Records of Survival: Escaping Genocide and Human Trafficking with Tahir Hamut Izgil and Saket Soni

These first-person accounts help us face worldwide human rights violations happening today. Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Izgil’s “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night,” recounts his escape from genocide in China, while labor organizer Saket Soni’s “The Great Escape” details the story of Indian immigrants forced to work in America. Moderated by The Washington Post’s Jason Rezaian and joined by translator Joshua L. Freeman.
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