Category: Human Rights

January 24, 2022 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit                   U.S. EMBASSY IN CAIRO  AND UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM HOLD FIRST INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY COMMEMORATION  International Holocaust Remembrance Day Established  by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005   CAIRO…

January 26, 2022 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM WELCOMES NEW CHAIRMAN OF UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL AMBASSADOR STUART EIZENSTAT   Allan M. Holt to Continue as Vice Chairman; Howard M. Lorber to Remain on Council WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum…

January 31, 2022 Press Contacts Raymund Flandez: Communications Officer 202.314.1772 rflandez@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM AND IRANWIRE.COM LAUNCH ANNE FRANK: THE GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY, MAKING HER STORY, AVAILABLE IN PERSIAN, MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR YOUNG IRANIAN AUDIENCES  Developed through the Museum’s and Iranwire.com’s The Sardari Project partnership, which creates and distributes Persian-language multimedia content…

February 15, 2022 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit Museum to Confer its Highest Honor, The Elie Wiesel Award, to the Ritchie Boys of World War II Secret Unit Formed 80 Years Ago Was Instrumental in Nazi Germany’s Defeat and Included Many Who Had Fled the Regime WASHINGTON – The United…

February 24, 2022 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM CONDEMNS RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE AND VLADIMIR PUTIN’S EXPLOITATION OF HOLOCAUST HISTORY AS A PRETEXT FOR WAR WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum strongly condemns Russia’s outrageous attack on Ukraine and is deeply…

March 01, 2022 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum strongly condemns the continued Russian attacks on the Ukrainian people and loss of innocent lives, the exploitation of the Holocaust as a pretext for these attacks, the blatant disregard for historical truth,…

March 21, 2022   Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit   US Government Declares Burmese Military Committed Genocide Against the Rohingya Secretary of State Blinken Delivers Remarks at Museum   WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of State Blinken’s formal recognition that the Burmese military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against…

May 02, 2022 Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit   UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM CONDEMNS RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER’S HITLER REMARKS WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is outraged once again by statements from Russian officials, first President Putin and now Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, that weaponize…

May 02, 2022   Press Contacts Andrew Hollinger Director, Communications 202.437.1221 ahollinger@ushmm.org Museum Press Kit UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES $15 MILLION GIFT FROM DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN TO SUPPORT THE MUSEUM’S NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum today announced a $15 million endowment gift from David M….

CCHR says psychiatrists’ increasing reliance upon involuntary detention in psychiatric facilities and forced mental health treatment has caused a litany of harm and human rights violations—with billions of taxpayer dollars wasted. Forcing treatment on individuals or detaining them for longer periods in psychiatric institutions if they are deemed “violent” adds to the gravy train. Courts…