As someone who regularly shows human rights documentaries in cities around the world, I was shocked when my Human Rights Watch colleagues told me about the case of Lena Hendry, a Malaysian woman who could go to prison for showing a film of the type we show every year. We therefore decided to highlight the case to those who came to see our films at this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London.
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