For immediate release
May 20, 2013, 12:45 pm EST
Contact: Uyghur American Association +1 (202) 478 1920

Uyghur American Association and National Endowment for Democracy
Jointly present a Panel Discussion on
Sacred Right Defiled:
China’s Iron-Fisted Repression of Uyghur Religious Freedom

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Rayburn House Office Building

Gold Room 2168
Official Opening

11:00 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.:          Welcome – Alim A. Seytoff, UAA President

11:05 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.:          Opening Remarks – Scott Flipse, Deputy Director of Policy and Research at USCIRF
First Panel

Moderator:     Sinchang Chiu, Asia Program Officer at NED

11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.:          Henryk Szadziewski and Greg Fay, UHRP Report Authors

11:30 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.:          Q & A Period
Second Panel

Moderator:     Louisa Greve, Vice President at NED

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.:

Dr. Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn, Director of Religious Freedom and South East Asia Programs at Freedom House
Dr. Sophie Richardson, China Director at Human Rights Watch
T. Kumar, International Advocacy Director at Amnesty International
Amy Reger, Research Associate at Congressional Executive Commission on China

12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.:         Q & A Period

http://uyghuramerican.org/article/sacred-right-defiled-chinas-iron-fisted-repression-uyghur-religious-freedom.html