Please sign this petition to the United Nations on change.org to appeal to the UN to add art and culture to their 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Please sign and send along to anyone and everyone you know in the arts and culture, community development, academia, media, government and the private sector, etc. Would love to exceed … Read More
Author: Gail Prensky
Sri Lanka: 72-year-old man protests over the attacks of the UNHRC chief
Reported in the Daily Mirror on Tuesday, September 2, 2014
In Congo: SOS/HRD Support Needed!
Dieudonné is sending out an urgent appeal for assistance. People from his village have been arrested in Uvira by military services, but nobody has seen them, nobody know where they are and in what condition they are. Their life is at high risk, if they are still alive. Dear Colleagues, I am writing eagerly to … Read More
In Congo (DRC): Village Pastor Kidnapped
Hello! I would like to inform you that Mr. Arcade KAMAHETA – who works with the Mwambangu village’s pastor (Ahmirado) kidnapped in Bujumbura on Monday – has just been arrested by the police at the ONPRA, the office dealing with asylum seekers in Burundi. Reason: Mr. Arcade is accused of “human trafficking”. This means that … Read More
In Argentina: The Memorial Park was declared “historic place” by the National Government
Through Decree 1285/2014, published Thursday in the Official Gazette, the Government declared historic place to Memory Park, the public space located on the North Coast of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, in memory of the victims of the last dictatorship. Read more
In Congo (DRC): Village was raided by anti-Bebembe Jews soldiers supported by the PPRD
On August 5, 2014, Dieudonné reported that government soldiers raided his village, led by Colonel Jaguar RUTARARA under the direction of Bulangi ALIMASI, member of the PPRD (Political Party of the Regime on Power in DRC). Colonel Jaguar RUTARARA is paid and used by the “anti-Bashimbilimba” to terrorize the clan of Bashibilimba, also known as oppressed … Read More
In Sri Lanka: Shoot NGO traitors and throw them to foxes to eat says a Sinhala newspaper
Artist Ajith Kumarasiri shares news headline and article from the Divaina Sunday edition of the Upali Newspaper on August 10 2014 that feeds stories to encourage hatred against human rights defenders including the UNHRC.
ISO: Looking for Artists
The Jüdische Kulturbund wants to show how the story of the Kulturbund is relevant today. We are looking for artists living under oppression–around the world–who want to share their stories with us and can relate to the issues experienced by the Kulturbund. If you have suggestions, please let us know.