Welcome. Thank you all for being here. My name is Margaret Long hwong. We are very honored to welcome our colleagues across the globe and our secretary general for the very first time. Were launching amnesty human rightss report from in the United States. Its year the team of expert researchers puts together the report to document, statebystate, the situation of human rights around the world. With 159 countries and this years report, we have been able to identify some very common themes that we are seeing across the globe. Is the worrying rise in state sponsored discrimination and hate, which we have seen here in the United States as well. A more promising fame, is that we are also seeing rising levels of activism. That is exactly what Amnesty International is all about. I am very pleased today to be able to introduce my three colleagues from the Global Human Rights movement who are all ready to talk about the report and the important work that Amnesty International is doing. First, ou
This report to document state by state the situation of human rights around the world. With more than come with 159 countries in this years report we have been able to identify some very common themes that were seeing across the globe. One of these is the worrying rise in state sponsored discrimination and hate, which we have seen here in the United States as well. But a more promising theme is that we are also seeing rising levels of activism, which is exactly what Amnesty International is all about. Im very pleased today to be able to introduce my three colleagues from the Global Human Rights movement who are all ready to talk about the report and the important work that Amnesty International is doing. First, are secretarygeneral, salil shetty would give an overview of the report and the key themes that amnesty is highlighting this year. Next my colleague erika gueverarosas who is the americas director for amnesty, will speak to some of the human rights themes in our hemisphere inclu
Welcome, thank you all for being here. My name is margaret huong. Im the executive director of Amnesty International usa, and we are very honored today to welcome our colleagues from across the globe, and particularly our secretary general, for the for first time we are launching Amnesty Internationals human rights report here in the United States. Each year, amnestys International Team of experts and researchers puts together this report to document state by state the situation of human rights around the world. With more than with 159 countries in this years report, weve been able to identify some very common themes that were seeing across the globe. One of these is the worrying rise in statesponsored discrimination and hate, which we have seen here in the United States as well. But a more promising theme is that were also seeing rising levels of activism, which is exactly what Amnesty International is all about. Im very pleased today to be able to introduce my three colleagues from t
Captioning performed by vitac animals are testers for makeup while beasts are being shot. These are the creatures the old magna carta forget. No living creature no matter where should have to foot the bill. It doesnt matter who you are nor where you are from. New agenda, your race, your religion, we all just need to get along. We all live on the same planet and we all breathe the same air, so why should i have rights that others dont, how is that fair . So we need a new magna carta for all creatures great and small. [ cheers and applause ] monica, that was a wonderfully creative approach and i think that the enthusiastic reception that you enjoyed is its own testimony to the effectiveness and distinctiveness of your approach. That was your usp, and i do not think it will be forgotten in a very long time. So thank you. Aslanian from london. N from [ cheers and applause ] thank you, mr. Speaker. Now that is a hard act to follow, but ill try my best. The magna carta which was signed in ju
P. M. And midnight. Those are just a few of the programs we bring you this weekend. Visit booktv. Org for a complete schedule. Next on booktv, a presentation of this years paolucci bagehot book award winner, john fonte, author of sovereignty or submission. During the dinner mr. Fonte delivered a lecture based on his book. Its a little over an hour. [applause] thank you, mark. Im very honored, and its very flattering to be in such good company in previous winners of the paolucci bagehot award. Its also a great honor to receive this from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute which has done wonderful work in sustaining the Core Principles of american civic life. I also wish to extend condolences to the isa community for the recent loss of a greaptd lady and scholar, ann paolucci. Finally, id like to acknowledge that Henry Paolucci was a stalwart defender of American National sovereignty, and i hope that he would have been pleased in presenting this award to me, as pleased as i am in recei