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Human Rights in China and Vietnam
Date:November 19, 2008
Time:2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Speaker(s):

Dimon Liu
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow,
Council of Independent Colleges

Dr. Binh Nguyen
Chairwoman,
International Committee for Human Rights in Vietnam,
International Protection of Prisoners of Conscience

Sophie Richardson
Asia Advocacy Director,
Asia Division,
Human Rights Watch

Host(s):

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Details:

Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium

Hu Jia, a Chinese human rights activist, has just received the Sakharov Prize, awarded by the European Parliament.  But Hu is a political prisoner in China.  A few months ago, eight Vietnamese received the Hellman/Hammett Award for their work in human rights.  They are in prison in Vietnam.  Our panelists will reflect on the actual human rights situation in these two countries.
 
 

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