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***
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*A community-wide Public Event in Observance of International Human
Rights Day*
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*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./*