Elections

America for Dummies

festival@artsengine.net — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:40:54 -0700

Niaz Mosharraf challenges his peers on their knowledge of current-affairs and asks questions like: "Why do we know more about K-Fed than Kofi Annan?"

Project Everest

captainkirkby — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:57:13 -0700

This one you do not want to miss! THE EVEREST REPORT is the Evaluation & Validation of Election-Related Equipment, Standards & Testing report, known as EVEREST, is a comprehensive review of voting systems revealing startling findings on voting machines and systems used in Ohio and throughout the country

Interview with All-Burma Monks' Alliance Leader, U Pyinya Zawta

sammaditthi — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:32:43 -0700

A seven minute interview conducted with exiled Burmese Democracy leader, U Pyinya Zawta commenting on the current political and economic situation of the Burmese people, the rationale behind the democracy movement, government repression, and the upcoming constitutional referendum.

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

esackin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:32:49 -0700

“Does a bullet know Christian from Muslim?”

Dispatch Foundation: Zimbabwe

DispatchFoundation2 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:27:59 -0700

Summer 2007, Dispatch came together to raise awareness and funds for Zimbabwe.

IWD 2008: Mary Wandia from ActionAid Kenya (part 2)

Chris Michael — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:10:52 -0800

Mary Wandia, the Regional Women's Rights Coordinator for ActionAid in Kenya, speaks about the post-election violence against women in Kenya and the post-conflict reconciliation process and her role in working with women's rights leaders to ensure that women's human rights take the center stage.

Ethnic violence engulfs town of Naivasha - 28 Jan 08

aljazeeraenglish — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Kenya's Rift Valley province has seen some of the most horrific violence. As thousands of Kenyans flee from their homes members of the Luo and Kikuyu tribes are increasingy turning on eachother. Yvonne Ndege reports from the town of Naivasha.

Pakistan in Crisis – HRF Executive Director Comments on Recent Trip to Pakistan

HRFNYC — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:47:39 -0800

HRF Executive Director Maureen Byrnes traveled to Pakistan from December 9 to December 14. She met with judges, journalists, lawyers and other members of civil society who have been urging their government to restore the fired judges, release those still being detained, and lift restrictions on the press

Kenya in crisis: a search for citizen cameras...

Sameer Padania — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

The crisis in Kenya may ultimately stem from a democratic failure, corruption and tribalism, or poverty and inequality, but either way, evidence of brutal violence continues to emerge, both in terms of killings and of

Carnage in Kenya's slums - Al Jazeera Report 01.08.08

aljazeeraenglish — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:06:24 -0800

Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa visits Nairobi's Kibera slum where residents had begun to venture out after days of violent clashes.