Amnesty International Videos

A commercial for Amnesty International's Make Some Noise campaign (2006). They commissioned Jack Johnson to record his own version of John Lennon s Imagine , and the commercial took the form of a 60 second narrative music video, focusing on some of the prominent issues Amnesty International deals with.

12:00 p.m. City Council Position 6 Longtime Seattle City Council member Nick Licata faces a tough challenge from Jesse Israel. KUOW's Liz Jones reports. Budget Cuts The Seattle Public library faces sharp cuts in hours because of the city's budget crunch. Cheaper Textbooks Bellevue College is trying a new program that allows students to borrow textbooks instead of purchasing them. 12:20 p.m. Housing Levy A coalition wants Seattle voters to renew the affordable housing levy. What will it cost us? What will we get? Eating Oysters Makes Us Human? Rowan Jacobsen's new book The Living Shore focuses on the oyster, its role in coastal tidewaters, and the tantalizing idea that eating oysters and their like makes us human. 12:40 p.m. Eliminating Poverty Overall economic growth has surged around the world in the past few decades. Yet grinding poverty and hunger afflict many parts of the world. Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan argues that we could go a long way toward eliminating poverty if we paid more attention to human rights.

On September 7th, 2007, Kenyan parliamentary candidate Flora Igoki Terah was abducted and tortured by a group of men. The attack took place with the intention of silencing her election bid against a minister in President Mwai Kibaki's government, and was carried out with impunity. Terah's physical recovery took weeks and resulted in the loss of her place in the December election, but the hardest blow came the following year when her 19-year-old only son was murdered, his death brushed aside by the authorities. read more

On September 7th, 2007, Kenyan parliamentary candidate Flora Igoki Terah was abducted and tortured by a group of men. The attack took place with the intention of silencing her election bid against a minister in President Mwai Kibaki's government, and was carried out with impunity. Terah's physical recovery took weeks and resulted in the loss of her place in the December election, but the hardest blow came the following year when her 19-year-old only son was murdered, his death brushed aside by the authorities. read more

Video Introduction Like You, We have Rights Too. Young Indigenous Peoples Voices of the Young Indigenous Peoples Amnesty International Philippines, in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples on the International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples, launched its video on IP youth entitled Education + Human Rights = Freedom from Discrimination . It is the latest addition to the Voices of the IP Video Collection which was premiered in May this Year during the launching of its Global Campaign to Demand Dignity. Amnesty International Philippines uses popular campaigning materials to get their call to demand dignity across borders set by race, geographic location or educational attainment. AI believes that a video is a very powerful tool. AI Philippines 15-minute long video features IP youth from different parts of the country Ifugao, Manobo, Higaoonon and Subanen. It was filmed entirely in the areas of the indigenous youth, their place of work, school and community. Through the video, AI wants to show how IP youth participation is very important in campaigning for indigenous peoples rights mainly through human rights education. You will be impressed at how the characters in the video deeply value their culture, their right to education and their commitment to give back to their communities once they finish with their studies. Although poverty has been one of the main problems, it is inspiring to see the young people talk about their struggles to fight for their rights despite poverty. Something that young people who are non-IP can and might also identify with. Human Rights Education (HRE) is one of Amnesty International s main tool for campaigning. Together with this video, AIPh is also launching its publications on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) as part of its HRE. The publication, which is written in Tagalog and in booklet form, underscores the most basic laws that not only IPs should be aware of but equally important, everyone who wants to understand IP rights and campaign on behalf of them. The UNDRIP and IPRA booklet gives a more holistic approach for IPs and non-IPs who are advocating for IP rights to make use of HRE to fight not only poverty but discrimination as well. Popular education is an effective tool which AI Philippines uses to engage different individuals in its campaigns such as the IP project under the Demand Dignity Campaign. Enjoy the video!

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RTÉ.ie presents Seymour Hersh's Amnesty International speech on Iran at Trinity College Dublin on 24 October, 2007