Archive for 5月, 2021
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THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 4 – 6 pm
In this fourth and final public event presented in conjunction with the Spring 2021 course “Human Rights in China,” join us for a panel conversation about the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and its implications for human rights struggles in China.
Panelists:
Teng Biao
Pozen Visiting Professor; academic lawyer and human rights activist
Dolkun Isa
President, World Uyghur Congress
Sophie Richardson
China Director, Human Rights Watch
Andrea Worden
Independent human rights researcher and advocate; William S. Reinsch
Practitioner-Instructor, Johns Hopkins University
Minky Worden
Director of Global Initiatives, Human Rights Watch
Moderator:
Johanna Ransmeier
Associate Professor of History and the College, University of Chicago
Presented in partnership with the Department of History and the Center for East Asian Studies.
Monday, May 24, 2021Hoover Institution, Stanford University
The Hoover Institution and the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society hosts Toward a Democratic China: What Role Can Outsiders Play? on Monday, May 24 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Is there an appetite for democracy in China? Is the regime’s monopoly on political power invincible? Can and should outsiders help Chinese reformers achieve democracy? If so, how? Is regime change possible, anytime soon? Will it lead to democracy or chaos?
Featuring: Roger Garside Former British diplomat, Teng Biao Pozen Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Grove Human Rights Scholar, Hunter College, CUN, Elizabeth Economy Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Orville Schell Arthur Ross Director, Center on U.S.-China Relations Asia Society, and Glenn Tiffert Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
The Academy, Politics and Society: How a Troubled World Affects Universities and Activism
Posted: 2021年05月12日 in Events Posts
Friday, May 7, 2021, 12:00PM to 2:00PM (EDT)
Join us on May 7 from 12:00pm-2:00pm EDT for the New University in Exile Consortium spring conference about the global attacks on academic freedom. The keynote speaker is Éric Fassin, Professor of sociology and Co-chair of the Gender Studies Department, Paris 8 University, who will talk about “Academic Engagement: Critical Thought in the Age of Authoritarian Neoliberalism.” The keynote will be followed by presentations from four New University in Exile Consortium Scholars.
This is the third conference organized by the New University in Exile Consortium, based at The New School in New York. The Consortium was launched in September 2018 with the mission to create an intellectual community among exiled scholars hosted by Consortium university and college member institutions.
More Information: Academic freedom is a concept linked to the universal ideal of “free opinion, expression and belief” mentioned in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Art. 19). In 2011, the UN Human Rights Committee recognized freedom of opinion as “essential for any society” and “indispensable for the full development of the person.” It created an obligation for states to protect, “all forms of opinion,” including opinions of a “political, scientific, historic, moral or religious nature” (Human Rights Committee, 102nd session, 2011, General Comment No 34).
Despite these declarations, those exercising their right to academic freedom have repeatedly suffered from intimidation, censorship, arrest, and exile. No global treaty explicitly declares “academic freedom” a fundamental right and there are no legal consequences attached to infringing on the right to free expression. In 2019, the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) noted that in more than 60 countries there have been “repressive and potentially repressive government practices against higher education institutions, including academics and students” (ICNL, March 2019). The Covid-19 pandemic has only increased the pressure on scholars, especially when the state of health emergency is used to hide political abuses and acts of repression.
Registered attendees will receive the Zoom link via email.
Presented by the New University in Exile Consortium at The New School for Social Research.
May 20th, 2021
4:00 P.M. EST
Author Sam Cooper will talk about his journey as an investigative journalist as he uncovered the most remarkable story of drug dealers, CCP Spies, Billionaire tycoons with links to lawyers and politicians. This is a story about how the CCP and transnational criminals have become the most serious threat to Canadian sovereignty and security according to many of his domestic and global sources.
Subjects Covered
The UFW’s Secret Weapon
Transnational Organized Crime in partnership with Governments
Money Laundering in Canada, A 100 Billion dollar enterprise
With Dr. Teng Biao DR. Charles Burton, Ivy Li, Benedict Rogers and our feature guest author Sam Cooper
About this Event
The Chinese Communist Party is determined to reshape the world in its image and Vancouver and Canada became the North American headquarters for drug, espionage and intelligence-gathering operations. The CCP functions not by Rule of Law but rather Law by Rule and we have apparently not been up to the task of combatting the threat because many within our political leadership welcomed the incursion as a counter to America along with the illusion that hitching our wagon to this rising power would provide Canada with untold economic and political power in the emerging Asian economy.
Event Details
- Time: 4 pm – 5:15 pm EDT (convert to your local time here)
- Date: Thursday, May 20, 2020
- Location: This is an online event. We will share the link with registered attendees.
Opening Remarks
- Dean Baxendale, President and Publisher, Optimum Publishing International and CEO of the China Democracy Foundation
Presenters
- Dr. Teng Biao, Human Rights lawyer and visiting professor at the University of Chicago. He was arrested on two occasions by the CCP and spent over 2 months in detention
- Dr. Charles Burton a former diplomat in China and one of Canada’s foremost scholars on the rise of China and its global ambitions.
- Benedict Rogers, Managing Director of Hong Kong Watch. he also heads the UK Conservative Party’s Human Rights Committee
- Ivy Li, Core member of the Canadians for Hong Kong and “the Move the Games” Campaign
Moderator
- Dean Baxendale, CEO of Optimum and the China Democracy Foundation
FAQs
I would like to ask a question to be answered by the panel. How can I do that?
We recommend submitting questions to the panelists before the event using this form: https://forms.gle/nv8AmB2pqW5hDCnn9
By using this form, you will help us keep all of the questions together in one place. We will get through as many questions as time allows during the event.
How can I attend this event?
This will be an online-only event. To attend, please register here and you will be sent the link to the live video feed. A reminder email will be sent two hours before the event begins, and this email will also contain the link to the event video.
What if I can’t attend the event at the scheduled time?
A link to the event video will be emailed to all registrants after the event ends, so you will be able to watch the recording later. Additionally, if you want to ask a question, you can submit your question to the panel in advance of the event through this form: https://forms.gle/nv8AmB2pqW5hDCnn9
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