- The State of Human Rights Tagged Videos I was thinking, maybe a good way to see what might happen w/ the Video Hub is to check out what’s going on on existing sites, like YouTube and Google Video. Doing a quick search on human rights, came up with the following links. Salvor at YouTube Salvor blogs about sex worker exploitation in Spain. […]
- Gavin's Diary – Screening TRC video in Sierra Leone “Witness to Truth” Project – Sierra Leone On the Road with CDHR in the Northern Region Monday 29 August 2005 6.45 a. m. – Makeni, Bombali District It’s the height of the torrential rainy season here in Sierra Leone and the weather is, well, seasonal. Sounds are all around me in the dawn of the […]
- The TRC report is in Sierra Leone! Hey everyone Gavin returned from Ghana with thousands of copies of the TRC report on Sunday and it has surely already been delivered to the President! I am strategizing next steps, since as I mentioned the White Paper was not what we were hoping for and Angie and I wont go to Washington DC or […]
- Civil Society Response to the White Paper Here is the Civil Society response to the White Paper.
- The "White Paper" from the Govt of Sierra Leone OK, as promised, the White Paper from the Government of Sierra Leone. We have a long way to go to get this in shape!
- Snafu on timelines OK so I just got word from my trusty colleague Gavin. He is in Ghana as you may recall; we flew him there to jumpstart the printing process so we can get the TRC report into the President’s hands. We were told it would be with the President by the end of May, but that […]
- Our partners in Sierra Leone Ok, these are the guys that are screening our video version of the TRC report around Sierra Leone. For those of you interested in seeing the video, go to the home page at www.witness.org for an excerpt. You can also order it at the store section of our website. Paul James-Allen from the National […]
- Freetown in the rain Here are some belated shots of our Freetown in the rain.
- The lunch bag and other thoughts OK, so I just read all the airport posts and I got a little weepy. Anyone who knows me knows that is hardly unusual – in fact, a day without a tear is usually a day without a connection for me. But who knew the blog could be that! Thanks so much and thanks particularly […]
- Thanks for your posts I just read all your posts in response to this blog and I have to say its really heartwarming. We’ve had a lot of challenges today that I cant even go into and the night is young, so thanks for the words of encouragement. Please go to our site at www.witness.org and send faxes to […]
- Preparing to meet the Pres OK, so today was about preparing to meet the President of Sierra Leone and some key members of his Cabinet. This morning we met for two and a half hours to discuss it. This afternoon the meeting almost got canceled because the Chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is overseas — he was supposed […]
- Getting ready to go This is my first blog. I am frantic getting ready to go. I will tell you all about our trip when I get there! Off to airport…It’s sad leaving kids behind on Mother’s Day. Here I am with Tess and Finn about to head out the door.
