freedom of expression

Alvin Tan

Advocate for freedom of expression through social theatre - standing up for human rights
A passionate advocate for social change, Alvin has produced controversial works such as Off Centre and Mobile which sought to bring remote voices into the mainstream through theatre. In 1994, he introduced forum theatre to Singapore, which became proscribed, but recently legalised. Despite having brushes with local authorities in challenging times, Alvin continues to push for individuals’ rights in the freedom of expression.

Announcing the Every Human Has Rights Media Awards

19/07/08

30 journalists from around the world will be selected by a professional international jury and awarded an all expenses paid trip to Paris in December 2008, where they will meet Human Rights leaders and receive a prize for their contribution to illustrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with powerful and eye-opening stories.

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Bitter Outcomes of Political Violence in Zimbabwe

1/07/08

Men, women, and children across Zimbabwe have suffered the bitter outcomes of political violence. On June 23rd, the New York Times online showed a photograph of six men with sticks and iron bars beating unidentified victims at the site of a planned political rally. Just one picture of thousands too many.

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Freedom of Expression

Freedom of Expression

Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) affirms that "everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

Houda Malloum

Creating Radio for Refugee Women from Darfur - standing up for human rights
Houda Mahamat Malloum is a full-time host, reporter and producer at La Voix du Ouaddai, a community radio station in Abeche, Chad, set up by the non-profit Internews network to serverefugees from Darfur and local Chadians. As well as presenting the news at noon every day, Malloum produces Internews' weekly radio show, "She Speaks, She Listens." The program focuses on violence against women and girls, covering taboo subjects such as rape, female genital cutting and forced child marriage.

Ifie and Tina

Fighting the Devastating Effects of Nigeria's Oil Industry - standing up for human rights
Flaring is the process of burning up gas while extracting crude oil from the ground to make the oil more usable. It is illegal in Nigeria: its toxicity and effects on health and the environment make it a violation of human rights. Tina and Ifie are two women in the Niger Delta who have experienced the effects of flaring and an oil spill that destroyed agricultural land and fishing ponds in their community. They are filming testimonies so that people around the world see the local cost of oil.

Abeer Kilaney

Getting Real, Local News to Palestinians - standing up for human rights
Abeer Kilaney is director of Gama TV in Nablus, president of the West Bank Sada TV network and coordinator for MIFTAH, an organization that promotes transparency, accountability and the uninhibited flow of information. During the first intifadah, as Israeli soldiers took residence on the roof of her home for surveillance of Nablus, Kilaney realized that the only source of information available to Palestinians was from satellite television channels mainly out of Israel and the UAE. Kilaney began operating Gama TV out of her home, producing programs that were made for and by her community and freely discussed the issues affecting them.

Freshta Shikhany

Blazing a Trail for Pakistan's Women Journalists - standing up for human rights
"With radio, I can give my community a voice," says Freshta Shikhany, one of few women reporters in Pakistan. Shikhany reports for Da Pulay Poray (On the Borderlineâ). The weekly program, started by Internews and produced by a team of Pakistani and Afghan radio journalists, covers issues affecting populations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and airs on 15 radio stations in the region. Shikhany also has her own show on Buraq 104 Peshawar's first independent FM station.

Otto Saki

Legal Advocate for the Dispossessed - standing up for human rights
Since organizing a boycott while following the death of a student protester, Otto Saki has defended human rights in Zimbabwe. He represents human rights activists: students, women, union members who face harassment, intimidation and arrest when they protest the government's growing repression. Despite police threats and intimidated judges, he also assists shantytown dwellers whose settlements are being bulldozed by the government, helping thousands of families apply to the High Court to prevent the demolitions and seek restitution.

Nurit Peled-Elhanan

Bereaved Families for Peace - standing up for human rights
After the death of Nurit Peled-Elhanan's 13-year-old daughter, Smadar, in a Palestinian suicide bomber's attack in 1997, she became an outspoken critic of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. "My little girl was murdered because she was an Israeli by a young man who was humiliated, oppressed and desperate to the point of suicide and murder, just because he was a Palestinian. Now their blood is mixed on the stones of Jerusalem that have long been indifferent to children's blood.
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