# 2023 National Book Festival: Escaping Genocide & Human Trafficking with Tahir Hamut Izgil & Saket Soni

These first-person accounts help us face worldwide human rights violations happening today. Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Izgil's "Waiting to Be Arrested at Night," recounts his escape from genocide in China, while labor organizer Saket Soni's "The Great Escape" details the story of Indian immigrants forced to work in America. Moderated by The Washington Post's Jason Rezaian and joined by translator Joshua L. Freeman.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661379/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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