The Coup in Thailand
Today, after months of nationwide unrest and calls for Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's resignation, Thailand's army has launched a coup, declaring martial law and revoking the constitution. The fate of PM Shinawatra, who is in the U.S. for address before the UN General Assembly, is unclear. KEVIN HEWISON, director of the Carolina Asia Center, will comment on Shinawatra's record and what his ousting may mean for Thailand's democracy in the coming weeks.
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KEVIN HEWISON is director of the Carolina Asia Center and a professor in the Department of Asian Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has held academic posts at Murdoch University, the Australian National University, the University of Papua New Guinea, Mahidol University (Thailand), the University of New England and the City University of Hong Kong. More here.
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Vietnamese Americans Demand Release of Cong Thanh Do
TOAN DO, a U.S.-based journalist originally from Vietnam, will discuss the recent arrest of anti-government activist and U.S. citizen CONG THANH DO in Vietnam, and on the U.S.-based campaign around him seeking his release. Ahead of President Bush's upcoming trip to Vietnam in November, supporters of Do have sought to pressure the U.S. government to link trade policy with Vietnam with the release of Do and other rights-based issues.
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TOAN DO is a Senior Editor and columnist with California-based Nguoi Viet, the largest paper in the Vietnamese diaspora in the United States.
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Our Rights, Five Years after 9/11
Activists and attorneys reflect on the state of our civil rights and civil liberties: How can we judge and contest the effectiveness of "counter-terrorism" tools that in practice, single out minority communities? How significant a legal victory is Hamdan v. Rumsfeld given current proposals in Congress to bend the Geneva Conventions? We'll be joined by attorneys SOHAIL MOHAMMED and KHURRUM WAHID—expert panelists from Saturday's Muslim Bar Association of NY panel, "FIVE YEARS LATER: Protecting Civil Liberties and National Security after 9/11 ."
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SOHAIL MOHAMMED is an immigration attorney based in Clifton, New Jersey, and often lectures on immigration and welfare laws. He has repesented more than 29 "special interest" detainees, and advised numerous individuals affected by post-9/11 U.S. policies including "special registration" and NSEERS.
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KHURRUM B. WAHID is a criminal defense attorney and partner at Wahid, Vizcaino & Maher LLP. He is a former public defender and legal advisor to the board of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
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Samita Sinha on the Fusion Project KAASH
We'll be joined by SAMITA SINHA, a local artist trained in piano, and classical South Asian music. Sinha will talk to us about her fusion project KAASH, playing two upcoming shows in New York this week, and spin tracks from their debut album. We'll talk to her about what she calls her "vocal and compositional style drawing from the various musical and linguistic idioms she knows (Hindi, Urdu, Braj, Mandarin, English, and vocal sound painting)."
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SAMITA SINHA is a New York-based artist who has trained and performed in New York, Dubai, and Bombay, among other cities. In 2002 she was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to study in the guru-student tradition in India with Dr. Alka Deo Marulkar. Her project KAASH brings South Asian music together with "a wide range of sonic textures and rhythms." More here.
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