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UDHR60: The BBC's Alan Johnston
By: Sameer Padania
Posted: Dec 9 08
Witnessed: 1825 times
Regions: China
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression
Tags: alan johnston, bbc, china, human rights, Tiananmen Square, udhr60, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
For 16 years, WITNESS has harnessed the power of video to advance human rights. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th, we're asking our friends and partners to answer the following question:
What image opened your eyes to human rights?
Was it an image or video that gave you hope, or did it show you how much further we needed to go and inspire you to take action?
In this video, the BBC's Alan Johnston talks to WITNESS about the image that had the greatest impact on him - Tiananmen Square.
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