Category: human rights

NASRIN, The Struggle of a Political Prisoner, Streaming at Hulu on June 15 – #FreeNasrin

June 12, 2021

By Lupita Franco Peimbert The world is learning more about Nasrin Sotoudeh, the fearless attorney whose fight for women and human rights, and for the rights of imprisoned activists in Irán has placed her behind bars since June 2018. She was sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes by Iranian authorities, in a ruling … More NASRIN, The Struggle of a Political Prisoner, Streaming at Hulu on June 15 – #FreeNasrin

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Impactante el documental sobre la prisionera política iraní NASRIN, en Hulu a partir del 15 de Junio

June 9, 2021

Por Lupita Franco Peimbert Esta película no es para entretener, sino para abrir los ojos a las injusticias en Irán; y en especial para que conozcas a Nasrin Sotoudeh, una abogada de derechos humanos encarcelada desde el 2018, en una cárcel catalogada como un infierno. La cárcel Evin, ubicada al norte de Tehran, es el sitio … More Impactante el documental sobre la prisionera política iraní NASRIN, en Hulu a partir del 15 de Junio

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Kenyan Journalist Boniface Mwangi Runs For Office Risking His Life and Family – A Must Watch!

January 26, 2021

By Lupita Franco Peimbert Boniface Mwangi is a charismatic man who grew up poor in Kenya. His parents called him “Softie,” but later they found out he was everything but that. He went from successful photojournalist for CNN, to activist and to political candidate in a Kenya full of corruption and violence.  In this highly … More Kenyan Journalist Boniface Mwangi Runs For Office Risking His Life and Family – A Must Watch!

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A Book Asking Latinas to Thrive While Fighting For Change

January 26, 2021

By Veronica Maria Brown-Comegys In this time of racial reckoning that was sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, Harvard graduate Denise Padin Collazo presents a book that celebrates and equips the Latina to be powerfully visible in spaces that were birthed in white supremacy, and therefore not designed for her.  In Thriving in … More A Book Asking Latinas to Thrive While Fighting For Change

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Human Displacement: They Had to Leave Home Not Because They Wanted.

October 21, 2018

By Lupita Franco. (Culture) – Photographer Fazal Sheikh has for years been telling the stories of humans being displaced.  A few instances… he followed the lives of Africans displaced by civil wars and famine in the early 1990s, accompanying them and documenting their journeys for about two years. Between 1992 and 1994 the American-born photojournalist interacted … More Human Displacement: They Had to Leave Home Not Because They Wanted.

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