What You Can Do
- Update, April 9, 2003:
Urge President Bush to ensure that detainees held at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan and other American facilities overseas are not tortured or mistreated. Print out and personalize our sample letter.
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- Organize a community screening
Featured in the 2001 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, the film Jung (War): In the Land of the Mujaheddin is available for community screenings for free by emailing holleya@hrw.org. The film follows the Italian NGO Emergency as they set up a hospital for victims of the war in Northern Afghanistan. Through this story, we glimpse the daily lives of the people of Afghanistan in the midst of the civil war.- In addition, other films and resources on the Middle East and Central Asia are available from HRW Film Festival partners Arab Film Distribution, Women Make Movies and National Video Resources.
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- In addition, other films and resources on the Middle East and Central Asia are available from HRW Film Festival partners Arab Film Distribution, Women Make Movies and National Video Resources.
Afghan refugees in Pakistan, April 2001. © 2001 Zalmai Ahad
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Still from Jung (War): In the Land of the Mujaheddin. © 2000 Fabrizio Lazzaretti/Alberto Vendemmiati.