For 16 years, WITNESS has harnessed the power of video to advance human rights....
Morapedi is a young South African man who mourns the loss of his sister-in-law and regrets he was unable to protect her from his older brother, who abused and beat her....
Jules is a gender activist and HIV educator living in South Africa. She grapples in her story with the fact that one of her most trusted male friends attempted to rape her several years ago....
Fackson Banda is a professor of journalism at Rhodes University, and answers our question, "What image opened your eyes to human rights?" Fackson talks about seeing Nelson Mandela walking h...
The Tibet Africa Rainbow Alliance (TARA) meet outside of parliament to hand out flyers to passers buy to inform them of the human rights violations presently going on in Tibet....
There are 16 million refugees and 51 million internally displaced people worldwide, according to the UNHCR's latest figures [pdf].
Guy Berger, a professor of journalism at Rhodes University, answers our question, "What image opened your eyes to human rights?" Guy talks about the now iconic image of Hector Pietersen, a ...
A Short film for the people of Site-C Kayelitsha and anyone else who might find the information useful....
13 January 2008 - 23 January 2008 The course will be taught in Arabic and will take a practical approach to issues of migrants and forced displacement by exploring strategies to ensure migrants' an...
Amnesty International Executive Director Irene Kahn announces the launch of the year long 'Every Human Has Rights' campaign in Cape Town, South Africa....
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