By: randa, Posted: Apr 29 09
I’m Randa Abo Eldahab, and I am spending the next month at WITNESS on a Freedom House Fellowship. I’m from Cairo, Egypt, where I work for an organization that supports civil society organizations to use technology better in support of human rights. I’ve worked as a journalist and researcher, and as a volunteer in Italy working with asylum seekers, refugees, women surviving armed conflict, street ch
On April 28, 2004, the first photographs depicting torture of detainees by U.S. military personnel in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison emerged, sparking international outrage.
Our friends at PEN tell us that there's still time for you to join Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Paul Auster and many others in putting your name to a petition to free Chinese writer and critic Liu Xiaobo - recipient of this year's PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom To Write Award. Liu - speaking in the video below - is a leading proponent for freedom of expression
Made in L.A. is an Emmy award-winning documentary film that tells the story of three immigrant women working in garment sweatshops of Los Angeles. Although it portrays the dark side of consumerism, it also explores the power of workers and advocates coming together to fight for immigrant workers' rights. In the film, the three women take a stand and fight for basic labor protections from the popular clothing retailer Forever 21. The film highlights the ways in which the American immigration syst
By: janeiwells, Posted: Apr 24 09
Guest blogger Jane Wells is Executive Director of 3 Generations, an organisation dedicated to recording and sharing the testimonies of genocide survivors, primarily through video interviews.
By: ActionAid, Posted: Apr 23 09
**Guest blogger Tamara Plush [NOT SURE YOU SHOULD EMBED HER EMAIL - WILL GENERATE SPAM FOR HER] is a consultant on participatory video for social change. She recently finished her Masters at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) [HYPERLINK] with a dissertation that researched how participatory video could support marginalized groups in their efforts to adapt to climate change**
IT'S TIME TO SPEAK OUT
On May 22nd in theatres across the United States, actor William Mapother - best known for his role as Ethan in the television series Lost - will ask all Americans to join him in the fight to end elder abuse and restore rights for older Americans.
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A human rights and environmental lawyer once remarked, "In this life, once you have opened your eyes you can never close them again."
