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Zurich: Voices from the Squatted Church (1)

On Friday, 19 December 2008, around 150 Sans-Papiers and solidarity activists squatted the "Prediger" Church in Zurich, Switzerland....

Europe, Switzerland, Western Europe

Housing, Immigration , Refugees

Witnessed: 6 times

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UNICEF: Radio for and by children in Banda Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, 29 December 2008 Putri Saleh hosts a radio programme tailored just for children, tackling issues ranging from school problems to child abuse. The teenaged host interrupts an ...

Indonesia

Child prostitution, Children's rights, Human trafficking

Witnessed: 41 times

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Chinese Riot PoliceTrain in Tibet 12.20.08

Chinese Riot Police Train on a school field in Dartsedo Kham Tibet (ch:Kanting)....

Tibet

Freedom of opinion & expression, Violence, Other

Witnessed: 58 times

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Nellie McKay Urges Eaters to Look Beyond the Mirror

New York singer-songwriter Nellie McKay makes a compelling case for a vegetarian lifestyle, citing both global warming and the treatment of workers at factory farms as reasons to make the switch.

Global, United States

Corporations and human rights, Environment, Food & health & development

Witnessed: 178 times

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DJ Rekha on Using Pop Culture to Discuss Human Rights

Reknowned bhangra DJ Rekha discusses her work with Breakthrough.tv, an organization that uses media, education and pop culture to promote the values of dignity equality and justice.

Global

Immigration

Witnessed: 109 times

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Crooked Fingers on the Economics of Third World Exploitation

Eric Bachmann of indie rock band Crooked Fingers points the finger at American ignorance of how exploitation of the third world supports our high standard of living

Global

Corporations and human rights, Poverty

Witnessed: 130 times

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Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of UDHR with the ACLU

December 10th, 2008 marked the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the founding document of the modern human rights system....

United States

Other

Witnessed: 166 times

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Video Advocacy Workshop 2008

This short video, by Sutthirat Supaparinya, shows a glimpse of the Asia Video Advocacy Workshop for displacement activists, which took place in September 2008, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Asia

Corporations and human rights, Housing, Internally displaced persons

Witnessed: 248 times

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The Oil Up There: The Most Destructive Project on Earth

In March 2008, a group of concerned citizens from British Columbia, Canada visited possibly the most destructive industrial mega-project in the world. The Tar Sands are large deposits of heavy crude ...

Canada

Corporations and human rights, Environment, Indigenous peoples

Witnessed: 194 times

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Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Protests HBO's Show 'Cathouse'

This is a mini-documentary, produced by the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), about the harms of HBO's show 'Cathouse'....

United States

Human trafficking, Sexual exploitation, Violence against women

Witnessed: 261 times

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