Crimes of the Communist Regimes - Proceedings of an international Conference held in Prague, 24–26 February 2010

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The conference was hosted by Jiří Liška, Vice-chairman of the Senate, Parliament of the Czech Republic and the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic and organized by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes together with partner institutions from the working group on the Platform of European Memory and Conscience

A word of greeting to the conference from the European Commission

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WELCOME ADDRESS by Jiří Liška - Vice-chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

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WELCOME ADDRESS by Pavel Žáček - Director, Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes

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Harry Wu - Director, Laogai Research Foundation

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Ladies and gentlemen; dear, distinguished guests, Good Morning. I would like to thank The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes for holding this important conference, and in particular I would like to thank the organizers for bringing together such an incredible group of people. It is an immense honor to stand before you this morning in the hall of the Czech Senate to speak to you on this subject, about which we are all too familiar: crimes against humanity committed by Communist regimes. Despite the decades of tyranny and oppression which have accompanied Communist regimes the world over, the healing process has yet to begin for millions of victims of Communism. Today, I would like to shed some light on the Chinese Communist Party, and how the brutal practices of this regime have forever altered not only my life, but the lives of hundreds of millions of Chinese since 1949. I also hope to remind you that for the Chinese, the brutality of Communism is anything but history.

About Authors

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