[476] in peace2
Human Rights Information Act Thursday at 8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David M Matheu)
Mon Nov 27 12:52:53 2000
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:52:35 -0500
From: David M Matheu <dmmatheu@MIT.EDU>
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cc: Lynn C Johnson <lynnjohn@mit.edu>
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Dear all,
Just for your information; we apologize for the conflict with "This is
What Democracy Looks Like" ...
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Andrew Miller, AIUSA's Acting Advocacy Director for Latin America and the
Carribean, will be speaking on:
"Exhuming the Truth: The Human Rights Information Act
and U.S. Knowledge of Central American Atrocities"
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH
8:00 PM
MIT Room 3-133
U.S. involvement with the dictatorial governments of Central America is
becoming well-known; documents outlining the U.S.-engineered overthrow of
the Guatemalan government in 1954 (touching off a 36-year civil war) have
recently been released. U.S. contacts with these governments have made
U.S. agencies aware of the fates of many victims of torture, execution,
and disappearances.
Thus, the best evidence on human rights abuses in Guatemala, Honduras, and
other countries is often in US hands. But when foreign officials ask for
help from the US, too often they confront a series of delays, refusals or
inadequate responses. The Human Rights Information Act (HRIA) would insure
that the US responds humanely to these cries for help without jeopardizing
US national security. What right does the U.S. have to know more about
victims of the Guatemalan civil war than Guatemalans do?
sponsored by MIT Amnesty Int'l and the Political Science Department
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