Word: abrash
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...Abigail Abrash, the center's program director, expressed concern about Jiang's presence at Harvard...
...would be a cruel irony if Harvard, an institution standing for the free exchange of ideas, gives Jiang a platform to voice his policies," Abrash said in a phone interview yesterday. "It is very troubling that Harvard will give the implication of approval to the leader of a country that suppresses the freedom of expression...
Abigail E. Abrash, program director for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights in Washington, said she was very surprised that a prestigious university such as Harvard would bring Jiang to campus...
Since the discussion of Most Favored Nation trade status for China was resurrected in 1993--and particularly since the link was broken between U.S. policies on human-rights and economic issues--the center has observed a backsliding in human rights, particularly in freedom of speech, Abrash said...
...policy is not seen as credible by the Chinese government in terms of our concerns regarding human rights and our willingness to use policy tools to stand by [political dissenters], like the administration pledged to do," Abrash said...