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NEW: “Cypher”: Comics for Human Rights Defenders

July 23, 2020

On 23 July 2020 Front Line Defenders launched the first edition of a very interesting new Monthly Digital Magazine: “Cypher – Comics as Eyewitness”.

This project advances the organization’s storytelling and narrative framing work in collaboration with and in support of human rights defenders (HRDs). Working with artists from around the world, including the awardwinning visual storyteller, Beldan Sezen, as creative director, the Magazine will be a monthly publication featuring 3 or 4 stories of HRDs and the challenges they face.
Each month, Front Line Defenders will collaborate with comics artists
from around the world, pairing them with HRDs to develop stories
that portray their work and the challenges, risks and threats they
face. The first edition features stories from:
Kenya (artist: Nomes Dee) – a profile of Ruth Mumbi’s efforts to defend the rights of evicted families in the Kairobangi neighborhood of Nairobi as the COVID-19 pandemic spread; [see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2015/01/22/human-rights-defenders-in-york-programme-tell-their-story-ruth-mumbi/]
Pakistan (artist: anonymous for security reasons) – the story of the abduction enforced
disappearance of Pakistani HRD Idris Khattak, as told from the perspective of his daughter;
Lebanon (artist: Pascale Ghazaly) – with COVID-19 hitting, ongoing street protests against political and economic corruption and the collapse of the economy, Ethiopian domestic workers found themselves kicked out and abandoned, as even the embassy refused to help; a collective of domestic workers organized critical support;
Brazil (artist: Lyvia Emanuelly ) – transvesti HRD Rosa Luz is a social media and YouTube influencer and rap/hip hop musician; when she used her art to criticize political leaders, she faced intense backlash in the media and from politicians, including death threats, only returning to her public role after a hiatus to ensure her security.

Front Line Defenders comes to this project following a four-year process of developing, producing and disseminating the critically-acclaimed nonfiction graphic novel, La Lucha: The Story of Lucha Castro and Human Rights in Mexico.[see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2015/04/04/la-lucha-the-story-of-lucha-castro-and-human-rights-in-mexico-new-comics-book-out/

https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/sites/default/files/cypher01final.pdf

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Tags: artists, Beldan Sezen, Brazil, comics, Front Line Defenders, Human Rights Defenders, Idris Khattak, Kenya, Lebanon, on-line, Pakistan, publication, rosa Luz, Ruth Mumbi, story telling, visualisation

Tonight WITNESS’ virtual Gala with Peter Gabriel, Kimberley Nichole and Angela Davis

May 21, 2020

Tonight, 21 May 21, at 6:00 p.m. ET, the NGO WITNESS has its virtual Un-Gala, a celebration in defense of truth and human rights, live on Facebook and YouTube.

You’ll be able to hear the activist, author and educator Angela Davis, in conversation with media activist and WITNESS’ Senior Program Coordinator Palika Makam.  You’ll be hearing a new piece on COVID-19 created by WITNESS’ Founder Peter Gabriel  and you can listen to the incredible voice of artist Kimberly Nichole.
The Un-Gala is free of charge but donations to WITNESS are most welcome.

RSVP here

 

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Tags: Angela Davis, artists, Covid-19, event, gala, Kimberly Nichole, live streaming, music, Palika Makam, Peter Gabriel, Witness (human rights group)

Arctivism Projects: human rights and artists collaborating

May 18, 2020

On 14 April 2020 I referred to the “Arctivism Projects” announced by the human rights defender hub [see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2020/04/14/call-for-applications-covid-19-funding-for-artists-and-human-rights-defenders-working-together/]. The first results are in:

Letters from the Front (Greece)

Letters from the Front (Greece)
Bevaru (India)

Bevaru (India)
Politics of Displacement (South Africa)

Politics of Displacement (South Africa)
COVIDStateWatch

COVIDStateWatch
Memory is a Weapon (South Africa)

Memory is a Weapon (South Africa)
Duna (Brazil / Spain)

Duna (Brazil / Spain)
Youth Experience (Uganda)

Youth Experience (Uganda)
Conservation Arts (Malawi)

Conservation Arts (Malawi)
Towards an Ordinary Day (Indonesia)

Towards an Ordinary Day (Indonesia)
https://www.hrdhub.org/arctivism-projects

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Tags: Arctivism, artists, Centre for Applied Human Rights at York University, Covid-19, funding, human rights defender hub, Human Rights Defenders, projects

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