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The Heart of Nuba, a movie on the inspiring story of Dr. Tom Catena

As you may already know if you read our Newsletter, we are supporting The Heart of Nuba, an incredible movie by Kenneth Carlson and a few days ago we had a screening with Max Dana and Members. As usual, it was followed by a discussion.…

Raif Badawi: A day of action for the Saudi Arabian blogger

Writer, activist and creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals Raif Badawi was arrested four years ago, and yesterday was a day of action for the Saudi Arabian blogger. Events were planned in Canada but also in Europe, in London and Oslo. There is a weekly London Protest protest outside…

Raif Badawi: Meeting with Ensaf Haidar at Amnesty France for the release of her book

Yesterday we were at Amnesty International France headquarters in Paris to meet with Ensaf Haidar, the wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi who was sentenced in 2014 to 10 years behind bars, 1,000 lashes, a 10-year travel ban, and a lifetime ban from appearing in the media.…

Le film ‘L’homme qui répare les femmes – la colère d’Hippocrate’ sort en France

Sorti l’année dernière aux Pays-Bas, le film de Thierry Michel et Colette Braeckman ‘L’homme qui répare les femmes – la colère d’Hippocrate‘ qui nous présente l’incroyable travail du Docteur Denis Mukwege à l’hopital de Panzi au Congo,…

COP21 in Paris: Get mobilized for climate!

The 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) started last month (on November, 30) in Paris. If we focus our actions on Human Rights, we also believe environment is important. Leaders from 147 nations have been addressing the meeting and will try to reach an agreement on carbon emissions at…

Women and Genocide National Symposium 2013

Darfur Women Action Group and STAND present the 2nd Annual Women and Genocide in the 21stCentury:  The Case of Darfur National Symposium. You can join hundreds of activists, students, musicians, advocates, and genocide & gender experts to explore the impact of genocide on women. By…

Stop Human Rights Violations in Sudan!

Yesterday we published: Hunger strike to stop Human Rights violations in Sudan, in which we mentioned the petition launched on Avaaz.org: September 2013 saw hoards of people taking to the streets of Sudan in protest, sparked by the government’s lift on fuel subsidies in the already…

Hunger strike to stop Human Rights violations in Sudan

Last month we covered Sudan Revolts (#SudanRevolts), and you can read all our news on this dedicated In Focus page. In our News roundup from October 2, 2013, we mentioned kashiff111 who wrote: ‘We have over 200 of our youth who died for us… if i cant be with them then i will not…

Breaking The Silence: Congo Week, October 20 – 26, 2013

We announced it in our latest Newsletter, Congo Week started yesterday. Breaking the Silence Congo Week  website explains the purpose of the event is to raise global consciousness about the situation in the Congo and advocate for peace, justice and human dignity in partnership with the…

Press has a duty to inform on #SudanRevolts, and so have we.

Demonstrations are taking place since last week in Sudan. Unfortunately, and without surprise, media coverage has been scant and some reports even omitted to mention some important information on the root causes motivating the protests. For a week now (and since a long time, our interest…