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Participants talked to reporters about the Freedom House annual survey on political rights and civil liberties. They focused on each major region of the globe and highlighted spots of politi…

The panelists gave a year end summary report of the work of Freedom House representatives for this past year. They described the political life and civil liberties of the people in the parti…

Ms. Bao-Lord discussed her recent book, Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic, in which she examines the culture and history of her native China. In particular, she examines the effect of television on…

President Clinton presented the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Clinton praised the work t…

Protestors gathered in Lafayette Park across from the White House to protest the visit of Chinese President Jiang. Representatives from labor, human rights groups and religious organizations…

Authors, activists, and public officials read portions from The Courage to Stand Alone: Letters from Prison and Other Writings. It was a collection of writings by Wei Jingsheng, who ha…

Bette Bao Lord, chairman of the festival, talked about the reasons for the festival and some of the authors involved. This is the first annual festival at the Kennedy Center.

Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke about the absence of African-Americans in determining U.S. foreign policy. He also emphasized the relationship between democracy and economic justice in both the U.S…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning headlines; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes an…

Elena Bonner, chair of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation and wife of the deceased Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, addressed the Council on Foreign Relations on U.S. humanitarian aid to her fo…