INVISIBLE CHILDREN

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Joseph Kony’s army continues to be the primary threat to many communities across central Africa, but they are not the only threat. In many ways, they are a symptom of much deeper problems. Our work is not only saving lives and dismantling the LRA, it is tackling the underlying challenges that prevent communities from having the safety they deserve and need to flourish.

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The Real Avatar: Mine – Story of a Sacred Mountain

A multinational company trying hard to relocate a tribe by hook or crook to obtain a mountain range rich in minerals. What will one tribe do to save everything they know? The tribe refuses to give up their god(land,water,forest) and fight back. No this is not the core story of Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, but the real situation in one of India’s remote places Niyamgiri.

The Dongria Kondh are one of India’s most remote tribes. They live in Orissa state’s Niyamgiri hills and worship a mountain as a God.

PAPER BOAT (Award Winning Short Film)

"PAPERBOAT" with no captain sails a short and uncertain journey, yet gives an immense pleasure to its creator. This movie narrates the story of two orphan children who have lost their mother in an earthquake and unfolds the misery and uncertainties of lives. Dumb (mute) brother and his jovial sister make a living by scrap picking.Brother always keep aside the scrap papers to try writing, where as his sister finds joy in making paper boats from those papers. They have both fights and fun over those paper boats, and one day a paper boat turns a new leaf in their lives.

Irom Sharmila released, goes on fasting

Imphal, March 08: Manipur hunger striker Irom Chanu Sharmila Devi was released Tuesday evening from the security ward of Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital, Porompat, Imphal East district.

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Israel ballet interrupted in Burlington, Vt. - No tutu is big enough to cover Israel's War Crimes

On Friday, February 19, 2010, American and Israeli human rights activists interrupted a performance by the Israel Ballet at the Flynn Theater in Burlington, Vermont, unfurling banners which read "Sponsored by Apartheid Israel" and "No tutu is big enough to cover War Crimes".



The Israel Ballet is currently touring the U.S. as part of an official state campaign, dubbed "Brand Israel" to use the Arts to revive its sagging image abroad in the wake of unanimous condemnation from the major human rights organizations and, most recently, the U.N. "Goldstone Report".

Courtsey - Sam