The featured programs for the Human Rights Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=958 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 19:42:48 GMT Secretary Clinton spoke about religious freedom around the world. In her remarkss she said the "world is sliding backwards" even as progress was being made on political freedom in places like the Middle East. During the audience question portion of the program, she was asked about recent allegations that her long-time aide Huma Abedin had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. She responded that such charges had "no place in politics" and praised Republicans who spoke out in defense of Ms. Abedin. Earlier in the day the State Department released its report on the status of religious freedom around the world. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307322-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307322-1 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released the 2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which examines the status of human rights in countries around the world. She said 2011 had been both a "tumultuous and momentous" year as she spoke about recent developments in human rights in Burma and Egyptians voting in their first free presidential election. She also denounced Syria's government calling the Assad regime an "assault on the very lives of its citizens" and noting that the Syrian people "know they deserve a better." Michael Posner took questions from reporters following Secretary Clinton's remarks. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306222-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306222-1 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Witnesses testified at an emergency hearing on recent developments concerning Chinese blind dissident Chen Guangcheng, who escaped from his 19 month house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in China. They also talked about his legal advocacy work in China and human rights abuses in the country. During the hearing Chen Guangcheng spoke by telephone, through an interpreter, to the hearing and requested a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. After escape from home confinement, Chen met with the U.S. ambassador and administration officials at the American Embassy in Beijing and received medical treatment. After staying at the embassy for six days, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to let him live safely in China with his family. Hours after Chen left the U.S. Embassy for a hospital checkup, he informed the U.S. that he and his family felt threatened and wanted to go abroad. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305814-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305814-1 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Katrina Lantos Swett talked about the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, and her late father, Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA), who founded the bipartisan Congressional Human Rights Caucus. She told the story of her parents' escape from German labor camps and eventual immigration to the U.S. from Hungary. Other topics included her concerns over Russian leadership pulling the country away from democracy, and her admiration for the Dalai Lama's contributions to human rights. She discussed her failed campaign to represent New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional district in 2010, her husband Richard Swett's service as ambassador to Denmark and representation of New Hampshire's 2nd district for two terms, and raising seven children. Katrina Lantos Swett teaches foreign policy at Tufts University. She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University, her J.D. from the University of California, and her Ph.D. in History from the University of Southern Denmark. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305009-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305009-1 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT The wives of Chinese dissidents testified on their husbands' stories before the commission on China's human rights abuses. Geng Ho detailed some of the horrific abuses endured by her husband, Gao Zhisheng, a Chinese attorney who took politically sensitive cases and was imprisoned for subversion. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304416-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304416-1 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT