Max Dana

Orange Day 2018 : 16 jours d’action contre les violences faites aux femmes

Dans une dizaine de jours nous lancerons notre Human Rights Week 2018 avec à l’honneur, les 10 ans de l’initiative ‘60 Signatures pour le 60ème Anniversaire de la Déclaration Universelle des Droits de l’homme‘ lancée par Max Dana, fondatrice du MagkaSama...

Mobile Film Festival 2018: 51 minutes for Human Rights #StandUp4HumanRights

Ten years ago, to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), our founder Max Dana launched the ’60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary’ Initiative supported by Amnesty International, UNICEF, UNHCR, Human Rights Watch, FIDH, Reporters without...

Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad awarded 2018 Nobel Peace Prize!

On Friday, Nadia Murad and Congolese Dr Denis Mukwege were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2018 for their “efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war“. We often mention the incredible work of Denis Mukwege at Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, he has been...

Tunisie : Quand la crise économique et sociale pousse les tunisiens dans la rue

Depuis plusieurs jours, les tunisiens sont dans la rue. La situation économique et sociale est difficile, et la Tunisie doit encore faire face à de nombreux problèmes dans un pays où 30 % des jeunes sont sans emploi. Dans un tweet envoyé en début de semaine par Max Dana qui...

Anti-government protests in Iran: at least a dozen people dead

On Tuesday, in our post about the child rapes and murders in Kavumu (RDC) we mentioned a tweet by Max Dana from Januray 1st saying she was concerned by the dire and preoccupying situation in Iran. The biggest unrest to strike the country in almost a decade since post-election unrest in...

Kavumu: Child Rapes and Murders Declared Crimes Against Humanity in Landmark Case

The first retweet of 2018 we made is a tweet from our founder Max Dana in which she mentioned the events in Congo: As a new year starts, I'm very concerned by the dire situation of so many people, here and abroad. Current events in #Iran and #DRC are preoccupying. Hard to wish an...

Celebrate Human Rights Day and #StandUp4HumanRights!

This week has been a very busy week, and we’re glad many of you could celebrate Human Rights Week with us. We published articles related to Human Rights: Celebrate Human Rights Week with The MagkaSama Project! Orange Day 2017 : Unissons-nous contre les violences dans l’espace...

Sudan: From Darfur and chemical attacks to European partnership and U.S collaboration

In September 2016, Amnesty International published an alarming report: Chemical weapons have been used by Sudan against civilians in Darfur conflict; between 200 and 250 people may have died as a result of exposure to the chemical weapons agents. Here is our post about it. A month later,...

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. Yesterday @MaxDana & Members of the MagkaSama...

The Abyei Referendum to take place on October 27-29, 2013

Last month, Max Dana posted on her blog about the Abyei Referendum: Sudan wants is oil, South Sudan wants its people. You can also read this article on the MagkaSama Project here. The Abyei Referendum is approachaing: voting will begin on October 27 until October 29, and the results are...