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April 27, 2017
The Carter Center said Thursday that Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will make an appearance there with former President Jimmy Carter on the evening of May 8. Whats being described as a conversation about human rights will close the first day of the Carter Centers annual Human Rights Defenders Forum.
The conversation isnt open to the public, although plans are to live-stream it, the Carter Center says.
More than 70 activists, peacemakers, and community leaders from 31 countries will convene May 8 - 9 to discuss strategies for protecting human rights in the wake of rising authoritarianism.
Among those scheduled to attend the forum, Freedom from Fear: Securing Rights in Challenging Time, are Olga Zakharova, founder and director of Russias Freedom Files; Musa Mahmodi, executive director of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, and Maryam Al-Khawaja, a special advisor on human rights in Bahrain. Others slated to speak are Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström and Andrew Gilmour, representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. These daytime sessions, including a concluding Q & A with President Carter, will be webcast live on cartercenter.org.
http://www.ajc.com/news/jimmy-carter-bernie-sanders-talk-human-rights-the-carter-center/i9hnEiWKzxUmhq1HDL68AI/
malaise
(268,976 posts)Love it
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I hope it's live streamed.
Thanks for keeping us in the loop, Donkees!
babylonsister
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(21,675 posts)Thanks for the heads up!
Donkees
(31,394 posts)Former President Jimmy Carter will sit down for a conversation Monday evening with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that will be live streamed on the Carter Centers Facebook page (www.facebook.com/cartercenter).
Focusing on important human rights issues, the sure-to-be lively exchange is scheduled to start at 6:20 p.m. A highlight of Day One of the Carter Centers annual Human Rights Defenders Forum, it is not open to the public.
More than 70 activists, peacemakers, and community leaders from 31 countries will convene May 8 - 9 to discuss strategies for protecting human rights in the wake of rising authoritarianism.
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