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Inter Pares and Project Counselling Service (PCS) have produced a 30-minute film, Rising From the Ashes, to share our work with survivors of sexual violence during the armed conflict in Peru. Through the inspiring stories of four women, we share the struggle of survivors and activists to create a more just and peaceful society.
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Inter Pares counterpart Chin Human Rights Organization interviewed by Radio-Canada International
2009 is an important year for Burma. As part of their “seven-step road map to democracy”, the military regime, the State Peace and Development Council, will hold national elections in the beginning of 2010. Human rights defender and democracy activist Victor Biak Lian was interviewed on Radio-Canada International (RCI) January 1st, 2009 with a look at the year ahead for Burma. One of the founders of Chin Human Rights Organization, Victor has worked in Burma’s democracy movement for well over twenty years; in this interview he reflects on the situation in Burma, and the significance of the lead-up to what is largely anticipated to be a fraudulent national election. Click here to listen via RCI’s Web site.
Inter Pares counterpart Roch Tassé interviewed by CKUT (Radio McGill)
Roch Tassé, coordinator of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, was interviewed by CKUT, McGill University’s campus-community radio station, March 22nd, 2009. The interview focused on the recently re-introduced anti-terror legislation by Canada’s Conservative government, who have brought back two controversial provisions within the post-9/11 Anti-Terrorism Act. If passed, the recently tabled legislation would once again extend policing powers such as investigative hearings and preventive arrests.
Click here to listen to the interview on CKUT’s archives.
Inter Pares counterpart Frayba interviewed by Radio-Canada International
On December 22, 2007, a paramilitary group massacred over forty indigenous Tsotsiles members of Las Abejas, a civil society organization in Southern Mexico. Those killed were mainly women and children living in a refugee camp in Acteal, in the state of Chiapas. They were civilian casualties of an ongoing armed conflict that began with the 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas. Inter Pares is supporting the work of the Human Rights Centre Fray Bartolome de las Casas, or Frayba, in pursuing justice for Las Abejas. Frayba member Michael Chamberlin, who works with victims of the armed conflict in Chiapas, was interviewed on Radio-Canada International (RCI) on December 25th, 2008.
Click here to listen via RCI’s Web site.
Inter Pares staff member interviewed by Radio-Canada Ottawa (in French only)
Rachel Gouin, Inter Pares staff member, was interviewed by Radio-Canada during our holiday campaign “Give Something Big” (“Emballez-vous!” in French).
Click here to listen to the clip via Radio-Canada’s Web site.
Part of a six-city tour, this event series explored the multifaceted impacts of the rapid expansion of biofuels in the Global South. The public forum in Ottawa was recorded by the Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC).
Asha El-Karib interviewed by "Women's Word"
In September 2007, during her last visit to Canada, Asha El-Karib from the Gender Centre for Research and Training in Sudan was interviewed by Women's Word, CFRC 101.9 FM, Queen's Campus Radio in Kingston. Asha shares some of her experiences as a women's rights activist in Sudan and provides a feminist analysis regarding some of the recent changes in her country.
Anti-Terrorism and Human Rights
Warren Allmand, prominent international human rights consultant and member of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (ICLMG), of which Inter Pares is a founding member, delivered the keynote address to Inter Pares' Annual General Meeting in April 2007. Under the theme of "Anti-Terrorism and Human Rights," Warren offered his reflections on the conclusions of the Arar Commission and criticized the current security establishment, which is increasingly threatening our rights and freedoms rather than protecting them. Please click here to watch some excerpts from this evening.
In March 2007, an African delegation came to Canada to raise awareness among decision-makers about the pressures on Africa to use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its agricultural sectors. The delegation from COPAGEN (Coalition pour la protection du patrimoine génétique africain, or the Coalition for the Protection of African Genetic Heritage) included scientists, agronomists, and leaders working with peasant networks in nine countries. They criticized the enormous pressures African countries are facing to open their doors to GMOs, whether from Western trade missions, from international development projects, or from the World Bank. These interviews make clear that food security in Africa is tied primarily to political and economic issues, not to technological advances in agriculture; because of this, COPAGEN believes that GMOs will worsen hunger, not resolve it.
Interviews with Sudanese Women Activists
During her visit to Sudan in February 2007, Inter Pares staff member, Caroline Boudreau, spoke with Neimat Kuku Mohamed and Omaima El-Mardi from the Gender Centre for Research and Training, about their experience as Sudanese women activists.
In September 2006, to draw national and international attention to ongoing human rights violations of Indigenous communities, the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC), an Inter Pares counterpart, organized the International Verification Mission. Delegates from Canada, Europe, Latin America, Colombia, and the United Nations were invited to witness the crisis faced by Indigenous Colombians and to document their findings. Inter Pares and the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) participated in the mission. This 45-minute video was filmed during the mission and shows excerpts from field visits, interviews with international delegates and from the Forum of Indigenous Women organized at the end of the international mission.
Health Security Among Internally Displaced People in Burma
In the spring of 2006, Inter Pares' counterpart Back Pack Health Worker Team (BPHWT) completed a video documenting the health and human rights situation in Burma, entitled "Health Security Among Internally Displaced People in Burma." The BPHWT is a multi-ethnic organization of mobile medical teams that work in Karen, Karenni, Mon and Shan states. This eighteen-minute movie gives a brief history of Burma, outlines the terrible health conditions in the eastern border areas, and focuses on the important and courageous work of the BPHWT.
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