The human rights activist arrived in Maine in December to accept Colby College's first Oak Foundation Human Rights Fellowship. Ahmed was arrested for sedition in 1995 by Pakistani authorities after writing a series of stories detailing the slave-like working conditions for children in his country. He has been granted a 90-day exit visa to teach and lecture in the United States.
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
For more information, call 581-3860. Speakers do not necessarily present socialist or Marxist viewpoints.