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"Dissidents and the Fight for Freedom"
Featuring Václav Havel, Former President of the Czech Republic
Library of Congress, February 20, 2007
Václav Haclav, human rights advocate and former Czech President, gathered with eight dissidents and activists from around the world to discuss the struggle for human rights and democracy in Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
Speakers:
- Oksana Chelysheva, spokesperson, Russian Chechen Friendship Society, Russia
- Min Zin, journalist and democracy activist, Burma
- Ramon Humberto Colas, founder, Independent Libraries Movement, Cuba
- Ales Mihalevic, vice chairman, Belarusian Popular Front, Belarus
- Rebiya Kadeer, democracy activist/Uyghur rights advocate, East Turkistan/China
- Kim Seung Min, founder, Free North Korea Radio, North Korea
- Ali Afshari, democracy activist, Iran
- Manouchehr Mohammadi, democracy activist, Iran
Awards presentations:
- Kenneth Wollack, President of NDI, presented Václav Havel with NDI's Harriman Award
- Vin Weber, Chairman of NED, presented Václav Havel with NED's Democracy Service Medal
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