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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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2/19/09
Save Darfur in 2009
 Interview: Jerry Fowler, president of the Save Darfur Coalition, provides an overview of what international activists have done on Darfur and what issues they are currently focusing on.
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Filed under: Darfur, Eastern Sudan, Genocide, Human Rights, Interview, South Sudan
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2/05/09
Gender-based violence and genocide
 Interview: Kelly Askin discusses the increasing attention paid to gender-based violence in genocidal situations. Askin is the Senior legal officer with the International Justice program at Open Society Justice Initiative.
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1/22/09
Why Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement matters
 Interview: Sudan analyst Eddie Thomas discusses the vision behind Sudan's 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and why it remains central to the country's future. Thomas is the author of a new report from Chatham House, "Against the Gathering Storm: Securing Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement."
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Filed under: Darfur, Eastern Sudan, Genocide, Human Rights, Interview, South Sudan
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1/08/09
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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Filed under: Bosnia, Genocide, Human Rights, ICC, Interview, Rwanda, United Nations
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12/25/08
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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Filed under: Genocide, Interview, Rwanda
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12/11/08
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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11/27/08
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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Filed under: Congo, Genocide, Human Rights, Interview
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11/13/08
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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10/30/08
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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Filed under: Genocide, Human Rights, Interview, South Sudan
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10/16/08
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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Filed under: Congo, Genocide, Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, Interview
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10/02/08
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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9/18/08
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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9/04/08
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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8/21/08
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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8/07/08
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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Filed under: Bosnia, Genocide, Human Rights, Interview
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