Good morning everybody. Please take your seats we will start our program. Welcome to the Hudson Institute i direct the director for really jet religious freedom happy holidays and i also want to draw your attention to the crisis in china against the population there it is one of the worst with religious persecutions of our day or hour age it is a crisis of religious persecution and of Human Rights Violations of epic proportions. All people should be concerned for china and the rising power that seems to make us a model not just within its borders but exporting the model it is a deep concern to me as someone who monitors religious freedom around the world. It is my deep privilege to introduce the ambassador at large from the state Department Sam brownback who will be giving the keynote address in just a moment ago i have known the ambassador for about 25 years when he was in the Senate Working together including suda sudan. So i am very pleased in this position and someone who has been
Good morning everybody. Please take your seats we will start our program. Welcome to the Hudson Institute i direct the director for really jet religious freedom happy holidays and i also want to draw your attention to the crisis in china against the population there it is one of the worst with religious persecutions of our day or hour age it is a crisis of religious persecution and of Human Rights Violations of epic proportions. All people should be concerned for china and the rising power that seems to make us a model not just within its borders but exporting the model it is a deep concern to me as someone who monitors religious freedom around the world. It is my deep privilege to introduce the ambassador at large from the state Department Sam brownback who will be giving the keynote address in just a moment ago i have known the ambassador for about 25 years when he was in the Senate Working together including suda sudan. So i am very pleased in this position and someone who has been
Next, look at human rights guss against muslim groups in northwest china. This Panel Includes a journalist who reported on the Chinese Governments establishment of reEducation Centers, targeting muslim my importants and a human rights activist. Welcome to the Hudson Institute, im nina shea, and i want to wish everyone happy holidays holidays and im also want to draw your attention to the crisis in china against the us uyghur population the. One of the worst relation rights and percent accuse situations of our day and age. It is a crisis of religious persecution and Human Rights Violations of epic proportions. And will be hearing more pout that through the session today. All people should be concerned for china as a rising power, aimed to make this a model, not only for other groups within its borders but is exporting this model. It is of deep concern to me as someone who monitors freedom around the world, and i know it is to you here in this room in the audience, and it is my deep priv
And also, bill hampton freds brother and freds sister. And [indiscernible] who was also in the apartment that night in the brook truce berkshires. She is here tonight also. [applause] i want to thank northwestern and bernadine for bringing together such a prestigious and accomplished panel. I feel like now, i can sit down and hear what they have to say. I am and all of the people who are here tonight and their accomplishments. Bernadine fork putting it together and for being one of the inspirations for wired with this book. It was bernadine mentioned that fred hampton spoke at Northwestern University law School Almost exactly 40 years ago to the day. The person who introduced him was a young law student by the name of [indiscernible] who is sitting in the front row. Butrently, i wasnt there he stammered through an introduction of fred. Fred. Red got when fred got up he chided him and said you better get it together. He also knew that he had helped him get out on appeal bond. As you kno
Saying the final battle was a rise. And a passing plea for me and miles leader for the worlds top court to throw out a case of genocide on range of minorities. First the british Prime Minister baraks johnsons decision to call a snap election looks to have paid off official results from thursdays vita coming in but the exit polls are indicating that his conservative party is well on calls to win its biggest majority in decades now if its confirmed johnson will gain crucial control of parliament to push through bracks it will brennan begins our coverage. The 1st results came in traditional labor strongholds in northeast england to dramatically reduce labor majorities seems to confirm the accuracy of the exit poll results stress then became the 1st labor seat to form a 10 percent swing the conservatives win here. The 1st time since 1950 s. 17 times was the lucky the exit poll had predicted 368. 00 conservative m. P. s with just 191. 00 for labor Boris Johnsons parliamentary majority would