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Liberty Lecture: Nazir Afzal OBE The Prosecutor

Thursday 24 February 2022

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Join us for a fascinating and important talk from Nazir Afzal OBE.

As the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England, it was his job to make sure the most complex, violent and harrowing crimes made it to court, and that their perpetrators were convicted.

From violence against women and girls to child sexual abuse and honour-based violence, he has been at the forefront of some of the most high-profile cases in the country during his 24-year career. Afzal’s critically-acclaimed memoir, The Prosecutor, published in 2020, is currently being adapted for a British multipart drama and his BBC R4 Desert Island Discs was the 2nd most listened to in 2021.

Iyiola Solanke, Professor of EU Law and Social Justice in the School of Law, University of Leeds, will chair the talk.

DARE Liberty Lecture in association with the University of Leeds

Price

£8

Start time
7.30pm

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Nazir Afzal

Nazir is a tutor for several leadership programmes in the public and private sector and has made presentations to dozens of diverse organisations in this country and abroad.

He gives a considerable amount of time to charitable work and is trustee and Patron of several NGOs including ServiceSix, Samantha Sykes Foundation, Halo Project and was Chair of the Prince of Wales’ Mosaic Trust.

Nazir has received many accolades, and in 2005 he was awarded an OBE by the Queen for his work. His next book, Race to the Top, is due out in Sept 2022.

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