The Museum of Photographic Arts is honored to host the second year of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in San Diego, a powerful film event that the New York Times called the "cinematic conscience of the world.

Human Rights Watch and Adobe Youth Voices Seek Films Made by Young People
October 29, 2009
Human Rights Watch and Adobe Youth Voices Seek Films Made by Young People

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues made by youth ages 19 and under for its third annual YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program.

Los activistas trabajan para poner fin a los abusos en Birmania, Congo, Etiopía y Rusia
October 8, 2009
Los activistas trabajan para poner fin a los abusos en Birmania, Congo, Etiopía y Rusia

(Nueva York) - Cuatro valientes e incansables defensores de los derechos humanos - de Birmania, la República Democrática del Congo, Etiopía y Rusia - han sido galardonados con el prestigioso Premio Alison Des Forges al Activismo Extraordinario, señaló hoy Human Rights Watch.

Les quatre lauréats du prix « Alison Des Forges Defender Award » ont œuvré pour la cessation des exactions en Birmanie, en RD Congo, en Éthiopie et en Russie
October 7, 2009
Les quatre lauréats du prix « Alison Des Forges Defender Award » ont œuvré pour la cessation des exactions en Birmanie, en RD Congo, en Éthiopie et en Russie

(New York, le 7 octobre 2009) - Quatre courageux et infatigables défenseurs des droits humains originaires de la Birmanie, de la République démocratique du Congo, de l'Éthiopie et la Russie ont été sélectionnés pour recevoir le prix Alison Des Forges Defender Award for Extraordinary Activism, une prestigieuse distinction qui récompense l'activisme extraordinaire de la défunte mi

ビルマ、コンゴ、エチオピア、ロシアの勇敢な人権活動家たちが受賞
October 7, 2009
ビルマ、コンゴ、エチオピア、ロシアの勇敢な人権活動家たちが受賞
Defenders Work to End Abuses in Burma, Congo, Ethiopia, and Russia
October 7, 2009
Defenders Work to End Abuses in Burma, Congo, Ethiopia, and Russia

(New York) - Four courageous and tireless advocates of human rights - from Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Russia - have been awarded the prestigious Alison Des Forges Defender Award for Extraordinary Activism, Human Rights Watch said today.

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