January 17, 2018

Video: World Report 2018 Press Conference Live from Paris

Name: Video: World Report 2018 Press Conference Live from Paris
Uploaded: 2018-01-17T10:33:13-0500
Description: World Report 2018 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2016 through November 2017. In his keynote essay, “The Pushback Against the Populist Challenge,” Executive Director Kenneth Roth says that the surge of authoritarian populists appears less inevitable than it did a year ago.

Abdul Kareem, a Rohingya Muslim, carries his mother, Alima Khatoon, to a refugee camp after crossing from Burma into Bangladesh on Sept. 16, 2017.

Press conference begins at 9:30 a.m. in Paris, 8:30 a.m. GMT

World Report 2018 summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2016 through November 2017.

In his keynote essay, “The Pushback Against the Populist Challenge,” Executive Director Kenneth Roth says that the surge of authoritarian populists appears less inevitable than it did a year ago.

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Global

Protecting Rights, Saving Lives