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Voices Against Torture: Writers and Lawyers on the Way Forward

On Tuesday, December 16, 2008, ACS and the PEN American Center will host a panel featuring writers and lawyers discussing their work and its relationship to combating torture....

Afghanistan, Iraq, United States

Human rights defenders, Terrorism, Torture/ill treatment

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Interview with Robert West of Working Films

Working Films brings together documentary filmmakers and community organizers....

Great Britain, United States

Humanitarian, War crimes, Women's rights

Witnessed: 132 times

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What does your cell phone have to do with the crisis in the DRC?

This video from the Pultizer Center helps explain the connection. In a nutshell: your cell phone most likely contains a mineral called coltan....

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Child soldiers, Corporations and human rights, War crimes

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Philip Gourevitch on Standard Operating Procedure

Standard Operating Procedure is an original account of the first full reckoning of what actually happened at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

Detention, Torture/ill treatment, War crimes

Witnessed: 95 times

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Somali refugees flee to Kenya

Somalia's ongoing conflict has created a refugee crisis, with thousands of Somalis fleeing their homes ever week, many escaping across the border to Kenya.

Somalia

Internally displaced persons, Refugees, War crimes

Witnessed: 125 times

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Epidemic of Rape in the Congo: Women for Women International

As seen on 60 Minutes: Women for Women International reports from DR Congo in concert with Anderson Cooper's piece for 60 Minutes, "War Against Women" featuring Women for Women International's program...

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Rape and sexual abuse, Violence against women, War crimes

Witnessed: 235 times

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UNICEF: In DR Congo, rape as a weapon of war

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 24 June 2008 -- In a momentous step forward for the protection of women and girls in DRC and around the world, the UN Security Council has voted unanimously in ...

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

HIV-AIDS, Rape and sexual abuse, War crimes

Witnessed: 259 times

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Fighting Erupts in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu

MSF is working to help those who have fled displaced persons camps in North Kivu as violence between the Congolese Army and rebel groups continues to intensify....

Child soldiers, Humanitarian, War crimes

Witnessed: 168 times

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Insecurity increases in Eastern DRC

This video, produced by WITNESS partner Ajedi-Ka, talks about the resurgence of violence in the Eastern provinces of the DRC from January 2008 on....

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Child soldiers, Refugees, War crimes

Witnessed: 163 times

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WITNESS's Bukeni Waruzi on the ongoing crisis in the DRC

Video blog from Bukeni Waruzi, WITNESS Program Coordinator for Africa & Middle East and a native of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo....

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Armed conflict, Humanitarian, War crimes

Witnessed: 347 times

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