TRAILER OF THE DAY
With reference to current news topics that are related to the work and film selection of Cinema for Peace, the Cinema for Peace Foundation established the “Trailer of the Day”.The aim of the Trailer of the Day is to inspire people to dig deeper into issues and topics which the news only cover at the surface. Furthermore, we want to promote and support small film productions from our film selection which deal with these topics in a valuable way but which didn’t receive broad public recognition.
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May 18 2012
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Bosnian GenocideIn July of 1995, Ratko Mladic, commander of the Bosnian Serb Army, oversaw a brutal campaign of genocide against the mostly civilian population in and around Srebrenica. Over the course of only a few days, over 8000 Muslim men and boys were killed by Mladic's forces, and thousands of women and children were deported. These events shocked the world, which had believed that such genocides were a part of Europe's past, rather than its present. Indeed, the genocide at Srebrenica represents the greatest atrocity committed on European soil since the end of the Holocaust. Read more... |
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May 15th 2012
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Kony Commander Captured in Jungle BattleUgandan military captured a commander of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army near the Congo-Central African Republic border. Acellam has been part of the LRA for over 20 years as one of the top division commanders, advising Joseph Kony on international relations and coordination. Acellam replaced Odong Latek in 1989 as chief LRA fighters’ trainer and became Kony’s deputy after Vincent Otti was executed by Kony in 2007. Acellam is said to have been heading military intelligence and was the current LRA No. 3 after Kony and Okot Odhiambo. A Ugandan army official has said: “losing Acellam was a big blow to Kony.” read more... |
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May 10th 2012
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Same Sex Marriage - President Obama supportPresident Obama announced Wednesday that he believes same-sex couples should be granted the right to marry, becoming the first U.S. president in history to stand up and declare his support for this level of civil rights for gays. Obama’s announcement gave an immediate jolt to the decades-long movement for gay equality at a moment when a growing number of states are moving to ban — or legalize — same-sex unions and as polls show a majority of Americans support marriage rights.For Obama personally, the disclosure completed a long conversion process that advisers said ended earlier this year after soul-searching and talks with his family. read more... |
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May 9th 2012
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Chen Guangcheng - The Story of a Blind ActivistChen Guangcheng, a blind legal activist from Shandong province, emerged from poverty, fought for justice and paid the price with his own liberty. Chen, a self-taught lawyer was praised for years by the local government for advocating the rights of disabled people. This changed when he worked to expose forced abortions in his local community. He is one of the most important members of Chinese urban civil society, along with other significant names such as the artist Ai Weiwei, to whom Cinema for Peace is organising a special evening with the premiere of “Ai Weiwei – Never Sorry” on the occasion of Art Basel on June 10 at Fondation Beyeler. read more... |
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May 3rd 2012
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World Press Freedom Day 2012Media freedom faces severe pressure across the world. Just in the last year, UNESCO condemned the killing of 62 journalists who died as a result of their work. These journalists must not be forgotten and these crimes should not remain unpunished. Anna Politkovskaya was a Russian reporter who regularly wrote for Novaya Gazyeta, one of the country's few independent journals. In a nation where political corruption is widespread and exposing the misdeeds of the nation's leaders often has dangerous consequences... read more |
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April 27th 2012
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Charles Taylor convicted by the ICCThe former president of the Liberia Charles Taylor was convicted by the International Criminal Court yesterday for aiding and abetting 11 war crimes in Sierra Leone. He is the first African ex-head of state found guilty by an international tribunal. He was charged with supporting and commanding a rebel group called the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) during the cruel civil war in Sierra Leone. read more... |
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April 26th 2012
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A Warrior of Peace and JusticeSean Penn received the top award from the Nobel Peace Prize laureates meeting yesterday in Chicago for his relief work in Haiti – the 2012 Peace Summit Award.The award was presented by Mikhail Gorbachev at a three-day Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, which includes former Polish president Lech Walensa, South African president F.W de Klerk and US president Jimmy Carter. read more... |
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April 20th 2012
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Cover the Night is On - Invisible ChildrenToday, April 20 2012, marks the next step in a revolutionary worldwide campaign “Stop Kony”, which seeks to make indicted Ugandan war criminal and International Criminal Court fugitive Joseph Kony known worldwide in order to have him arrested by December 2012. Since 2005, Invisible Children have worked to stop the horrific LRA violence and abuse, and restore the war-affected communities in East and Central Africa by increasing global awareness of the LRA through film and social action, and by empowering young people to fight against these injustices through large-scale advocacy campaigns. read more... |
