Human Rights
Democracy 101
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 7:09pmMade in Pittsburgh within five days of the G20 summit, by a team from Pittsburgh Indymedia, Twin Cities Indymedia, Glassbead Collective, and Mobile Broadcast News, a new documentary: "Democracy 101 (Rough Cut)".
Democracy 101 is a look at the policing and pattern of issues that arise during from National Special Security Events. Made with footage from the recent repression of dissent in Pittsburgh, salvaged from the broken cameras, stolen video and arrested reporters.
SOUND WEAPONS DEPLOYED • JOURNALISTS ARRESTED • PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS ASSAULTED • CAMERAS BROKEN • VIDEO CONFISCATED • MILITARY ACTIONS AGAINST CIVILIANS • FIRST HAND REPORTS FROM THE BATTLE ZONE
View the 26-minute long video, from the makers of "Terrorizing Dissent" and friends at: http://rnc08report.org/archive/1198.shtml
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Post G20 Press Conference
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 10:24amPress conference regarding the violation of the rights of
Journalists and activists during and before the G20 summit in
Pittsburgh.
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Happy Human Rights Day
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 8:20amWitness: "The Hub" is the world's first participatory media site for human rights.
Through the Hub, individuals, organizations, networks and groups around the world are able to bring their human rights stories and campaigns to global attention and to mobilize action to protect and promote human rights.
Related Links ::: The HUB
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Witness Burma
Submitted by FluxRostrum on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 7:20am4 min. ~ embedding options exist here
Last week hundreds of Buddhist Monks stood silently waiting for their heads to be bashed into the stone walls of the monastery... a handful survived.
Witness the ongoing military junta offensive against civilians in Eastern Burma.
Violence and persecution escalate as thousands flee their homes amid the worst attacks on ethnic minority communities in a decade.
Related Links ::: All Eyes on Burma: a Nation in Crisis, The Human-Rights Vacuum, Burmese suffer hunger while monks are murdered, This Innocent Martyr Shall Live Forever
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