

Venue: Bonython Hall

Introduced by Sophie Black, 2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas Director, Hon. Jay Weatherill, Premier of South Australia, and Nick Xenophon, Senator for South Australia. In conversation with Waleed Aly on a broad range of issues relating to politics in Malaysia, Australia and the rest of the world, all in the context of political process, open democracy, Islam, and the protection of human rights. By way of background, Malaysian students studying in Adelaide were told by their Government that their scholarships may be withdrawn if they attended this event.