Coalition For Human Rights in Asia
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HR Forum: Deteriorating  Human Rights in Asia
 
Location: Room B 318 Rayburn House Office Building. Time & Date:   2 pm to 5 pm on February 12th, 2009.
Sponsors: Representatives Thaddeus McCotter, Loretta Sanchez, Frank Wolf, Jim Moran, Dana Rohrabacher, Joseph Cao, Lincoln Diaz-Balart


Program Directors: Quan Nguyen M.D.& Binh Nguyen M.D. & Dr. Sen Nieh

Program:

Members of Congress & VIP guests  and VIP recognition:  As they arrive.

2pm 2: 05 pm: Welcoming Remarks, .Quan Nguyen, M.D, On behalf of  the Coalition for Human Rights in Asia.

Experts Panel ( government, Congress and NGOs)

Moderator:  Binh Nguyen M.D., President, The Non Violent Movement for Human Rights in Vietnam

2: 05 - 2: 15 pm     Sophie Richardson, Director, HR Watch Washington Office: Current Situation on HR in Asia

2: 15 - 2: 25 pm     Scott Flipse, Asia Senior Analyst, USCIRF: Issues of Religious Freedom in Asia

2: 25 - 3: 05 pm     Michael Orona, Director, Bureau of HRDL, State Dept: US Government policy on HR in Asia

3: 05 - 3: 15 pm     T. Kumar , Director, Amnesty International in USA: Obama's challenges on HR in Asia

3: 15 - 3: 25 pm     David Young, Foreign Policy Advisor / Pearson Fellow Office of Congressman Jim Moran
Legislative and Executive Branch Actions to Support HR
 

Asian Delegations Panel:

Moderator: Prof. Sen Nieh, Global Mission to Rescue Persecuted FG Practitioners

3:25 pm to 3: 30pm :  Burma: Dr. Sein Winn, Prime Minister of The National Coalition  Government of The Union of Burma.

3: 30 pm to 3: 35 pm: China:    Mr. Wei Jingsheng, Prominent Chinese HR activist,President Wei Jingsheng Foundation Dr. Dayong Li (from New York), Executive Director, Global Service Center for Quitting Chinese Communist Party

3: 35 pm to 3:40pm : Vietnam: Mr.  Hong Anh  Do , Chairman The Vietnamese American Community of DC, MD and VA
Mr. Dinh Huu Doan, Chairman, Vietnamese Veteran Associations Coalition.

3:40 pm to 3:45 pm:  Tibet :    Pema Chhinjor, Former Minister of the Tibet Govt in Exile

3: 45pm to 3:50 pm:  East Turkistan:  Ms. Rebiya Kadeer represented by  Mr. Alim Setoff, General Sec., Uyghur American Association

3: 50 pm to 3: 55 pm:  Delegations from Sudan, Cuba, Laos, Cambodia, etc…

Special recognition:  Mr. Jun Wang, Chairman of  the China Democracy Party World Union, with his 80 members from New York.

4:40 pm to 4: 55 pm:   Questions & answers.

4: 55 pm to 5 pm:   Closing remarks: Dr. Quan Nguyen.