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April 19th 2012
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Malaria kills more than 1 million people every yearMalaria kills more than 1 million people every year, many of these are infants. Malaria deaths in 2012 are on the rise and will be significantly higher. But there is some new hope: the scientist Peter Seeberger has recently announced the discovery on Malaria treatments, a simple and cost-effective way of synthesizing artemisinin, which is the most effective anti-malaria drug from the waste products of the plant. read more... |
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April 18th 2012
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An Open Letter to the First Lady of SyriaWives of the British and German ambassadors to UN say Syrian first lady cannot hide behind her husband while the bloodshed and violence in Syrian continues. In a letter and strong video message and an online petition to the wife of the Syrian leader, Asma al-Assad, the two women along with “women of the world”, urge Asma to speak out for peace and help stop the massacre. The initiative is the result of a cooperation of Sheila Lyall Grant (UK) and Huberta von Voss Wittig (Germany). read more... |
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April 5th 2012
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Invisible Children KONY 2012 and Beyond FamousThe power of film for social causes has been proven by Invisible Children, who were the first in history to reach 100 million viewers with their Film “Kony 2012” in only 6 days, beating any music video by Lady Gaga and others. Invisible Children uses film, creativity and social action to arrest the african warlord Joseph Kony, to end the use of child soldiers and restore LRA-affected communities in central Africa to peace and prosperity. read more... |
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April 3rd 2012
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Aung San Suu Kyi wins electionSince 1962 Burma has been ruled by a military junta which suppresses all dissent. They stifle the voices and activities of human rights defenders, independent journalists, members of the Buddhist clergy, humanitarian activists and of numerous artists. Many are still imprisoned or banned from working simply for their opposition to the government, for peacefully demonstrating or for engaging in humanitarian activities.Over her more than a quarter century ongoing battle for a free Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi has become a global icon for her nonviolent campaign for democracy and human rights. read more... |
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March 27th 2012
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North Korean Concentration CampsNorth Korea vowed on March 27, 2012 to go ahead with a rocket launch, ignoring demands from US President Barack Obama and other world leaders who are in Seoul at the moment for the Nuclear Summit 2012 on combating nuclear terrorism. During the trip of President Obama to the Nuclear Summit in South Korea, he flew by helicopter to a U.S. base on the edge of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to meet troops and get a first-hand look at one of the world's most heavily fortified frontiers. read more... |
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March 27th 2012
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President Obama in KoreaIn 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama first official visit to Europe was first of all to discuss the world economic crisis at the G-20 Summit in London. But the highlight of his visit in England, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey was his memorable speech against the nuclear threat in Prague. More than 30,000 Czechs and tourists crowded into Hradcany Square outside the medieval Prague Castle in order to hear Obama speak about peace and security in the world. President Obama set out his vision for a world free of nuclear weapons, vowing to involve all states with nuclear weapons in the process of reducing their arsenals. read more... |
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March 15th 2012
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The First Verdict of the International Criminal CourtThe International Criminal Court reached the first verdict in its history today. ICC Presiding Judge Adrian Fulford delivered the verdict: "The chamber has reached its decision unanimously. The chamber concludes that the prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that Mr. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is guilty of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 years.” The trial and conviction of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo marks a crucial step forward in the fight against impunity. read more... |
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March 12 2012
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Child Soldiers and KONY 2012Joseph Kony, the alleged leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, has killed tens of thousands of innocent people and has enlisted child soldiers through cruel and violent means for over thirty years in more than three central African countries. Kony has been indicted by the Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for twelve counts of crimes against humanity and twenty-one counts of war crimes. read more... |
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March 9th 2012
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The Cinema for Peace Award for Justice 2012The 2012 Cinema for Peace Gala honored the most valuable films of the year. The selected films feature issues ranging from genocide in Bosnia to wrongful imprisonment in America, from a murdered Russian lawyer who was killed for exposing corruption to sustainable solar energy projects in Mali, and from the life of Aung San Suu Kyi to the conviction of a former Guatemalan dictator thanks to the evidence provided by documentary filmmakers. read more...
