While not directly dealing with Human Rights Defenders, I want to share with you this fascinating debate organised by International Alert.
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Follow on YouTube very interesting debate on Syria and media organised by International Alert
September 20, 2013Bahrain HRD Maryam al-Khawaja banned by British Airways from flight
August 10, 2013
Maryam al-Khawaja (c) IBT
The International Business Times of 9 August reports that Maryam al-Khawaja, acting president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) has been prevented from boarding a British Airways flight from Copenhagen to Bahrain because of a ban issued by the government Bahrain. Why did the UK airline agreed to the ban without giving any motive for the blocking order or any advance notice?. “I had the flight this morning from Copenhagen and everything was fine. I did the online check-in yesterday,” she told IBTimes UK. “I was blocked at the boarding and told to check with the counter because there was a problem. The lady called the office in London who told her that there was a denied boarding message as a decision from Bahrain government”. Al-Khawaja holds dual Bahraini-Danish citizenship but has not renewed her Bahraini passport . Her father Abdulhadi and sister Zainab are in jail for their role in pro-democracy protests.
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Double Bind: what to do if perpetrators are themselves being persecuted?
May 25, 2013Meredith Tax, a writer and political activist, has recently addressed in a book a most important and tricky subject: Double Bind: The Muslim Right, the Anglo-American Left, and Universal Human Rights, published by the Centre for Secular Space. Human rights defenders are supposed to protect the rights of those oppressed by the state or by non-state actors. Read the rest of this entry »
Amnesty International seeks volunteers for International Secretariat to work for HRDs
April 10, 2013Voluntary work in one of the world’s leading human rights organisations can provide valuable experience and is a great opportunity to contribute to the international human rights movement. The voluntary work is unpaid, although travel and lunch expenses are provided. Amnesty International can also act as a sponsor to enable you to arrange your own right to be in the UK as a volunteer. Please note that volunteering does not lead directly to employment with Amnesty International.
The volunteers will work in the ‘Individuals at Risk’ team to ensure the development and coordination of a strategic, sustainable body of casework for effective action. The volunteers will work directly with the Individuals at Risk Research and Policy Advisor, under whose supervision the volunteers will contribute to work on human rights defenders protection, with a specific focus on women human rights defenders, as well as work related to relationship management and ethics policy of human rights engagement. The deadline is 17 April.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival London starts today
March 13, 2013
This edition will show 19 films covering 16 countries featuring prominently the role of human rights defenders. From 13 to 22 March 2013.
For info an tickets: ff.hrw.org
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 