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"North Korea: Human Rights Ground Zero"
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January 27 USCIRF hearing at UCLA Law School
Washington. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal agency, will hold a public, on-the-record hearing titled "North Korea: Human Rights Ground Zero" on January 27 in Los Angeles, CA at the UCLA School of Law. The hearing will focus on the conditions of human rights, including religious freedom, in North Korea, the plight of North Korean refugees, and recommendations for U.S. policy.
Commenting on a nighttime satellite photo of the Korean peninsula showing South Korea awash in light and North Korea in virtual darkness, President George W. Bush said that the photo is proof of the "light and opportunity that comes with freedom and the dark that comes with a regime that's repressive and holds its own people back."
"The human rights crisis in North Korea should be at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy and underscores the moral obligation of all nations and free people everywhere to help and give hope to those who are oppressed," said USCIRF Chair Michael K. Young.
WHAT: "North Korea: Human Rights Ground Zero"
WHEN: Tuesday, January 27, 2004, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA School of Law, Room 1347 - Los Angeles, California
Commissioners will hear testimony from the following confirmed participants:
David Hawk, Senior Researcher, U.S. Committee on Human Rights in North Korea and author of The Hidden Gulag, a major ground-breaking report on North Korea's prison camps
Reverend Isaac (last name withheld), Cornerstone Ministry (assists religious believers in North Korea)
Suzanne Sholte, President, Defense Forum Foundation (provides bipartisan educational programs on defense, national security, foreign policy and human rights issues specifically for the benefit of Congress)
Roger Winter, Director, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Washington. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal agency, will hold a public, on-the-record hearing titled "North Korea: Human Rights Ground Zero" on January 27 in Los Angeles, CA at the UCLA School of Law. The hearing will focus on the conditions of human rights, including religious freedom, in North Korea, the plight of North Korean refugees, and recommendations for U.S. policy.
Commenting on a nighttime satellite photo of the Korean peninsula showing South Korea awash in light and North Korea in virtual darkness, President George W. Bush said that the photo is proof of the "light and opportunity that comes with freedom and the dark that comes with a regime that's repressive and holds its own people back."
"The human rights crisis in North Korea should be at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy and underscores the moral obligation of all nations and free people everywhere to help and give hope to those who are oppressed," said USCIRF Chair Michael K. Young.
WHAT: "North Korea: Human Rights Ground Zero"
WHEN: Tuesday, January 27, 2004, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - UCLA School of Law, Room 1347 - Los Angeles, California
Commissioners will hear testimony from the following confirmed participants:
David Hawk, Senior Researcher, U.S. Committee on Human Rights in North Korea and author of The Hidden Gulag, a major ground-breaking report on North Korea's prison camps
Reverend Isaac (last name withheld), Cornerstone Ministry (assists religious believers in North Korea)
Suzanne Sholte, President, Defense Forum Foundation (provides bipartisan educational programs on defense, national security, foreign policy and human rights issues specifically for the benefit of Congress)
Roger Winter, Director, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
