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‘I never thought as a film-maker that I would feel endangered’
The Guardian – The director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Last Men in Aleppo speaks of ‘trauma and paranoia’ over the extreme lengths some are taking to stop him from telling the truth. On 4 March, the […]
Thursday، 1 March، 2018Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA Human Rights and Civil society Newsletter No. 216-217
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Wednesday، 28 February، 2018Lebanese Social Worker Sisters Tackle Radicalization
VOA NEWS – BEIRUT, LEBANON — Within the confines of Lebanon’s Roumieh prison they gathered together as men recounting lives led before they became seen as terrorists. Inmates whose affiliations spanned across Islamic State (IS) and a […]
Monday، 26 February، 2018Transitional Justice Coordination Group Press Statement
In connection with the registration of war victims’ complaints with the International Criminal Court to address war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Afghanistan since May 2003.
Tuesday، 20 February، 2018Bergman: why are the great director’s women all tragi-sexual goddesses?
Ingmar Bergman’s spellbinding films made his female stars immortal. But they weren’t all grateful. Could this famously manipulative genius have survived in the #MeToo era?
Tuesday، 20 February، 2018Endemic misogyny
The most recent rape and murder in Pakistan caused a huge public outcry. Though similar cases in India have tended to attract fewer headlines, sexual violence in both countries is an ongoing problem
Tuesday، 20 February، 2018“I keep Asking You Not to Buy Books from Amazon”
Electricliterature – SF&F legend and literary rabble rouser Ursula K. Le Guin has been speaking out directly and indirectly about Amazon and the state of publishing for some time. At last year’s National Book Awards, Le Guin was […]
Thursday، 15 February، 2018Oscar-nominated movie “Loveless”: Human selfishness is universal
Variety – Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscar-nominated film “Loveless” opens in the U.S. on Friday via Sony Pictures Classics. Alexander Rodnyansky, the film’s producer, speaks to Variety about its reception at home in Russia and abroad, and his views on recent developments […]
Thursday، 15 February، 2018Why #MeToo will be a recurring theme throughout the Berlinale
DW – From initiatives such as “Nobody’s Doll” and #BlackCarpetBerlinale to Kim Ki-duk’s controversial invitation, here’s how the debate on #MeToo has been fueled even before the Berlin film festival kicked off. The Berlinale has long […]
Thursday، 15 February، 2018Divisive populists are a “main obstacle” to women’s rights
“What populists are really afraid of is pluralism” says FEMEN activist Inna Shevchenko, who argues that democracy and feminism are interlinked.
Tuesday، 13 February، 2018
