Los Angeles

A Conversation with Shirin Ebadi and Sarah Leah Whitson

Human Rights Watch Los Angeles is excited to invite you to a special event with Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of HRW's Middle East and North Africa Division, moderated by Asli Bali, Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law and Director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies.

The event will take place at the Luskin Conference Center at UCLA in Westwood. The event is free but, as space is limited, RSVP is required.

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April 10, 2017

Film Club Screening of The Uncondemned | April 9, 2017

On April 9, 2017, Human Rights Watch Los Angeles hosted a Special Screening and Discussion of The Uncondemned, an extraordinary documentary following a group of lawyers and activists who prosecuted rape as a crime against humanity. This is the story of their fight for the first conviction. “What The Uncondemned convincingly demonstrates is the cumulative power of a small group of people with an intense passion for justice, idealists with practical experience whose belief in the power inherent in speaking the truth is not to be denied.” -- Kenneth Turan, LA Times Attendees were invited to stay after the screening for a Q&A moderated by Kenneth Turan of the LA Times, the movie director, Michele Mitchell, and Human Rights Watch’s Senior Counsel for the US Program, Sara Darehshori. The discussion was followed by a reception with the panelists.
January 31, 2017

Film Club Screening of When Two Worlds Collide | January 29, 2017

On January 29, 2017, Human Rights Watch hosted its Film Club Special Screening and Discussion of When Two Worlds Collide. The movie was followed by a Q&A with HRW's Jose Miguel Vivanco, Director of the Americas Division, Atossa Soltani, Amazon Watch Founder, and Filmmaker Heidi Brandenburg, moderated by Keely Badger, Film Club Committee member.

A contemporary apocalyptic story of a man, of a people, and of the fate of one of our planet’s most valuable natural resources, the Amazonian Rainforest. In this documentary, audiences are taken into the line of fire between opposing Peruvian leaders who will stop at nothing to keep their goals intact. On one side is President Alan Garcia who begins aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and gas from untouched indigenous Amazonian land. He is met with fierce opposition from indigenous leader Alberto Pizango, whose speeches against Garcia’s actions prove a powerful rallying cry to his supporters. When Garcia continues to ignore their pleas, a tense war of words erupts into deadly violence.A contemporary apocalyptic story of a man, of a people, and of the fate of one of our planet’s most valuable natural resources, the Amazonian Rainforest. In this documentary, audiences are taken into the line of fire between opposing Peruvian leaders who will stop at nothing to keep their goals intact. On one side is President Alan Garcia who begins aggressively extracting oil, minerals, and gas from untouched indigenous Amazonian land. He is met with fierce opposition from indigenous leader Alberto Pizango, whose speeches against Garcia’s actions prove a powerful rallying cry to his supporters. When Garcia continues to ignore their pleas, a tense war of words erupts into deadly violence.
August 12, 2016

Film Club Screening of The Return | Sunday, September 25, 2016

Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue
Santa Monica, California 90403

5:00 pm | Doors open
5:30 pm | Film Screening, followed by panel discussion
7:30 pm | Reception with drinks and food

The Return examines this unprecedented reform through the eyes of those on the front lines—prisoners suddenly freed, families turned upside down, reentry providers helping navigate complex transitions, and attorneys and judges wrestling with an untested law. At a moment of reckoning on mass incarceration, what can California’s experiment teach the nation?

Join us after the movie for a Q & A with the movie’s directors, protagonists, and HRW’s Children’s Rights senior advocate to discuss the current state of California’s justice system and upcoming changes. The screening and discussion will be followed by a reception with the panelists.

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August 11, 2016

Voices for Justice Annual Dinner | Tuesday, November 15, 2016

The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA

6:30 pm | Cocktail Reception

7:15 pm | Dinner and Program, followed by Dessert and Coffee Reception

Join us as we honor Yonous Muhammadi of Greece with our highest tribute, the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism, in recognition of his unwavering courage and commitment to protecting the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants.

