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Human Rights in South Asia: Views from the State Department and the Region

October 22, 2019 10:00 AM

Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Subcommittee: Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation

Witnesses

Panel I 

The Honorable Alice G. Wells
Acting Assistant Secretary
Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State
    Witness Statement [PDF]
    Witness Biography [PDF]
 
The Honorable Robert A. Destro
Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State
    Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel I YouTube Video


 
Panel II (NOTE: Panel II will begin at 2:00 p.m. in Room 2318)

Ms. Aarti Tikoo Singh
Senior Assistant Editor
The Times of India
    Witness Statement [PDF]
    Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
    Witness Biography [PDF]
 
Nitasha Kaul, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations
Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster
    Witness Statement [PDF]
    Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
    Witness Biography [PDF]

Angana Chatterji, Ph.D.
Co-chair, Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights Initiative, Research Anthropologist, Center for Race and Gender, University of California, Berkeley
    Witness Statement [PDF]
    Related Witness Support Document #1 [PDF]
    Related Witness Support Document #2 [PDF]
    Related Witness Support Document #3 [PDF]
    Related Witness Support Document #4 [PDF]
    Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
    Witness Biography [PDF]

Ms. Fatima Gul
Sindhi-American Human Rights Activist
    Witness Statement [PDF]
    Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
    Witness Biography [PDF]

Mr. Francisco Bencosme
Asia Pacific Advocacy Manager
Amnesty International
   Witness Statement [PDF]
    Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
    Witness Biography [PDF]

Mr. Ravi Batra
Chair
National Advisory Council for South Asian Affairs
    Witness Statement [PDF]
    Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF]
    Witness Biography [PDF]

Panel II YouTube Video

Documents

  • Hearing notice
  • Committee Repository-Panel I
  • Committee Repository-Panel II

Click play to view the video or follow this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9N48k6k3SY

Permalink: https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/2019/10/human-rights-in-south-asia-views-from-the-state-department-and-the-region

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