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CITIZENS VOICES VOLUME 10 JUNE 2018 CONTENTS 4. Editorial 23. Harmful Genital Surgeries 43. Rise of the Invisible: 65. Standing in Solidarity Dr Zoi Aliozi on Intersex Infants Human Rights Violations with Kashmir Jason Bach and the Emergence of LGBT Zulekha Iqbal 8. Overview Movements in India Athanasia Zagorianou 26. Beijing 2020 and Tibet Sudha Menon 67. According to me… Matthew Taylor Sarfaraz Ahmed Sangi 11. Gun Control 49. Are North Koreans Really Dervla Potter 29. Protection of human rights Persecuted? An Analysis on 69. Salam Aldeen: Hero during armed conflicts: The role Songbun of Refugees accused of 14. Crafting Resistance: of INGOS and NGOS Yoonjeong You people trafficking Preserving and Exhibiting Kwadwo Konadu Dervla Potter the Legacy of Human Rights 53. Tears of agony as Resistance through the Art of 34. Cultural Genocide: Sierra Leone elected a new 71. Interview – SIFH+ Chilean Political Prisoners A legitimate Crime government: An eye for an eye Athanasia Zagorianou Paul Dudman Gerard Maguire makes a blind nation Amidu Kolakoh 75. On the Shelf- Reading 19. To Address Corruption is 38 Sexual violence against Human Rights to Address Human Rights women in armed conflicts in 57. Gender equality in the Dervla Potter Derek Catsam North Africa and the Middle collective labor conventions East vs the International Arlete Maracaipe Cardoso Freire 79. Human Rights Cinema 22. Portrayal of Sexual Criminal Court action: CRW Team Aggression in Hindi Cinema Brief analysis 61. The right to development Umang Gupta & Madhu Kumari Manoela Galende Costa in Latin America: Claiming a 82. Cartoons legitimate right of people Aseem Trivedi Waldo Rodrigo Aramayo Soliz Razan was a first responder at the "Great Rest in peace Razan al-Najar. EDITORIAL March of Return" that resulted in the 2018 Gaza border protests. On the 1st of June 2018 We invite all of you to join forces with us in while wearing her clearly identifiable white our fight for equality, justice, and positive Dr. Zoi Aliozi medics uniform with her hands raised in the social change. No matter where your location CRW S/G air as a sign that she was unarmed, Razan ran is, or your background and experience, you towards an injured Palestinian protester in can put an end to human rights violations order to provide treatment and help, but she through collective action and by holding your only got as far as 100 meters away from the governments accountable. border before she was fatally shot by an Israeli sniper on the other side of the wall. The digital world, and the revolution in communications through the INTERNET, You are reading the 10th edition of Citizens #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #GreatMarchOfReturn She was 21 years old at the time of her death. is giving us an unprecedented opportunity Voices. Citizens Voices is an online human #GazaProtests #USEmbassyJerusalem Iyad Abuheweila, a journalist, interviewed her to connect with people that believe in justice, rights magazine, which serves as a platform for during the protests. Ms. Najjar was a fixture equality, and freedom for all. Most importantly, raising human rights awareness. at the Khan Younis camp and spoke about her INTERNET, gives us the chance to make a role at the fence, relishing in the idea that a difference in the decision making groups, by Every citizen around the world can become a woman could brave the dangers.[12] pushing for change. Never before the impact human rights defender by simply raising their of petitions, or of letters had this kind of voice against injustice. “In our society women are often judged,” she efficiency, by using so little resources, inexistent said. “But society has to accept us. If they don’t budgets, and little need for expertise or In this edition of Citizens Voices you can find want to accept us by choice, they will be forced specific skilled team-members. Now 1 person articles written by experienced human rights to accept us because we have more strength can deliver professional campaigns that can activists, or you can read the first attempt by than any man. translate into changing our world. concerned citizens to highlight human rights On the 1st of June 2018, the world has done issues that are close to their heart. little to protect a young woman full of dreams “The strength that I showed the first day of You can fulfil the promise that being a citizen and capabilities named Razan al-Najar. the protests, I dare you to find it in anyone entails by becoming an activist citizen. For These last days of spring the international else.” Thousands of Gaza's attended her example you can start your own campaign, community has done little to protect the Razan Ashraf Abdul Qadir al-Najjar funeral along with hundreds of medical petition, or write a simple letter that through tortured people of Gaza during the 2018 (11 September 1996 – 1 June 2018), the personnel, with her body being wrapped in a the power of sharing online, can reach all the Gaza border protests. We have