Developing U.S. Responses to Countries that Torture: Survivor Witnesses from Four Continents
Date:
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 3:00pm
Location:
2168 Rayburn House Office Building
Announcement
Please join us for an important briefing on the effects of torture throughout the world and possible responses by the U.S. government to these serious crimes.
For more contact information, please contact Jann Futterman (TLHRC) at (202) 225-3599 or tlhrc@mail.house.gov.
Participants
Opening Remarks
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Rep. James P. McGovern, Co-Chair
Written remarks
Panelists
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Hussein Ahmed, Delegate, Oromia Support Group
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Yoseph Mulugeta, former Secretary General, Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO)
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Dr. Radwan Ziadeh, Visiting Scholar, Institute for Middle East Studies (IMES), Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University
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Nora Miselem, Coordinator, Office for the Attention of Victims, Honduran Commission of Truth
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Mary Aileen Bacalso, Secretary-General, Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
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Melissa Roxas, Co-Founder, Habi Arts and human rights activist
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Munawar Laghari, Executive Director, Sindhi American Political Action Committee (SAPAC) and Co-Founder, TASSC International
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Angana P. Chatterji, Professor, Social and Cultural Anthropology, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)
112th Congress