[Daviscenter-list] Human Rights Day Program in Boston: Sunday, December 10

Commemorating Human Rights Day Sunday, December 10 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Boston University School of Management 595 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA Dashed Hopes: Human Rights in the Former Soviet Union A community-wide Public Event in Observance of International Human Rights Day 4:00 p.m.: Babitsky's War, an hour long film about the efforts of the Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky to cover the war in Chechnya. The film will be followed by a discussion with Alexander Verkhovsky and Tatiana Lokshina, two human rights activists from Moscow. 7:00 p.m.: Keynote Speaker The Honorable Jack Matlock former U.S. ambassdor to the Soviet Union under President Ronald Reagan His book Reagan and Gorbachev is a seminal work on the dramatic events surrounding Gorbachev's reforms and the eventual break-up of the Soviet Union. Following Ambassador Matlock's speech, there will be a panel discussion with: Nikolai Butkevich, Researcher, Union of Councils for Jews in the former Soviet Union Nozima Kamalova, Legal Aid Society in Uzbekistan Scholar at Risk program, Harvard University Tatiana Lokshina, DEMOS Center, Moscow sponsors American Jewish Committee Amnesty International USA Anti-Defamation League Boston University Institute for Human Sciences Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Center for Human Rights and International Justice Facing History and Ourselves Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies International Committee for the Children of Chechnya Jewish Community Relations Council John F. Kennedy Library and Museum Physicians for Human Rights Sakharov Human Rights Program, Davis Center for Russianand Eurasian Studies We would like to express our gratitude to the Reebok Foundation for its generous support of this program. DECEMBER 10 - PARKING All guests coming to the "Human Rights Day" are welcome to use the Boston University - School of Management Parking from 3pm to 9:30pm. There is a single charge of $6 for the duration of the event (pay on entry). Boston University School of Management 595 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/northeastern/humanrightsday12102006.html