human rights
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A role model
ACTIVISM: Masih Alinejad, Nobel nominee, voices Iran's silenced through social and global media.
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FIFDH announces full 2024 programme
The 22nd edition of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) opens its doors from 8 to 17 March, aiming to explore the potential of cinema in shaping a better future amidst a backdrop of escalating global crises. The festival seeks to offer insights into our complex era without succumbing to…
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The enigma of consciousness
SCIENCE: Dive into Theater of Thought, where Werner Herzog navigates the complex world of brain science, revealing its multidimensional challenges and the profound implications for humanity's future.
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FIFDH announces 2024 Impact Filmmaking for Social Justice webinar details
The upcoming «Impact Days Webinar» on 18 January, 2024, from #FIFDH, promises to delve into the intricate and often perilous world of impact filmmaking, particularly in the realm of #social justice# and #human rights#. The focus is on a critical question: How do we safeguard the activists we spotlight while amplifying their message? Documentaries have…
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«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»
INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.
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FIFDH announces 2024 Impact Days selections and webinar theme
The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) proudly announces the sixth edition of its esteemed professional program, #Impact Days#. This unique initiative continues to champion human rights through the power of documentary filmmaking, emphasising the transformative role of collaboration in promoting global awareness and action. Each year, Impact Days undertakes a threefold…
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Keeping the idea of justice alive
RUSSIA: The Russian lawyers defending prisoners of conscience, who face persecution in Putin's regime for upholding justice and human rights.
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Combatting Digital Violence: A Conversation with HateAid
DIGITAL VIOLENCE: With a Human Rights Film Festival Berlin workshop on Navigating Digital Aggression for Journalists and Filmmakers, Modern Times Review speaks with representatives of Germany's HateAid - the organisation combatting digital violence.
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Real bodies, fake bodies: the dichotomy of female objectification
GENDER EQUALITY: From Kurdish villages to college campuses, gender-based abuse knows no boundaries.