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March 8th 2012
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The International Green Film Award 2012The 2012 Cinema for Peace Gala honored the most valuable films of the year. The selected films feature issues ranging from genocide in Bosnia to wrongful imprisonment in America, from a murdered Russian lawyer to sustainable solar energy projects in Mali, and from the life of Aung San Suu Kyi to the conviction of a former Guatemalan dictator thanks to the evidence provided by documentary filmmakers.Burning in the Sun tells the story of Daniel Dembele...read more |
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February 22nd 2012
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The International Human Rights Film Award 2012The 2012 Cinema for Peace Gala honored the most valuable films of the year. The selected films feature issues ranging from genocide in Bosnia to wrongful imprisonment in America, from a murdered Russian lawyer to green projects in Mali, and from the life of Aung San Suu Kyi to the conviction of a former Guatemalan dictator thanks to the evidence provided by documentary filmmakers. The International Human Rights Film Award, presented by Amnesty International and the Human Rights Film Network, was awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi and director Luc Besson’s film, The Lady, starring Michelle Yeoh. read more... |
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February 21st 2012
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The Cinema for Peace Most Valuable Documentary of the Year 2012The annual Cinema for Peace Gala honored last week the most valuable films of the year. The selected films feature issues ranging from genocide in Bosnia to wrongful imprisonment in America, from a murdered Russian lawyer to green projects in Mali, and from a house-arrested Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to the conviction of a former Guatemalan dictator thanks to the evidence provided by documentary filmmakers. The Most Valuable Valuable Documentary of the Year 2012 was presented to Joe Berlinger for...read more |
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February 20st 2012
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In the Land of Blood and HoneyThe annual Cinema for Peace Gala honored last week the most valuable films of the year. The selected films feature issues ranging from genocide in Bosnia to wrongful imprisonment in America, from a murdered Russian lawyer to green projects in Mali, and from a house-arrested Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to the conviction of a former Guatemalan dictator thanks to the evidence provided by documentary filmmakers. The Most Valuable Valuable Movie of the Year was presented by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei...read more |
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February 7th 2012
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RussiaTwenty-two years ago today, on February 7th, 1990, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), on the recommendation of our honorary chair, Mikhail Gorbachev, formally agreed to relinquish their seventy-year-long monopoly on political power. During 1990, all fifteen of the former Soviet Republics held their first competitive elections. While the CPSU has relinquished its power, the Russian Federation remains anything but a beacon for freedom and democracy – indeed, it remains one of the most dangerous places on earth for journalists. read more... |
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February 3rd 2012
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Anniversary of the so-called ´Battle of the Camel´Tragedy has struck Egypt as hundreds were injured and over 70 killed in an inexplicable outbreak of violence at a football match in Upper-Egypt on February 2nd. Reports of sword-wielding hired thugs and military/security complicity are bountiful. The story is eerily familiar. Last year, on February 2nd, a group of Mubarak supporters, allegedly paid by the regime, attacked peaceful protesters at Tahrir Square on horse and camel-back, armed with knives, clubs, and whips. The protestors bravely resisted and held their ground... read more |
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January 31st 2012
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Film-Makers convict Guatemalan Ex-DictatorAfter hearing hours of evidence which came largely in the form of footage from one of this year’s nominees for the Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Documentary of the Year - Granito: How to Nail a Dictator (2011) - a federal judge in Guatemala placed former US-backed dictator General Efrain Rios Montt under house arrest with a bail set at USD $65,000. Pamela Yates’ first documentary about the civil war in Guatemala, When the Mountains Tremble (1983), is still one of the few documentations of the horrific violence that went on ...read more |
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January 26th 2012
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Burma frees VJ´s
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January 24th 2012
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Iran - Women´s Rights in Muslim CountriesThe Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, a leading actress in Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies, has been banned from returning to Iran after the star actress posed nude for the French Magazine Madame Le Figaro earlier this week. Farahani has stated that she did the photo-shoot in protest of the strict cultural taboos regarding women and sexuality in Iran, and it is reportedly her defiant claim which elicited the banishment from authorities. Farahami’s banishment allows for a chance to initiate a discussion of freedom of expression in Iran, as well as a wider discussion regarding women’s rights and the Muslim world. read more... |
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January 17th 2012
