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Land of the Freed

William VesterApril 16, 2016June 13, 2016

As U.S. Bureaucracy Stalls, Canada Embraces Syrian Refugees.

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JUNCTURE: Discovering the Artist’s Voice

Sanoja BhaumikJanuary 21, 2016November 28, 2024

Yale Law School’s initiative explores the relationship between art and human rights movements.

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Ai Weiwei and the Art of Politics

Stella ShannonAugust 9, 2015November 28, 2024

On July 23rd, 2015 Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei left China for the first time in four years. But only after the British Government denied Ai a 6-month visa because he neglected to report tax fraud charges that the Chinese…

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Who Are the Rohingya?

Cassandra LignelliJuly 25, 2015August 19, 2015

The Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority native to the Rakhine state of Buddhist-majority Myanmar (formerly Burma), are referred to by some area experts as “the most persecuted minority on Earth.” This year, persecution from the Rakhine Buddhists has driven hundreds…

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An Interview with Jameel Jaffer, Human Rights Attorney

Yunus TuncbilekNovember 15, 2014November 15, 2014

Jameel Jaffer is a human rights and civil liberties attorney. Jaffer is the deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the director of ACLU’s Center for Democracy, which is the department of the ACLU that works…

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An Interview with Shirin Ebadi

Jacek OleszczukApril 27, 2014August 5, 2014

An Interview with Shirin Ebadi

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