Worldview 11/25/2008

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11.21.2009	7th Annual DIY Trunkshow
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Winning the 2016 Olympics bid may boost the Chicago's economy and improve its international image, but a human rights lawyer warns the Games could hurt lower income residents. Plus, hear a review of a new play at the Goodman Theater set in modern day Democratic Republic of Congo, also an Uzbekistan human rights defender discusses government oppression in her country.


Potential Chicago Olympic Games Could Displace Many

Claire Mahon — Human Rights Lawyer; Coordinator on the Project for on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Study: Fair Play for Housing Rights: Mega events, Olympic Games, and Housing Rights
Uzbekistan: Struggle against Government Oppression

Umida Niyazova — Human Rights activist; Former translator for Human Rights Watch
"Ruined"

Fiona Weeks — Junior at Marian Central Catholic High School in Woodstock, Illinois; Member of the Young Critics Circle, a local program that trains young women in theater criticism