human rights

This weeks guests are Amy Berg (filmmaker/director); Debra Sweet (National Director World Can't Wait); Karim El Hakim (filmmaker/director).

Berg talks about her new film "West of Memphis", the story of how the West Memphis 3 were framed, convicted and carted to prison for a crime the system knew they didn't commit. Sweet talks about the growing threat of war against Iran and a call to stand up against it before it starts. Hakim talks about his new film "1/2 Revolution", the story of the 2011 uprising in Egypt and how it was hijacked by the military and other pro-US forces.

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Feature: Don Weitz Takes a look back at the sordid history of the Queen Street 'Psycho-Prison'
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Felix Otto a Human Rights Spokesman from The Voice Refugee Forum has been deported some days ago from Germany to Africa. Nissrin Ali und Felleke Bahiru Kum will receive on Saturday in Frankfurt am Main in Germany for their works the HUMAN RIGHTS by the refugee aid organization Pro Asyl. Interview with the Political Spokesman Woman (Rechts-Politische Sprecherin und Juristin bei Pro Asyl) Marei Pelzer from Pro Asyl with the FRENCH-German journalist, broadcast journalist and author of seven books, Andreas Sabaot - Klamm.

We try to break some mainstream media myths on the Israel's offensive in Gaza, by interviewing Nancy Murray, founder of the Gaza Mental Health Foundation, and Omar Badarr, Executive Director at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Massachusetts. For more information on both organizations, please visit:

http://www.gazamentalhealth.org/

http://www.adcma.org/

Emotions ran high in Boston last night during a protest at the Israeli Consulate dealing with Israel's attacks on Gaza. Two groups, one in support of Gaza and one in support of Israel, were present in equal numbers and kept shouting or chanting their point of view across the street.