Lantos Gala : Joe Biden Blames Rise In Anti-Semitic Incidents Firmly On Donald Trump’s Administration
Biden: ‘Our Leadership Is Giving License’ to ‘Prejudice’
Lantos Gala : Joe Biden unleashes stunning rebuke of Donald Trump at human rights gala — without even saying his name
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Lantos Prize : Hong Kong Student Leader Warns of 'Dire Situation' For City's Democracy
Lantos Gala : Joe Biden Links Trump To A Rise In Anti-Semitic Incidents — Without Using His Name
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2018 Lantos Rule of Law Lecture
The annual Lantos Rule of Law Lecture, established to offer perspective on Rule of Law issues and what can be done to bring productive change, will take place Monday, December 10th at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC.
Welcoming Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law, Yale Law School in conversation with Eliot Cohen, Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Learn more about Harold Koh's book, The Trump Administration and International Law, here : https://tinyurl.com/y8dxwh3a
Learn more about the Lecture and Register here : https://tinyurl.com/y7y3m3xn
Why the West should remember the plight of Hong Kong during the G-20 - by 2018 #LantosPrize recipient Joshua Wong
"I can’t help but feel that Lantos would be saddened to see the dire situation facing Hong Kong in the aftermath of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in which I and so many others participated."
China Bars Dissident From Accepting U.S. Human Rights Award - The Daily Beast
“Documents show the court has denied his request to travel to the United States to receive the Lantos prize, an award from an American foundation honoring former House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Tom Lantos. Prior recipients of the prize include Hillary Clinton, the Dalai Lama, and Elie Wiesel. Wong, whose activist work was the subject of a 2017 Netflix documentary, would have accepted the award in Washington next month had he been able to travel.”
Statement on Reports the Trump Administration to Name Ant-Semitism Special Envoy
In May of 2017, the Lantos Foundation joined with past Religious Freedom Ambassadors and Special Envoys on anti-Semitism in urging the Trump administration to move quickly to nominate qualified candidates for these important posts. A year and a half later, the post of Special Envoy to Combat anti-Semitism remains unfilled in the Trump administration.
During the past 18 months the need for American leadership in confronting anti-Semitism has only become more acute. From the disturbing efforts in Poland to criminalize honest discussion about the Holocaust, to the murder of French Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll in Paris, the news is filled with grim reminders of the growing strength of anti-Semitism globally. And just a few days ago, 11 innocent worshipers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh PA, were massacred by a homegrown Nazi.
Now more than ever, it is urgent that the Trump administration demonstrate its determination to confront this evil wherever it rears its ugly head. One important step in this regard is the appointment of the Special Envoy to Combat anti-Semitism with no further delay.
The Lantos Foundation is encouraged by news reports suggesting that an individual will be named to this position in the coming days. We will continue to monitor developments and urge the administration to not only name a Special Envoy, but to make the fight against anti-Semitism and racism a priority both at home and abroad.