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Financial Transaction TaxIn the past week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have both expressed tepid support for the Financial Transaction Tax. The tax, a 0.05% tax on certain financial transactions, is designed to increase the stability of financial markets by de-incentivizing over-speculation. More importantly, the funds acquired from the tax would then be used to fund development projects around the world, and it is estimated that the almost negligibly marginal tax on financial transactions could raise billions of dollars for these much-needed initiatives. read more... |
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January 12th 2012
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Sean Penn´s work on HaitiTwo years ago on this day, January 12th 2010, the tiny island nation of Haiti, a land already stricken with exorbitant poverty and widespread want of basic necessities, was struck by a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake. The earthquake and the after-shocks which continued for two weeks have displaced as many as 3,000,000 Haitians, who still remain in need of basic necessities such as food, sanitation, shelter, and healthcare. The tragic situation in Haiti has since fallen out of the limelight... read more |
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January 10th 2012
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Iran and the Nuclear ThreatAtomic inspectors in Vienna confirmed Monday that Iran has begun enriching uranium at a new plant carved out of a mountain, an act of defiance that comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran over oil revenues and global sanctions. More than five years ago, the United Nations Security Council began calling on Iran to stop purifying uranium, which can fuel nuclear reactors or atom bombs. Instead, Tehran accelerated its efforts, saying its nuclear program is entirely peaceful in nature. In past days, Iranian officials have claimed they were about to begin operating the new plant... read more |
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January 3rd 2012
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Homosexuality Still a Crime All Over The WorldAnwar Ibrahim is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and is currently the leader of the Malaysian opposition People’s Justice Party. After a distinguished career in public service he was unjustly removed from office and endured six years in solitary confinement on charges of corruption and sodomy. In 2004 those charges were dismissed and Anwar resumed his political career in Malaysia. Today, Anwar would have realistic chances to become the next Head of State of Malaysia but again he is accused of homosexuality and currently waits for the final verdict...read more |
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December 20st 2011
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Vaclav HavelThe first post-communist Czech President and hero of Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" Vaclav Havel died yesterday, Sunday December 18, 2011 at the age of 75. Before becoming his country's first democratically elected president, Havel was a dissident playwright who spent four years in communist jails. He was also one of the strongest advocates for peacefully ending the Cold War. Havel's motto was "Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred." read more... |
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December 15th 2011
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The Prosecutor of the International Criminal CourtAt the tenth session of the Assembly of States Parties, the current Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (Gambia) was elected as the new Prosecutor of the Court for a period of nine years starting from 16 June 2012. Ms. Bensouda will succeed Luis Moreno-Ocampo in office who was honoured with a JUSTITIA Award at the JUSTICE Gala on Sunday, December 11. On this occasion Ms. Bensouda announced that she will continue working with Cinema for Peace and the medium film. read more... |
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Decmember 9th 2011
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Human Rights DayHuman Rights Day will be celebrated across the world on Saturday, remembering the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the General Assembly on the United Nations on December 10th 1948. This year, millions of people decided the time had come to claim their rights. They took to the streets and demanded change. Many found their voices using the internet and instant messaging to inform, inspire and mobilize supporters to seek their basic human rights.read more... |
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December 6th 2011
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Children's Brain Disease Through War Trauma?David Okot, 15, suffers from a strange affliction that makes her nod vigorously at the sight of food. But the crux of the problem was that David suffered from a mysterious condition that preys only on children. It has no official name, but is known informally as "nodding disease." Experts from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Ugandan Ministry of Health have concluded that it's a brain disease, but they can't determine the cause and there's no effective treatment. read more... |
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1st December 2011
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World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011HIV is one of the world's leading infectious killers, claiming more than 25 million lives over the past three decades. There were approximately 34 million people living with HIV in 2010. Today on December 1st, World AIDS Day is celebrated all around the world. It has become one of the most recognized international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have passed on, and celebrate victories, such as increased access to treatment and prevention services. read more...
