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Showing videos filed under: human rights day
Human Rights for All
December 16, 2009Philippine transgender activist Sass Rogando Sasot addressed a panel discussion organized by the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden on the International Day of Human Rights.Health Care, Suphala, and Transgender Rights
December 15, 2009When word broke last night that Joe Lieberman had taken the health care bill hostage and that it appeared the White House and Senate Majority Leader Reid were ready to cave, progressives howled. The process by which one so-called centrist can make unreasonable demands to get a bill passed has many calling for dumping the filibuster, and activists wondering what they can do.Cartoons in Conflict
December 11, 2009Activists Robi Damelin, who lost her son to a Palestinian sniper, and Mazen Faraj, who lost his father to an Israeli sniper, are advocating a different approach. Members of The Parents Circle-Families Forum, they're touring the U.S. with Cartoons in Conflict, an exhibit featuring the work of forty renowned American and international cartoonists, who offer their singular perspective on conflict, reconciliation, and peace.Until When
December 11, 2009It's International Human Rights Day, and with this documentary we take the time to remember those whose human rights are often forgotten. Until When, co-produced by our own Suzy Salamy, follows four Palestinian families living in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp near Bethlehem.Media Panel, Garbage Dreams and Cartoons in Conflict
December 10, 2009Obama headed overseas this week, to the Copenhagen climate talks. Today, though, he made a stop in Oslo to accept his Nobel Peace Prize. It's also Human Rights Day, but you might be excused for not having heard that--the media seems more concerned with Tiger Woods' sex life.
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