witnessed the eldest of six children born to Ashraf al-Najjar Palestinian flag. right people in the right places, with the result barbaric attack to protesting civilians by the (b.1974), was a Palestinian nurse volunteering of actually bringing positive social change. occupying Israeli army leading to the death in the Gaza health ministry. She was a resident Rest in Power Razan. of dozens of protesters. There was one photo of Khuzaa, a village near the border with Israel. Technology is changing our world, and we collage that I need to share with you that We honor your greatness and sacrifice for are called to use this opportunity for positive speaks volumes. The 2 photos next to each She was fatally shot in the chest by Israeli freedom and justice. social change. Governments, must ensure open other were taken at the same time and the soldiers as she tried to help evacuate wounded access to information, and net neutrality. As location was not that far away. The one photo near Israel's border fence with Gaza. We express our deepest condolences to her for example the government of India worked shows wounded protesters in a war-like scene, family and to all Palestine for losing a gifted in opening up access to the internet – to while the other shows privileged rich people Her formal training after volunteering was as child. In honor of her sacrifice and unjust early all 1 billion of its population, by supporting smiling and enjoying the opening of the US a paramedic in Khan Younis at Nasser hospital death we are dedicating our cover page to her, the creation of a cheap tablet which will be embassy in Jerusalem. I will let you draw your and she became an active member of the and we promise that her voice has not been accessible by anyone, in order to boost internet own conclusions: Palestinian Medical Relief Society, a silenced, but multiplied through the voices of access in under-privileged areas. non-governmental health organization. activists all around the world! 4 5 The digital divide in India according to rights monitoring, and in raising awareness the World Economic Forum is as follows: much easier and more effective. JOIN US! OUR VOICES UNITED 82% of the population ha no access to the internet; only 1.2% of the population has fixed Citizens Voices is a human rights e-magazine. broadband; 5.5% has mobile broadband; and It serves as a tool for human rights advocacy, BECOME STRONGER 12% of households own a personal computer. and its main purpose is to raise awareness Want to become our human rights activist? Sign up on our website www.citizensrw.org Want to write an article for our next newsletter? Email us at [email protected] It is interesting and relevant to note the about human rights issues that are neglected discussions about the digital divide. This refers by the mainstream media. It offers a platform Want to initiate a campaign? to an economic and social inequality with to human rights activists for highlighting regard to access to, use of, or impact of rights violations, inform the public about Contact us at [email protected] information and communication technologies urgent human rights issues, mobilize civil (ICT). Factors causing the divide can vary society, and push governments into keeping depending on the country and culture. their promises for human rights protection, by Want to apply for an internship? For example, as soon as an individual is monitoring their human rights policies. connected to the INTERNET, has an Apply at [email protected] unprecedented open online access to resources Join us in our work for human rights and and infrastructure. What that means is, that become a citizen activist. this individual is capable of becoming a Are you an NGO and want to collaborate with us? "digital citizen",¹ with a voice that can be heard. In solidarity, Contact us at [email protected] What we do here in CRW, is to advocate for Z.A. human rights through a citizens rights prism. We aim into employing digital tools in raising human rights awareness, which fortunately have little cost, and demand less time to function in reaching our goals. References WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT When there are no tools available, we work 1 Mossberger, Karen; Tolbert, Carolina J.; Gilbert, in creating these tools, like for example by Michele (2006). "Race, Place, and Information creating our digital mobile app, which can Technology (IT)". Urban Affairs Review. 41 (5): AND HELP! make the involvement of citizens in human 583–620. doi:10.1177/1078087405283511 6 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) : Rohingyas have been residing in the Rakhine CRW OVERVIEW Ebola Outbreak state, Western of Myanmar, for generations, they have been denied their rights and More than twenty people have lost their lives Myanmar citizenship, facing constant physical Athanasia Zagorianou to Ebola in a recent outbreak of the disease and sexual violence, discrimination and CRW researcher & content editor of “Citizens Voices” in the the Democratic Republic of the Congo persecution.