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November 28th 2011
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COP 17 in DurbanThe United Nations Climate Change Conference started today in Durban with representatives of the world's governments, international organizations and civil society. The discussions over 12 days follow the task of determining the future of the Kyoto Protocol and pushing ahead with aid for poor, vulnerable countries. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gathers 194 countries under a process launched under the 1992 Rio Summit. Topping the agenda is the fate of the Kyoto Protocol... read more |
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November 18th 2011
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Right-Wing Terrorism in GermanyA series of murders in Germany linked to a neo-Nazi terror cell has raised public awareness about the threat, prompting calls for a ban of the far-right NPD party. But it's not that simple.German citizens and political leaders alike are appalled: For ten years, a group of neo-Nazis has committed a series of murders targeting immigrants – apparently without the country's intelligence services recognizing that there was a network behind the murders. read more... |
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November 10th 2011
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Jafar PanahiA court in Tehran has rejected Jafar Panahi’s attempt to appeal his prison sentence for allegedly making propaganda films against the Iranian government. The court confirmed the original sentence handed Panahi in December last year: a six-year prison term and a 20-year-ban from making films. But Panahi has not given up yet. The director’s lawyer told Iranian Student News Agency Isna he would appeal the ruling to Iran’s Supreme Court. Panahi is one of Iran’s most acclaimed film directors... read more |
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Novemeber 7th 2011
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The Merchant of DeathArms Trader Viktor Bout, "The Merchant of Death," has been found guilty in U.S. Court yesterday. Bout was the target of an elaborate U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration sting operation that ended with his arrest in March 2008 in Thailand and led to a prolonged legal battle over his extradition. U.S. authorities say Bout was also involved in trafficking arms to dictators and conflict zones in Africa, South America and the Middle East. He was accused of seeking to sell the missiles... read more |
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November 4th 2011
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's ProsecutionIn 2008 Cinema for Peace introduced Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and made him promise to gain support within the African Union for the prosecution of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir against whom the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant. By now, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi himself is fleeing prosecution, while it is still not clear among the prosecution who will be responsible to put him on trial and who is not. read more... |
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November 1st 2011
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China and Ai WeiweiDissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei said he has been ordered to pay more than 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) in back taxes and fines within 15 days. Officials from the Beijing municipal tax bureau presented Ai with a notice today about the money allegedly owed by Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd., the design company it claims he controls, he said in a phone interview. Ai, who was imprisoned for 81 days without charge earlier this year, said he has not seen proof of the authorities’ claim and that he only works for the company as a designer. He called the claim an excuse that the government is using to explain his arrest. read more... |
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October 28th 2011
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The Arab SpringThe Arab Spring is the event that dominated politics in the Middle East in 2011. Tunisia’s government under President Zine al-Abidine resigned on January 16. On February 11 Egypt was next with Hosni Mubarak stepping down after weeks of spectacular protests in Tahrir Square. Further protests took place in Algeria, Yemen, Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon. Libya followed, where the first protests erupted on February 16 fuelled by the arrest of a human rights activist...read more |
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October 25th 2011
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War in IraqIn a speech in on the occasion of an anti-war rally in Chicago on October 2, 2002 Obama said on the issue of the war against Iraq:
I don’t oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. Nine years later Obama is ending America’s war...read more |
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October 20th 2011
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Exchange between Israel and Palestine – Reconciliation possible?The Palestinian group Hamas on Tuesday traded a captured Israeli soldier for hundreds of prisoners in Israel in an elaborately choreographed swap. There was great joy on the streets of Gaza, the West Bank and throughout Israel. Buses of long-held prisoners rolled home to freedom and loved ones; the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, 25, emerged from the darkness of more than five years in captivity in Gaza into the arms of his parents. People wept. But that was not the mood among the great majority of participants. read more... |
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October 12th 2011
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Zarganar Released From PrisonThe famous Burmese comedian Zarganar was released from prison this morning, October 12, 2011.Thus, he was among the first 120 prisoners who benefited from the state amnesty that the Burmese government will grant to more than 6000 prisoners as the state controlled media announced only yesterday.After the cyclone Nargis in late 2008, a Ragoon court sentenced the prominent comedian, actor and director to 59 years in jail... read more |
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October 7th 2011
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Winners of the Nobel Peace PriceThe Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkul Karman for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society. read more... |
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October 6th 2011
