JHR Night for Rights Live
Get ready to celebrate the transformative power of human rights journalism at Night for Rights 2013. When media puts the spotlight on human rights, positive change happens. When human rights are protected, people’s lives get better. Journalists for Human Rights empowers journalists to cover human rights stories objectively and effectively.
Celebrating life-changing human rights journalism
by Belinda Alzner
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Media coverage of First Nations issues often does not tell the whole story, Michael says. -
"We don't always trust each other...but change is possible." -
It's more expensive for journalists to cover stories in Canada's far north than cover stories in Sierra Leone. #night4rights @jhrnewsSep. 27, 2013
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Touching video showcasing the wonderful work@jhrnews is doing in Canada. Empowering Canadians to tell their stories. #Night4RightsSep. 27, 2013
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The Northern Ontario Initiative has helped strengthened ties between local and First Nations media, says Michael.
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Friesen is back up. Discussing JHR's impact in Sierra Leone.
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Amara Bangura2013-14 Massey Fellow
by Belinda AlznerAmara Bangura is a Sierra Leonean radio journalist working as BBC Media Action’s Production Manager.After volunteering at community Radio Mankneh, which provided a critical voice in the aftermath of Sierra Leone’s civil war, he worked with BBC Media Action as a trainer to help rural journalists report on the 2007 General Elections – an essential event in helping Sierra Leone’s peace-building efforts.In 2008, he joined Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) producing stories on human rights. Amara won an award for his story on neglected mental health cases.In 2009, BBC Media Action hired him to produce Hague Link, a program that covered the trial of the convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor at the International Criminal Court from where he reported for both national and international broadcast.In 2010, Amara returned to Sierra Leone to work with BBC Media Action on two national governance-focused programs supervising all productions. -
Amara is happy to be here tonight "it is JHR that makes me what I am today," he's says, before telling his story
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Amara is extremely happy to be here because Charles Taylor's verdict came in today...but also because he JHR brought him to where he is today.
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"All we could see of our beautiful town was heaps of ashes of buildings...and people"
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"I could not join my family, so I followed my friend into the bush for three days and three nights." Upon entering the town again, to see what was happening, all they could see was heaps of ashes. "We took back the news to the bush," to keep people informed what was going on in their town that had been taken over by rebels.
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He began working at the radio station. Biggest challenge? Not having a trained journalist in the newsroom
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Amara tells his story to the JHR diners.
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"JHR showed extraordinary commitment to their work"
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He made many trips to Freetown to lobby JHR to send a trainer to his radio station. Months later, they got confirmation that a trainer would come.
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There is no for a education in a war zone which is why JHR training is so important.
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There was no access to journalism education. The trainer was much-needed in Amara's community.
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Amara and JHR worked on a rape case the police had stopped investigating, eventually delivering justice.
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The training saw results. Stories broke. Consequences were had.
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Sep. 27, 2013
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From the training he had from JHR, "I knew I had to stay objective and fair," Amara says, on covering a story that hit close to home.
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"This tiny organization" has had a huge impact and is now a household name in Sierra Leone.
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