Registration REQUIRED by 4pm on October 25, 2024 in order to attend this event.
Please join the Harriman Institute, North Caucasus SOS, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for The Crime of Being Gay: The Stories of LGBTQ+ People Persecuted in the Russian North Caucasus.
Program
Welcoming remarks by Elise Giuliano, Senior Lecturer in Political Science; Director of the MARS-REERS Program; Director of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations
Opening remarks by David France, director of the award-winning HBO documentary film Welcome to Chechnya, 2020 (Sundance and Berlin International Film Festivals, Oscar short-listed)
Screening of the most impactful scenes from Welcome to Chechnya
Discussion with Maxim Lapunov and Rizvan Dadaev (survivors of torture in Chechnya) about their experiences, showcasing personal belongings tied to their ordeals, moderated by Anna Narinskaya (journalist, literary critic, interpreter); simultaneously interpreted by Elena Cook
Viewing of the “Instruments of Torture” exhibit (curated by Anna Narinskaya)
Remarks by Mariana Katzarova (UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Russia), David Isteev (Head of the North Caucasus SOS Crisis Group), Imogen Foulkes (BBC Correspondent), and Ezra Abdullabekov (Vice President of RUSA LGBTQ+)
