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UAB To Host 'Human Rights In Times Of COVID-19' Discussion On Facebook Live

The talk is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 21.

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Join UAB’s Institute for Human Rights for a Facebook Live discussion on human rights during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Join UAB’s Institute for Human Rights for a Facebook Live discussion on human rights during the novel coronavirus pandemic. (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

From the University of Alabama at Birmingham:

May 15, 2020

By Yvonne Taunton

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Join UAB’s Institute for Human Rights for a Facebook Live discussion on human rights during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Institute for Human Rights will moderate a community discussion, “Human Rights in Times of COVID-19: Safety vs. Individual Liberty?” at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 21, on its Facebook page.

The discussion will focus on tensions created by the authority of governments to limit individual rights in times of public emergencies, and the implications for human rights, people and policy in the United States and elsewhere.

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Featured panelists from the College of Arts and Sciences include:

Panelists will discuss the implications of emergency declarations for human rights and individual freedoms in light of the current pandemic.

The event will take place on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UABIHR; community members are also invited to submit questions there for the panelists.

This press release was produced by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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