Event held by Ahle Bayt society at Imperial College London , BAHRAIN: Not My Problem? The levels of bad attitude and aggression in particular from the event organisers and the panel was disgusting. Extremely disgraceful attack on Freedom of Speech.
Lady was threatened when asking a question to Mehdi Hassan of the new statesman and the Guardian. Her question was related to Mehdi's earlier comments during his speech and very relevant, however because it was challenging, she was spoken to rudely and demoralised by member of audience and leader of panel. Other men received the same levels of aggressive treatment when trying to raise questions. Just plain horrible- was hoping to learn a thing or two
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