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'Nowhere To Hide' In Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2017

At no point during Zaradasht Ahmed’s blistering documentary Nowhere to Hide does anybody express regret for the departure of American soldiers from Iraq. That remains...

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Hot Docs Announces Awards, Human Rights Watch Festival Unveils Lineup

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be presented June 9 – 18, with 21 topical and provocative feature documentaries and panel discussions that showcase courageo...

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Gender

They're Not Seen As Human Beings: Life For Unmarried Mothers In Tunisia

Tunisia is often hailed as a progressive Arab country, where, according to US human rights watchdog Freedom House, “women enjoy more social freedoms and legal rights ...

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Human Rights Watch Film Festival

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival will be presented in London from 6 to 17 March, 2017, featuring 16 award-winning international documentary feature films that grapple w...

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Human Rights

A New Corporate Benchmark For Human Rights

There needs to be specific grids that periodically track government and sector-specific companies on business and human rights parameters I would like to propose an item fo...

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Human Rights

Human Rights Watch Submission To WHO High-Level Working Group On Health & Human Rights Of Women, Children & Adolescents

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the World Health Organization (WHO) High-level Working Group on Health and Human Rights of Women, Children a...

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Human Rights

UN Human Rights Council: Using Sport And The Olympic Ideal To Promote Human Rights For All, Including Persons With Disabilities

For more than a decade, Human Rights Watch has documented human rights abuses linked to mega-sporting events, or MSEs, such as the Olympics, football’s World Cup, For...

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At The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, A Lot Of The Humans Are Women

“Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves,” the 1985 pop hit, would be an appropriately militant theme song for the new edition of the Human Rights Watch Film ...

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Inequality Front-And-Center At Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Documentaries and narrative features illuminating women's rights, gender equality and LGBTQ issues, environmental activism, and the violence of urban gangs and drug cartels...

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Human Rights

Global Profits, And Peril, From Child Labor

Governments Should Impose Mandatory Restrictions
Governments should better regulate businesses to prevent child labor in global supply chains, Human Rights Watch said ...

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