November 30, 2012 - This week on the Friday Roundtable, our panelists will look at the controversy over Susan Rice, the ethics of drones and other foreign policy challenges facing President Obama as he prepares for his second term. Today, a special Roundtable on foreign policy: Egypt, Russia, Iran, and Israel. We'll also talk about drones and human rights. And I want to ask the Roundtablers about the countries that aren't, but should be, higher on the American foreign policy agenda.
May 3, 2007 - MPR’s Toni Randolph reports on Graves Desecration Reconciliation Working Group, a St. Paul group that is working with U.S. diplomatic officials in Thailand to resolve an issue that has angered members of Minnesota's Hmong community. They're trying to figure out what to do with the disinterred remains of some of their relatives once buried near a Buddhist temple in Thailand.
March 3, 2006 - MPR’s Toni Randolph report that about 400 members of the Hmong community turned out for a town hall meeting in St. Paul to get an update on what's happened since hundreds of Hmong graves were desecrated in Thailand last fall. Many people attending the meeting also sent letters to the United Nations to protest the unearthing and dismemberment of their deceased loved ones.
December 2, 2005 - MPR’s Toni Randolph reports on human rights advocates in Minnesota getting involved in the fight to stop graves from being dug up near a Buddhist temple in Thailand.
November 20, 2001 - The Bush administration embarked on a campaign to tell the world about the Taliban's repression of Afghan women. Gary Eichten discusses the US role in promoting women's rights and human rights among our enemies and our allies with Barbara Frey, professor of International Human Rights at the University of Minnesota, and director of the Human Rights Program at the U's Institute for Global Studies.
October 30, 1997 - Midday looks at China and human rights with guests Richard Bohr, professor of Asian History at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, and former executive director of both the Midwest China Center and the MN World Trade Office; and Barbara Frey, professor of International Human Rights at the University of Minnesota. Listeners call in with questions.
September 27, 1996 - Midday discusses foreign policy issues the U.S. President will face in the next term. Guests are Martin Sampson, political science professor at the University of Minnesota; Roy Grow, international relations instructor at Carleton College; Norma Noonan, political science instructor at Augsburg College; Nick Hayes, history professor at Hamline University history; and Barbara Frey, executive director of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights.
January 8, 1990 - David Weissbrodt, professor of the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, and Barbara Frey, executive director of the Minnesota Lawyers International Human Rights Council, discuss human rights. Topics include rights issues in Albania, Africa, China, Central America, and North Korea. They also provide details of their organizations. Weissbrodt and Frey also answer listener questions.