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October 4-6, 2006 "YODOK STORY" Critically Acclaimed Musical Coming to Washington, DC October 4, 2006. Click here for more info [English/Korean] Wednesday, May 24 Amnesty International Local Group 211 Annual Film Screening Avalon Theater 5612 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20015 Spotlight on Human Rights Seoul Train (54 mins) An award-winning documentary exposing the life-and-death struggle of North Koreans attempting to flee their homeland through China. Aung San Suu Kyi Travels in Burma (20 mins) Rarely seen footage of the Nobel Prize Laureate in Kachin and Shan States; includes footage smuggled out of Burma. Guest Speakers: Debra Liang-Fenton, Executive Director, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Sein Myint, Director, The Burma Fund and Justice for Human Rights in Burma T. Kumar, Asia Advocacy Director, Amnesty International March 22, 2006 The U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and Life Funds for North Korean Refugees held a reception and panel discussion for the DC screening of the internationally acclaimed documentary SEOUL TRAIN. [download event flyer] January 16, 2006 U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Launches Korean-language Report on "Hunger and Human Rights: The Politics of Famine in North Korea" On Monday, January 16, the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights (NKNet) held a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, to mark the release of the Korean-language translation of the Committee's report "Hunger and Human Rights: The Politics of Famine in North Korea." The report is co-authored by the Committee's researchers, Professor Stephan Haggard and Dr. Marcus Noland. A link to the English language version of the report is provided below: www.hrnk.org/hunger/hungerReport05.pdf Dr. Noland addressed the results of this report as well as recent developments in North Korea, including the re-institutionalization of the public distribution system for food and the expulsion of the World Food Program and associated non-governmental organizations, as discussed in the authors' opinion piece in the International Herald Tribune. September 1, 2005 Haggard and Noland discuss Hunger and Human Rights: The Politics of Famine in North Korea Two consultants to the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Prof. Stephan Haggard of the Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies and director of the Korea-Pacific Program, University of California-San Diego, and Dr. Marcus Noland, senior fellow, Institute of International Economics, will hold an "Afternoon Newsmaker" News Conference on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 2 p.m. at the National Press Club, Zenger Room, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Haggard and Noland will discuss their report for the Committee, Hunger and Human Rights: The Politics of Famine in North Korea. North Korea said it is interested in resuming six-party negotiations on the nuclear issue. Not on the agenda, but which the Committee thinks should be, is human rights, including the right to food. For more information, contact: Peter Hickman, 202-662-7540 or 301-530-1210 or pjhickman@hotmail.com, for the National Press Club; or HRNK via 202-378-9579, Fax: 202-378-9407, or email. July 26, 2005 Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership (HOBY) World Leadership Congress Human Rights in North Korea Panel 10:00 am - 11:45 am The Lansburgh Theatre 450 7th Street NW Washington, DC 20004 Panelists:
Started in 1958, the HOBY program nationally reaches out to every public and private high school, as well as conducts international programs in Bolivia, Canada, Mexico, China, South Korea, Taiwan and Israel. HOBY's vision is "To motivate and empower individuals to make a positive difference within our global society through understanding and action based on effective and compassionate leadership." For more information, see www.hoby.org.
College Action Campaign Designed to increase awareness of human rights conditions in North Korea and to encourage student action, the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea launched its College Action Campaign in April 2004 at Indiana University in Bloomington. The College Action Campaign has brought activists, policy makers, academics and North Korean defectors to local communities to share information about the serious nature of human rights abuse in North Korea. Highlights of College Action Campaign events include:
July 16, 2003 Gulag, Famine, and Refugees: The Urgent Human Rights Crisis in North Korea Organized in cooperation with the Defense Forum Foundation and the National Endowment for Democracy. This event precedes the Endowment's 2003 Democracy Award presentation. Program: Opening Remarks Inter-Parliamentary Roundtable on the North Korean Refugee Crisis: Members of the International Parliamentarians’ Coalition for North Korean Human Rights and Refugees and Members of the U.S. Congress discuss policy recommendations for managing the North Korean refugee crisis. Keynote Speakers [webcast] Introductions by Richard V. Allen, Vice-Chairman, US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Panel I: The North Korean Gulag: The Testimony of Three Survivors [webcast] Panel II: Documenting the North Korean Gulag [webcast] Moderator: Debra Liang-Fenton September 4, 2002 The Gilsu Family Illustrations Renderings by North Korean Defector Children Hosted by Senator Sam Brownback, Senator Edward Kennedy, Congressman Gary Ackerman, Congressman Mark Kirk, Congressman Joe Pitts and the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. Exhibit and Reception in the Russell Senate Office
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Statement of Senator Edward Kennedy Senator Sam Brownback Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State Congressman Joe Pitts Congressman Mark Kirk Stephen J. Solarz, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Yun Hwa Han, musician (courtesy of the Korea Foundation) |
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