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May 14, 2016

Human Rights Watch Hosts the Los Angeles Premiere of Salam Neighbor

On January 31, 2016 Human Rights Watch hosted the Los Angeles Premiere and Discussion of Salam Neighbor, a movie following some of the tens of thousands of Syrian refugees living in Jordan. Salam Neighbor follows Zach and Chris, two Americans who head to the edge of war, just seven miles from the Syrian border, to live among 85,000 uprooted refugees in Jordan's Za'atari camp. As the first filmmakers allowed by the United Nations to register and set up a tent inside a refugee camp, Zach and Chris plunge into the heart of the world's most pressing humanitarian crisis.

The movie was followed by a Q&A with the film’s co-director Zach Ingrasci, and producer Salam Darwaza, along with Human Rights Watch's Refugee Program Director Bill Frelick, for a discussion moderated by Asli Bali, Professor of Law at UCLA.
August 10, 2015

2015 Voices for Justice Dinner

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 6:30 pm

The Voices for Justice Annual Dinner honors courageous individuals who protect and defend human rights around the world. Please join us as we celebrate some of the most important human rights achievements of the past year.

For more information, to become a sponsor, or to purchase tickets, please contact MTA Events at 818.906.0240 or visit https://donate.hrw.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1908&ea.campaign.id=40233
August 10, 2015

Film Club Screening of The Trials of Spring

Human Rights Watch invites you to the Los Angeles Premiere of The Trials of Spring at the American Cinematheque Aero Theater in Santa Monica on September 20th, 2015. This gripping movie focuses on the instrumental role women activists played in the Egyptian uprising and under the current military repression.

Join us after the movie for a panel discussion featuring Producer Beth Levison, Human Rights Activist Hend Nafea, UC Riverside Associate Professor Sherine Hafez, and HRW's Middle East & North Africa Division Executive Director Sarah Leah Whitson.

General tickets are $30 and Student tickets are $15. Tickets are unreserved and seating is first-come, first-served.

For more information and to buy tickets, please visit: http://ttos.bpt.me/
July 10, 2015

2015 Voices for Justice Dinner

SAVE THE DATE

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 6:30 pm

The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills

For over 35 years, Human Rights Watch has been at the forefront of the international human rights movement, investigating human rights abuses and exposing the truth to create deep-rooted change.

The Voices for Justice Annual Dinner honors courageous individuals who protect and defend human rights around the world.

Please join us as we celebrate some of the most important human rights achievements of the past year.

For more information, to become a sponsor, or to purchase tickets, please contact MTA Events at 818.906.0240 or hrw@mtaevents.com.
March 20, 2015

Film Club Screening of the Homestretch

"An amazing and important film with the potential to change the way we think about the problem of youth homelessness." - Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here

Human Rights Watch invites you to the screening of The Homestretch. This inspirational documentary explores the severely overlooked crisis of youth homelessness in the United States, by giving a voice to three teens fighting to build a more hopeful future. The film successfully exposes the striking flaws in domestic policies as they relate to juvenile justice, immigration, foster care and LGBTQIA rights.

The movie will be followed by a Q&A with Director Anne de Mare, HRW's LGBT Director Graeme Reid and LA County Office of Education's Melissa Schoonmaker. All guests are invited to attend a drink and taco reception.
March 20, 2015

Compelling Documentary E-Team, chronicles the Human Rights Watch Emergencies Team

Join us on Friday, January 30th 2015 for a screening of E-Team about the Human Rights Watch Emergencies Team.

When atrocities are committed in countries held hostage by ruthless dictators, Human Rights Watch sends in the E-Team (Emergencies Team), a collection of fiercely intelligent individuals hired to document war crimes and report them to the rest of the world. Within this volatile climate, filmmakers Ross Kauffman and Katy Chevigny take us to the frontline in Syria and Libya, where shrapnel, bullet holes, and unmarked graves provide mounting evidence of coordinated attacks conducted by Bashar al-Assad and the now deceased Muammar Gaddafi. The crimes are rampant, random and often undocumented, making E-Team's effort to get information out of the country and into the hands of media outlets and criminal courts all the more necessary.

For tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1021899/