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“Celebrate Amnesty International's 50th Anniversary and International Human Rights Day”
Thursday, December 1, 2011
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Nye 'B', Taubman Conference Center (Taubman Building, Floor 5) Harvard Kennedy School of Government
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Celebrate Amnesty International's 50^th Anniversary and International Human Rights Day

a panel discussion with:

Alexandra Arriaga

Former Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton and
Chief of Staff to the President's special envoy for the Americas.

Pavel Litvinov

Human rights activist in the former Soviet Union, former prisoner of conscience
who participated in the Red Square demonstration in August 1968 protesting
the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Sowore Omoyele

Student activist and former prisoner of conscience in Nigeria.

Dr. William F. Schulz

Former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA.

and

Rose Styron

Poet and veteran activist.

moderated by:

Charlie Clements

Executive Director,
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Harvard Kennedy School

Joshua Rubenstein

Northeast Regional Director,
Amnesty International USA
Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

As a way of recognizing International Human Rights Day 2011, please join us for a unique retrospective and celebration of Amnesty International's first 50 years as a voice for human rights world-wide. The discussion will involve several individuals intimately involved in Amnesty's work and history.

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