THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM is hosting Principled Voices: Protecting the Press in Myanmar (Burma) on Monday, October 29 at 4:30 PM in the Regis Center for Art. For more information, see here.
Freedom of the press in under threat across the globe. Myanmar's prosecution of Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, is seen as retribution for covering the killings of Rohingya people by government security forces, raising questions of press freedom and safety, government responses and responsibilities, human rights protections, and advocacy opportunities.
Please join me on Monday, October 29th, 4:30 pm for this timely and critical discussion.
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Esther Htusan
Pulitzer-Prize winning, Myanmar-based correspondent for the Associated Press, and 2019 Nieman Fellow for Journalism, Harvard University
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Karin Deutsch Karlekar
Director of PEN America's Free Expression At Risk Programs
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Eaint Thiri Thu
Fixer, research consultant, producer, and Fulbright Scholar, Master of Human Rights candidate, University of Minnesota
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Event and reception following the program are free and open to the public
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"Principled Voices: Protecting the Press in Myanmar (Burma)" is the 2nd Annual Stephen & Chacke Scallen Lecture in Human Rights, a series focused on exploring the erasure of cultures as well as corruption in the challenge of human rights, including corruption of the government, business, churches, and other institutions. Through "Principled Voices" we highlight leaders and thinkers distinguishing themselves by carrying out their passion for human rights, cultural awareness, democratic principles, fairness, and dignity, often at great odds and great personal risk.
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Mobilizing knowledge to advance human rights
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