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Occupy Wall Street ProtestsOn Wednesday, October 5th, Wall Street protests swelled to their largest numbers yet, after local unions pledged support for a third week of demonstrations against income inequality, corporate greed, corruption and a list of other social ills. With regards to the latest Protests we would like to recommend to you the Oscar winning and Cinema for Peace nominated movie “Inside Job” by Charles Ferguson. read more... |
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September 29th 2011
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Execution of Troy DavisTroy Davis, 42, who had continued to maintain his innocence, died by lethal injection at 11.08am, Georgia time after desperate efforts by his defence team failed to win a stay. His death was marked by last-minute drama when Georgia officials delayed the execution by an excruciating 3½ hours as they awaited a final ruling by the US Supreme Court.Davis had been about to be strapped to a gurney to be injected, as state witnesses assembled to view his execution, when the schedule was interrupted. But the court ultimately denied him a reprieve. read more... |
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Semptember 7th 2011
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Justice for SergejJustice for Sergei is the award winning documentary about the death of Sergei Magnitsky. He was a Russian attorney representing Bill Browder, the founder of Hermitage Capital, who himself went overnight from being "the largest portfolio investor in Russia" with more than 5 billion dollars of funds to "one of the biggest enemies of the state".In 2008 Sergei Magnitsky discovered and testified about the involvement of Russian Interior Ministry officials in the largest ever theft of Russian state funds. He was immediately arrested and imprisoned by those very same officials in order to silence him. After being denied medical attention in prison...read more |
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August 30th 2011
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Stop the Use of Child SoldiersOn Friday August 27 the former warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo was convicted at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Prosecutors allege that Lubanga is guilty of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers in armed conflict. In order to contribute to the goal to stop the use of child soldiers Cinema for Peace started a petition that was signed by Angelina Jolie, UN Special Representative for Children and... read more |
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August 26th 2011
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Children of WarOn the occasion of the trial against the former warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo Cinema for Peace Foundation is organizing an evening on the issue of child soldiers and a film screening of the Cinema for Peace award-winning film documentary “Children of War” by Bryan Single. Filmed in the war-zone of northern Uganda over a period of three years by Director Bryan Single, “Children of War” follows a group of former child soldiers as they escape the battlefield, enter a rehabilitation center, and undergo a process of trauma therapy and emotional healing. read more... |
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August 22nd 2011
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Tibet in SongOn the occasion of the visit of His Holiness the 14 Dalai Lama the Cinema for Peace Foundation is organizing a dinner and a film screening of the Cinema for Peace award-winning film documentary “Tibet in Song” by Ngawang Choephel.Tibet in Song is both a celebration of traditional Tibetan folk music and a harrowing journey into the past fifty years of cultural repression inside Chinese controlled Tibet. The beauty of traditional Tibetan folk music is showcased through a variety of working songs, songs about family and the beauty of the land. read more... |
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August 18th 2011
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Robin Hood TaxIt’s a seductive idea: taxing the massive volumes of financial transactions sloshing around the global economy.German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy forced the proposal back to the top of the political agenda this week, pitching a Europe-wide tax as a key part of a solution to the continent’s deepening debt crisis. Please watch the clip “Robin Hood Tax – A Good Idea?” by Richard Curtis... read more |
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August 16th 2011
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The PipeOil exploration in the North Sea was in the spotlight yesterday after Royal Dutch Shell revealed that a pipeline leak resulted in an oil spill of 1,300 barrels. At the same time the Norwegian energy giant Statoil announced that a recent discovery in the North Sea may be larger than previously thought and that oil production should be expanded. The company Heritage Oil reported that drilling and testing results from the first horizontal well in the Zapadno Chumpasskoye field in Russia has exceeded expectations and that they want to expand too. read more... |
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August 15th 2011
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Return to KosovoDuring the last days and weeks Kosovo was in the news with reports of an increase of the political and military tension. Peace is under threat once again. The fresh negotiations between Pristina and Belgrade, scheduled for September, will find two hardened sides with little will to compromise. The background to this conflict centers around who really is in control in the country - Pristina faces the problem that it doesn't have a grip on the north where not ethnic Albanians, but Serbs are the majority. read more... |
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August 12th 2011
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This Prison Where I LiveZARGANAR is Burma’s most popular comedian who has received a prison sentence of 35 years for talking openly to foreign media against the government’s failure to aid the victims of Cyclone Nargis. Since more than 20 years Zarganar is one of the most active critics against the government. He was imprisoned and tortured several times and spent more than five years in solitary confinement. Today, Zarganar is still in prison. In order to raise awareness on the oppressiveness of the Burmese military regime and to remember Zarganar we recommend you to watch the documentary “This Prison Where I Live”... read more |
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August 11th 2011
