Sadakat Kadri

Sadakat Kadri

Sadakat Kadri (born in 1964 in London) is a lawyer, author, travel writer and journalist. One of his foremost roles as a barrister was to assist in the prosecution of former Malawian president Hastings Banda. As a member of the New York Bar he has worked as a volunteer with the American Civil Liberties Union. He has also specialised in freedom of information issues [ [http://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/sadakat_kadri.cfm Sadakat Kadri | Doughty Street Chambers ] ] , .

His parallel travel writing career started with a visit to Prague during the 1989 Velvet Revolution as one of only a handful of 'non-journalists' to actually observe the reality of the changes without being hamstrung by press conferences and filing deadlines. He stayed on in Prague for two years to pen the groundbreaking Cadogan Guide [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1860112145 Amazon.com: Prague, 2nd (City Guides - Cadogan): Books: Sadakat Kadri ] ] to that city. His 2005 book, The Trial [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375505504 Amazon.com: The Trial: A History, from Socrates to O. J. Simpson: Books: Sadakat Kadri ] ] was written after two and a half years spent in Manhattan having arrived shortly before September 11 2001. He currently lives in London and writes law-based articles for the British current affairs magazine New Statesman [ [http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/sadakat_kadri New Statesman - Sadakat Kadri ] ] .

elected works

*"Cadogan Guide to Prague - Cadogan, 1991"
*"The Trial - Harper Collins, 2005"

References

External links

* [http://www.thetrial.net/author.htm Author's Website for 'The Trial']


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