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November 07, 2007
Nobel Laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel Discusses Human Rights in Buenos Aires
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Adolfo Perez Esquivel poses with members of the very active AGBU "Liga de Jovenes". -
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AGBU "Liga de Jovenes" President Carolos Khatchikian and Vice President Eva Akopian presented Esquivel, a Nobel laureate, with a bronze Armenian alphabet after his human rights lecture on August 22, 2007. -
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1980 Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel discusses human rights with a crowd of over 200 young professionals and students at an event organized by the AGBU "Liga de Jovenes" Youth Group of Buenos Aires.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel lectured on the importance of human rights to a crowd of over 200 young professionals and students on August 22, 2007 at a program organized by the AGBU "Liga de Jovenes" Youth Group of Buenos Aires.
Esquivel is a strong supporter of Armenian Genocide recognition and an advocate for human rights education. He spoke about the importance of memory and how knowledge of the past should be the foundation for a solid future regarding human rights issues.
"The people who have forgotten their past are the people who disappear," he reiterated. "Cultures are shared. A culture that buries itself is dead."
This is certainly not the case for Armenians, who have indeed survived. Esquivel further discussed the importance of educating others about our past.
This discussion was part of an ongoing two-year conference series put on by this active AGBU Youth Group. At the event's conclusion, youth group President Carolos Khatchikian and Vice President Eva Akopian presented Esquivel with a bronze Armenian alphabet piece made by artist Manual Gheridian to show their appreciation for the visit of such an honorable scholar and human rights activist.
Esquivel has born in Buenos Aires in 1931 and is currently the leader of the Service for Peace and Justice, an organization which brings together three regions of Latin America to seek non-violent actions to promote human rights issues. In the past, Esquivel has also worked as an architect and sculptor. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work in 1980.
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