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A bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.

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Uncovering the evidence
Interview: Forensic anthropologist Jose Pablo Baraybar has exhumed mass graves in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Kosovo. He discusses this work and his current mission, to find and identify the 15,000 missing in his native Peru.
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A place where tears are dried
Interview: Adapting an Israeli model for helping orphans, Anne Heyman is leading efforts to create a youth village for Rwandan orphans. She discusses the inspiration for the project and how she has managed to make it a reality.
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A blueprint for improving U.S. government response to threats of genocide and mass atrocities
Interview: The Museum’s John Heffernan and U.S. Institute of Peace’s Lawrence Woocher discuss the newly released report of the Genocide Prevention Task Force. The Task Force was convened by the Museum, USIP and the American Academy of Diplomacy.
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The courage to forgive and to bring hope
Interview: In 1998, Rose Mapendo was swept up in the ethnic battles inside Democratic Republic of Congo and sent to what she describes as a death camp. Despite enormous suffering and loss, she found the courage to forgive her jailors and became the inspiration for a new organization, Mapendo International, that provides emergency help to refugees.
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Update from a Darfurian human rights activist
Interview: Adeeb Yousif is from Darfur, Sudan and has worked to document the genocide there. He first spoke with us in 2006. Now he returns to tell us about Darfur's current most pressing issues.
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Changing the world, student to student
Interview: Listen to the amazing story of how a group of American students connected with a Sudanese student to build a better future.
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A school in the crosshairs
Interview: The Museum’s Michael Graham tells us about a Congolese school he visited in June that was right on the front lines between rebel and government forces, protected by a few peacekeepers. With new rounds of fighting beginning in August, these civilians, and hundreds of thousands of others are at risk today.
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Ripples of Genocide: An Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Part Two
Interview: In a special two–part podcast, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic of the Enough Project update the issues in the Museum's online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo (2003). Part one focuses on the situation on the ground, and Part Two explores regional and international responses.
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Ripples of Genocide: An Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Part One
Interview: In the first episode of a special two–part podcast, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic of the Enough Project update the issues in the Museum's online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo (2003). Part one focuses on the situation on the ground, and Part Two explores regional and international responses.
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In opposition: the work of Sudanese human rights lawyer, Salih Osman Mahmoud
Interview: Salih Osman Mahmoud has risked his life to improve the human rights situation in Sudan. A native of Darfur, he worked on human rights issues in that region before joining Parliament as a member of the opposition.
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More than a sporting event
Interview: Olympic Gold winning speed skater Joey Cheek talks about why he believes the Olympic Games are more than a sporting event.
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The arrest of Karadzic: a Srebrenica survivor’s perspective
Interview: Hasan Nuhanovic’s family was killed by Bosnian Serb forces when they overran the UN declared safe haven of Srebrenica in July 1995. He speaks today about the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader.
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Arresting a President?
Interview: International law expert William Schabas discusses the decision of the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court to request an arrest warrant for President Bashir of Sudan. The Sudanese president is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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Asylum denied
Interview: When David Ngaruri Kenney fled persecution in Kenya he had no idea that his quest for asylum would take years. He and his lawyer, Philip Schrag, co-authors of Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America, discuss the many hurdles they faced in this quest.
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Memory: A Vibrant Message to the World
Interview: A boy of seven when the Nazi German army captured his home town of Bialystok, Poland, Leo Melamed fled with his parents, eventually coming to the U.S. Among the incredible successes in his life, Melamed also devoted his time to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, serving on the Museum's Council from 1991 - 2005. He played a leadership role in the creation of the Museum's Committee on Conscience, which addresses on-going threats of genocide and related crimes against humanity. He speaks about why he, as a survivor, feels the COC is a critical part of the Museum's mandate.
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