Impunity

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.

Tarsniper videos expose police corruption in Morocco

Sameer Padania — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:43:36 -0700

I'm in a packed Budapest conference room, at the the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit. Today's sessions focus on practical tools and measures that networks of activists can take to counteract global censorship efforts.

Sami al-Hajj speaks of his Seven Years in Guantanamo

aljazeeraenglish — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:49:34 -0700

The Al Jazeera cameraman describes how he was treated during the seven years he was detained at the US detention center in Cuba.

Who Killed Chea Vichea? - Trailer

BradleyCox — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:39:23 -0700

Trailer for the upcoming documentary movie. For more info, go to www.whokilledcheavichea.com

Olympic torch relay meets with protest in London - 06 Apr 08

aljazeeraenglish — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:02:10 -0700

The Olympic torch relay that's supposed to symbolise peace and world unity is instead turning into a parade of protest across London.

This is the scene live, where a huge security operation has been launched, but protestors angry about the Chinese crackdown in Tibet have managed to disrupt the procession.

People & Power - Thailand in Turmoil - 02 Apr 08 - Part 2

aljazeeraenglish — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:21:21 -0700

An Al Jazeera report on how large-scale industrial projects in southern Thailand are increasingly sparking violence and fear in local communities.

Israeli military attacks weekly Bil'in protest - 17 injured including 7 journalists

emadbronat — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:25:57 -0700

Friday March 28, 2008 16:51

Scores of residents of Bil'in, a village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with their international and Israeli supporters, took to the streets on Friday to conduct their weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Wall and illegal confiscation of the village's land.
Israeli troops manning the wall and its gate that cuts off the villagers from their land showered the protesters with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets immediately after the protesters reached the gate.

Images of Murdered Monks - China's Brutal Crackdown On Ngaba Protests (graphic)

Chris Michael — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:28:58 -0700

Reported by Students for a Free Tibet: Twenty Tibetans were reported dead following the crackdown by Chinese forces on March 16th; 9 have been confirmed and identified. See the report and additional images on SFT's site:

http://studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=1337

Civil Disobedience at NYC Tibet Protest

Chris Michael — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:10:06 -0700

March 17, 2008: Raw footage of Civil Disobedience at NYC Tibet Protest from Students for a Free Tibet. For more footage (recorded in HD) for media contact nick@studentsforafreetibet.org

Tibetan protest infront of UN Building, New York City

Chris Michael — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:20:28 -0700

Tibetans, young and old, held a noisy protest outside the UN Building in support of monks in Tibet, where flaring violence resulted in burned shops and vehicles, and gunshots fired in the streets of the capital, Lhasa. A radio report said two people had been killed.

According to Phurbu Tsering of the Tibetan Association, more than 70 Tibetans had been killed by Chinese authorities in Lhasa, 1,000 people had been arrested, and all the monasteries had been locked up.

Camera and Editing: Thupten N Chakrishar

For more information please visit www.tibetanuprising.org