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Human Rights Watch Asia Advocacy Director Sophie Richardson on The Newshour.
Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden on Democracy Now!
The Olympic Torch Relay dates back to the Nazi Olympics in 1936.
Minky Worden:
There is a wonderful new academic book called Nazi Games, which gives a concise history of this. The torch relay itself is essentially [...]

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Burma, China, North Korea - should travelers visit oppressive countries with bad human rights records?  I read this article this morning while I was waiting at the dentist’s office.
In her April 2008 article, “See Mo’ Evil,” Outside senior editor Stephanie Pearson rebuts Nobel Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi’s call for tourists [...]

We won! Avaaz.org’s Stop The Clash has won the YouTube Best of 2007 Awards for best political video with 27.5% of the votes.
This is our 3rd award to date. We also won the 2007 DoGooderTV Non-Profit Video Award and a Progressive Source Award.
Thanks for the love everyone!
Peace.

I worked on this video during my Avaaz days. Check it out and vote for us please!
Here is an update direct from Avaaz:
Great news — our video “Stop The Clash of Civilizations” is one of six films nominated for “Best Political Video” at the 2007 YouTube Awards. Dismantling the false clash between Islam and [...]

LS outside the UN with Human Rights Watch colleagues
I went to the New York launch of the Yogyakarta Principles on LGBT rights in the international human rights context on Wednesday. It was my first time inside the UN, so it was very exciting. I was very upset by a very rude and [...]