Eastern Europe

Interview: Erik Bergkraut, director of "Letter to Anna"

matisse_witness — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:10:29 -0700

Erik Bergkraut director of "Letter to Anna" (a film nominated for the WITNESS Award at Silverdocs 2008) discusses how he met the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and why he made this film about her death and her legacy.

Equal Access: Integrated Education for Romani Children in Bulgaria

WITNESS Archive — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:54:30 -0700

Running Time: 15:55 min.

Throughout Central and Eastern Europe, racially-based segregation denies thousands of Romani children equal academic opportunity as they attend substandard schools in Romani ghettos. In the year 2000, Romani activists from the Bulgarian town of Vidin spearheaded the first initiative for educational desegregation in Europe.

We Feed The World

Celluloid — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:15:09 -0700

Trailer from WE FEED THE WORLD by Erwin Wagenhofer, produced by Helmut Grasser.
An eye-opening documentary about scarcity and plenty.
"A view of the food industry rarely addressed on the nightly news." THE NEW YORK TIMES

Russia On Trial: Chechnya and the Euro Court Of Human Rights

HumanRightsWatch — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:15:32 -0700

The European Union should seize every opportunity to press Russia to end human rights abuses in Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus and ensure perpetrators are brought to justice.

Another police abuses in Chisinau!

o.brega — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:39:45 -0700

A journalist was agressed by two policemen in a high position

Forgotten People: Degrading Treatment of People with Mental Disabilities

WITNESS Archive — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:55:18 -0700

RT: 9:30 min.

FORGOTTEN PEOPLE documents the frightening similarities in the degrading treatment of people with mental disabilities in Mexico, Armenia, Hungary and the former Yugoslavia. Yet this problem is not confined to Latin America or Eastern Europe but extends around the globe to Western European countries and the United States.

A banned journalist action in Moldova

o.brega — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:33:47 -0700

We just tried to say something...
On April 30 ,2008 at the National Palace of Chisinau was commemorated the 50th anniversary from the launch of the public TV channel (which in fact is propagandistic), with the participation of the president Voronin.
The manifestation began at 5.25 pm. and lasted only 7-8 min, being brutally interrupted by several police officers dressed in civilian clothes...

Human Rights Defender Oksana Chelysheva

Hub Intern — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:55:27 -0700

Amnesty International interviews Oksana Chelyshev of the Russian-Chechen Friendship society, a non-governmental organization that monitors human rights violations in Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus

Chernobyl Children's Project International/Vesnova

Hub Intern — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:52:18 -0700

Chernobyl Children Project International - about children who suffer from Chernobyl disaster.

Freedom of speech prohibited in Moldova

o.brega — Fri, 02 May 2008 04:40:59 -0700

I was trying to tell to the journalists of the state television they are manipulating, doing propaganda, but I was not allowed by the policemen, some dressed in civilian clothes.
A strange man which were waiting for me from the beginning like he was payed for this.
After that we were arrested 4 persons, detained 20 hours at the police station and released from the court until 7th of the May, when the trial will continue with our witnesses and this video. We are accused of disturbing public life, of opposing to the police, insulting them, etc.

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