Protest & Repression Around the Globe: Looking at Hong Kong, Thailand, Russia & Belarus

Over the past two years, there have been massive citizen-led protests in Hong Kong, Thailand, Russia, and Belarus — as well as major acts of repression by their governments. This livesrream zooms into these four countries, focusing on the similarities and differences between the two pairs of locales: Hong Kong and Thailand, and Russia and Belarus.

The panel of experts include: - Natalya Chernyshova, Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Winchester - Nina Khrushcheva, Professor in the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs of International Affairs at The New School - Claudio Sopranzetti, Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Central European University - Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History, UC Irvine - Maria Repnikova (moderator), Assistant Professor in Global Communication at Georgia State University

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