Posts Tagged ‘2014 winter olympics’
February 18, 2014
On 16 February 2014 Faith Karimi and Neda Farshbaf wrote for CNN how pop star Rihanna is adding major star power to the campaign for gay rights in Russia. The singer behind hits such as “Disturbia” and “SOS” tweeted a photo of herself wearing a hat emblazoned with P6,
short for Principle 6. This campaign speaks out against Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law as the nation hosts the Winter Olympics. And Rihanna has 34 million followers on Twitter! The photo links to her Instagram account, which has about 12 million followers. In subsequent tweets, she posted links to other articles highlighting the issue.
Rihanna adds star power to P6 campaign for gay rights in Russia – CNN.com.
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Tags: 2014 winter olympics, CNN, Disturbia, gay rights, gay rights in Russia, instagram, LGBT, lgbt human rights, LGBTI, major star power, music, P6 campaign, pop star, Rihanna, Russia, Sochi, SOS, star power, twitter
February 15, 2014
This is a long but excellent to piece to read over the weekend by Stefania Kulaeva of the remarkable NGO Memorial in Russia:
AT THE TIME of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi it is important to remember the human rights abuse of minorities and their defenders in Russia. This is a question for gay people but also for Roma, immigrant workers and members of other ethnic communities.
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Tags: 2014 winter olympics, ADC Memorial, campaign, foreign funding, Front Line (NGO), Human Rights Defenders, human rights violations, LGBT, Memorial, migrants, minorities, non-discrimination, roma, Russia, Sochi, Stefania Kulaeva, woman human rights defender
February 9, 2014
Front Line Defenders launched an online and social media campaign to focus attention on the plight of 12 human rights defenders (HRDs) from Eastern Europe and Central Asia coinciding with the launch of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The ‘Rights. Risks. Change!’ campaign (www.sportshrd.org) calls on the public to take solidarity action to support these 12 defenders and to pressure local officials to respect the work of HRDs.
All 12 of the HRDs highlighted in the campaign have displayed great courage and integrity in their work on a range of human rights issues. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: 2014 winter olympics, Ales Bialiatski, Azimjan Askarov, Belarus, campaign, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Evgeny Vitishko, Front Line (NGO), Front Line Defenders, human rights campaign, Human Rights Defenders, Kyrgyzstan, Olympics, Russia, Sochi, solidarity action, Stephania Koulaeva
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 