We were able to participate in workshops and panels dealing with the movement to end the death penalty, uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, accountability for torture, migrant rights, corporate wrongs in the Niger Delta and elsewhere, and so much more. We attended a film screening about the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education with a panel that included none other than Rainn Wilson (who is an active member of the Baha'i Faith), and we heard from extraordinary speakers like Palden Gyatso, a Tibeten monk who was imprisoned and brutally tortured for 33 years after taking part in the 1959 Tibetan uprisings, and Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, and Josh Fattal, the three American hikers detained in Iran.
We were honored to accept to award for "Best College Group of the West," and we're incredibly excited to bring back to UCLA the knowledge we've gained at the WRC about human rights worldwide. We have some fantastic events planned for this year, so keep posted!
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