This week has been a very busy week, and we’re glad many of you could celebrate Human Rights Week with us. We published articles related to Human Rights:
Celebrate Human Rights Week with The MagkaSama Project!
Orange Day 2017 : Unissons-nous contre les violences dans l’espace public
Human Rights Watch: Lighting the Way for Human Rights The Art of Resilience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – By Darcy Ataman
Photojournalist Shawkan turns 30 facing death behind bars in Egypt
Darfur: ethnically-targeted violence continues on a wide scale – By Eric Reeves
We also organized online discussions and Members of the MagkaSama Project joined us today for a special afternoon dedicated to Human Rights and how we can all take action.
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Our founder Max Dana tweeted:
I had the most enriching discussions on the occasion of #GenocideVictimsDay and #HumanRightsDay. Thanks to everyone who participated to these discussions with the @MagkaSama Project, our commitment to #HumanRights must be absolute.
— Max Dana (@MaxDana) December 10, 2017
Among the many topics we discussed together, there was the situation of Dr. Tom Catena in the Nuba Mountains. Some people who joined us also attended the screening last year. We shared a very moving moment:
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Other tweets on this special day:
Happy #HumanRightsDay! When basic freedoms are under threat, this global expression of solidarity is an act of defiance, a call to action to oppose those who want to turn back the clock on human rights. https://t.co/JV1APTW0dV pic.twitter.com/PC2LbmneNi
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) December 10, 2017
Today we celebrate #HumanRightsDay w/ @Paris Mayor @AnneHidalgo at @TheatreChaillot , where the Universal Declaration of #HumanRights was adopted in 1948. https://t.co/j0mXOYtPA2 #StandUp4HumanRights pic.twitter.com/PzOA4uNTnS
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) December 10, 2017
#ICC President Judge Silvia Fernández on #HumanRightsDay: Accountability for international crimes is part & parcel of the rule of law, & it
fosters a culture of human rights. Our responsibility to act for justice & human rights #StandUp4HumanRights pic.twitter.com/MPTrVVxAyd— Int'l Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) December 10, 2017
And of course #OrangeDay we mentioned in our series of posts this week:
Dec 10 is Human Rights Day- here's how YOU can help end gender-based violence via @UN_Women #16days #orangetheworld pic.twitter.com/7MfqepIM0m
— Girl Up (@GirlUp) December 9, 2017
Thanks everyone for participating and for joining us. We hope you will make your voice heard by supporting human rights in your community and across the world. Our motto is Stand Together, because Unity is strength, and we need to work together if we want to make things change!
