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 Alexander 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@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