Invitation: Public Conversation UNDOING THE COUP: 1973-2023

Good afternoon,
Please, see enclosed invitation to a public conversation commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile 1973 on September 11. Following the military coup, the Swedish Ambassador Harald Edelstam conducted several major actions using his diplomatic immunity to save the lives of more than one thousand people.
Among others, speakers are Mr. Stefan Löfven, former Prime Minister of Sweden, Dr. Carlos Castresana-Fernandez, author of the Pinochet case, Mrs. Gladys Leichtle, witness telling her and her husband’s story being rescued by Ambassador Harald Edelstam, and Ms. Caroline Edelstam, Ambassador Harald Edelstam’s granddaughter.
For further details of the program, please see attached invitation. Discussions will be moderated by Dr. Brian Palmer, a scholar of civic courage at Uppsala University.
Registration for participation at Stockholm University to linda.lingstedt@edelstamprize.org
The seminar will also be broadcast live:https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pDEHX_EvSdqK7FAoIaUFqQ#/registration
Kind regards,
The Edelstam Foundation
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