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Belarusian WaltzBelarus is the last country in Europe under dictatorship. Iron-fisted authorities in Belarus have responded now to a burst of creative modes of protest by young protesters with a rather surreal innovation of their own: a law that prohibits people from standing together and doing nothing. Anyone proven to be taking part in such a gathering would be subject to up to 15 days of administrative arrest, the draft says.This new, soon to be past law seems to be a new peak in a long row of restrictions in Belarus’ politics... read more |
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August 10th 2011
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Violent Riots in the UKSince four days riots, burning and looting in London and now other cities such as Manchester and Birmingham have put England in a state of emergency. A commuter from East Dulwich described a typical scene: "I looked out of the window and there was a bunch of lads who were pushing a big industrial bin towards our bus. It crashed into the side and the window shattered. There were a few people crying. The driver didn't want to open the doors but a few people forced them open so they could get out." He described getting out of the bus and seeing another bus on fire, as well as several people wearing motorbike helmets and ski masks who were attacking." read more... |
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August 8th 2011
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Seed WarriorsThe bioversity of our nature is permanently threatened by natural disasters, war or simply a lack of resources. In the remote Norwegian town of Longyearbyen, just 1000 kilometres from the North Pole, politicians from around the world came to celebrate the opening of the world’s first global seed bank. After years of difficult negotiations and searching for the right spot, this was deemed to be the safest place on earth. Eventually, 4.5 million seed samples will be stored in this »Doomsday Vault« and ensure the continued existence of biodiversity. read more... |
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August 5th 2011
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Bananas!*We advise our children to eat oranges and bananas instead of sweets, and the more the better. But for the producing side, the farmers, the picture of healthy Bananas looks different. All over the world, banana plantation workers are suffering and dying from the effects of pesticides that are used for cultivation. One third of the production price of the average banana is used simply to cover the cost of these pesticides. read more... |
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August 4th 2011
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Armadillo, War in AfghanistanThe War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States launched “Operation Enduring Freedom” in response to the September 11 attacks on the United States. The goal of the mission was to dismantle the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization and ending its use of Afghanistan as a base. In 2011, almost ten years after, there is still fighting and war in Afghanistan while peace is still not in sight. Everyday we hear news about new bomb attacks with many casualties in the civil population. read more... |
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August 3rd 2011
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Stoning of Soraya M.In 2010 the Cinema for Peace Foundation launched a petition and organized a press conference for the Iranian Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani who at that time was convicted to death by stoning for committing adultery. Her case received a lot of global media attention and though she was not pardoned her stoning sentence was suspended on September 8, 2010. One year later Ashtiani's fate still remains unclear and characterized by a series of ambiguous and often contradictory comments made by Iran's judiciary and government. Her former lawyer Mohammed Mostafaei lives in exile in Norway read more... |
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August 2nd 2011
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SudanMore than once, the world has pledged never again: after the Holocaust in World War II, after Rwanda in 1994, then Bosnia in 1995, and most recently after the slaughter in Darfur. Nevertheless and in spite of an arrest warrant against President al-Bashir, a second Darfur is just happening in the Nuba Mountains again, a region in North Sudan close to the Southern boarder. With methods of ethnic cleansing civilians in the villages get bombed by planes while in the cities the Nuba are selected, abducted from their homes and killed. read more... |
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July 29th 2011
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Massacre in NorwayOne week ago Andreas Behring Breivik put Norway in shock by conducting a bombing attack and mass shooting. 76 people, mostly youngsters died in the attacks. The first victims were buried today. After former amok attacks and school massacres the tragedy in Norway raises again questions on gun control. Still, the most important question which has to be raised is: How can we avoid such tragedies from happening in the future? read more... |
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July 28th 2011
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Famine in SomaliaThe Horn of Africa’s devastating famine, months in the making, is finally making headlines. Today, the news agency Reuters announced “The United Nations airlifted emergency food for starving children into the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday as aid groups warned of a growing influx of hungry families from the famine-hit south of the country. Some 3.7 million Somalis — almost half of the population — are going hungry with drought hitting some 11.6 million people across what local media have dubbed a "triangle of death" straddling Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.” read more... |
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July 26th 2011
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Murder File Hrant DinkThe murderer of the ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink has been sentenced yesterday to 23 years in prison. Hrant Dink was the editor of a bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper who dedicated his life to advocating the rights of Armenians, Kurds and other minorities in the Turkish Republic. In 2007 he was murdered in broad daylight in the streets of Istanbul. The European Court of Human Rights ruled last year that Turkey had failed to protect Dink and imposed a fine of 107.000 EUR. The film “Murder File: Hrant Dink” was a nominee for the Cinema for Peace Award for Justice in 2010... read more |
