[Daviscenter-list] Dashed Hopes: Human Rights in the Former Soviet Union, 12/10/06

The Institute for Human Sciences at Boston University, in cooperation with Amnesty International, cordially invites you to *Dashed Hopes: Human Rights in the Former **Soviet Union*** * * *A community-wide Public Event in Observance of International Human Rights Day* * * *Sunday, December 10, 2006*** School of Management Boston University 595 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA *4:00 PM**: Babitsky's War* /Babitsky's// War/ is 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 *Alex**ander Verkhovsky* and *Tatiana Lokshina*, two human rights activists from Moscow. *6:00 PM**: Reception* *7:00 PM: Keynote Speech: The Honorable Jack Matlock*, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union under President Ronald Reagan** Matlock's 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 All events are free and open to the public | Inquiries: 617-358-2778 or ihs(a)bu.edu 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). http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/northeastern/humanrightsday12102006.html *Sponsors:* American Jewish Committee Amnesty International USA Anti-Defamation League Boston University Institute for Human Sciences Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Harvard University Center for Human Rights and International Justice Boston College 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 Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University */We would like to express our gratitude to the Reebok Foundation for its generous support of this program./*