The prominent British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah will be in conversation at an Amnesty International UK event in London on Wednesday 27 March (19:30-20:45).

The award-winning medic rose to international prominence after giving media interviews from Gaza in October and November, providing a powerful first-person account of the extreme challenges confronting Palestinian medical workers as they desperately battled to treat the wounded amid Israel’s huge bombardment of the territory. 

Other speakers at the event will include Sarah Agha, the Irish-Palestinian actor who recently co-presented the acclaimed BBC documentary The Holy Land and Us. Further speakers will be confirmed ahead of the event. 

The event will include a Q/A session and is followed by an informal drinks reception. The event is free, but booking is required via this site. 

For information on Amnesty’s human rights work on the Israel-Palestine crisis, go here. Amnesty continues to call for an immediate ceasefire by all side, with more than 75,000 people supporting a petition calling on the UK government to do likewise. 

Key details

What: in-conversation event with Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, Sarah Agha and others

Where: Amnesty International UK office, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA

When: Wednesday 27 March 2024, 19:30-20:45