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HUMAN Cries from the Heart 2005 RIGHTS WATCH

A celebration of voices for justice in support of Human Rights Watch Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 2

Welcome to Cries from the Heart 2005. We are privileged to present the unique line-up that you will see and hear this evening. We thank both the performers and many others who have generously given their time and energy to make this event a reality. We appreciate their belief in what we do. From Congo to Chechnya, from Darfur to Uzbekistan, from Baghdad to Beijing, Human Rights Watch produces detailed reports which highlight abuses on the ground—and thus help to produce change. In every corner of the world, Human Rights Watch fights for justice. Contrary to what people sometimes think, this need not be a losing battle. Your support helps us win new victories, on a daily basis. We hope that you will be inspired by the poems, prose and music you hear this evening.

Steve Crawshaw, Director, Human Rights Watch

Good evening, and welcome to Shakespeare’s Globe, and this very special evening of words and music in support of Human Rights Watch.

What you will see and hear tonight is not just a way of raising money for the work of Human Rights Watch, though; it is also a celebration of that work, that vital work, ensuring that people around the world are not denied their fundamental rights, that any who seek to infringe those rights are held to account. We have called this event ‘a celebration of voices for justice’.

You will hear words translated from many languages and music from different cultures. You will hear the voices of those who have been oppressed and who have been strong enough to resist, whose rights have been denied them but who have fought back. We have chosen the pieces in tonight’s programme because they have inspired us, and we hope they will inspire you too.

Needless to say, this evening would not have been possible without the generosity of our performers who have given their time for free; , who has been a constant source of advice; without the Human Rights Watch London Committee for their support and enthusiasm; nor without the hospitality of Shakespeare’s Globe. We owe them all thanks. To be able to work with all of these people, in this remarkable space, is an extraordinary opportunity.

The work that Human Rights Watch does is invaluable. Thank you for helping that work to continue.

Enjoy your evening.

Daniel Hahn, Programme Director, Cries from the Heart Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 3

Cries from the Heart 2005 A celebration of voices for justice in support of Human Rights Watch

with readings by George Alagiah Fergal Keane Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze Andrew Motion Christian Coulson Thandie Newton Sinead Cusack Diana Quick Mark Rylance David Hare Lemn Sissay Saeed Jaffrey Stevenson Fraser James The Poetry SLAMbassadors Linton Kwesi Johnson

and music by Melanie Marshall Glen Matlock Rajkumar Misra Anna Wolstenholme

Monday, 13 June 2005

Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Photo © 2001 Stanley Greene, Chechnya 21 New Globe Walk London SE1 9DT Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 4

Cries from the Heart

Selected Readings

First They Came for the Jews By Pastor Martin Niemöller and translated by H. Schiff

First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out – because I was not a communist Then they came for the Trade Unionists and I did not speak out – because I was not a Trade Unionist Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak out for me. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 5

from Sir Thomas More By

Imagine that you see the wretched strangers, Their babies at their backs, with their poor luggage Plodding to th’ports and coasts for transportation, And that you sit as kings in your desires, Authority quite silenced by your brawl And you in ruff of your opinions clothed: What had you got? I’ll tell you. You had taught How insolence and strong hand should prevail, How order should be quelled – and by this pattern Not one of you should live an aged man, For other ruffians as their fancies wrought With selfsame hand, self reasons, and self right Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes Would feed on one another …

All You Who Sleep Tonight By Vikram Seth

All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love No hand to left or right, And emptiness above –

Know that you aren’t alone, The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all their years. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 6

The Most Unbelievable Part By Marjorie Agosin and translated by Cola Franzen

The most unbelievable part, they were people like us good manners well-educated and refined. Versed in abstract sciences, always took a box for the Symphony made regular trips to the dentist attended very nice prep schools some played golf…

Yes, people like you, like me family men grandfathers uncles and godfathers.

But they went crazy delighted in burning children and books played at decorating cemeteries bought furniture made of broken bones dined on tender ears and testicles.

Thought they were invincible meticulous in their duties and spoke of torture in the language of surgeons and butchers.

They assassinated the young of my country and of yours. now nobody could believe in Alice through the looking glass now nobody could stroll along the avenues without terror bursting through their bones

And the most unbelievable part they were people like you like me yes, nice people just like us. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 7

Selected Readings

The Survivor By Tadeusz Rozewicz

I am twenty-four led to slaughter I survived. The following are empty synonyms: man and beast love and hate friend and foe darkness and light. The way of killing men and beasts is the same I’ve seen it: truckfuls of chopped-up men who will not be saved. Ideas are mere words: virtue and crime truth and lies beauty and ugliness courage and cowardice. Virtue and crime weigh the same I’ve seen it: in a man who was both criminal and virtuous. I seek a teacher and a master may he restore my sight hearing and speech may he again name objects and ideas may he separate darkness from light. I am twenty-four led to slaughter I survived. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 8

Selected Readings

War Has Been Given a Bad Name By Bertolt Brecht

I am told that the best people have begun saying How, from a moral point of view, the Second World War Fell below the standard of the First. The Wehrmacht Allegedly deplores the methods by which the SS effected The extermination of certain peoples. The Ruhr industrialists Are said to regret the bloody manhunts Which filled their mines and factories with slave workers. The intellectuals, So I heard, condemn industry’s demand for slave workers Likewise their unfair treatment. Even the bishops Dissociate themselves from this way of waging war; in short the feeling Prevails in every quarter that the Nazis did the Fatherland A lamentably bad turn, and that war While in itself natural and necessary has, thanks to the Unduly uninhibited and positively inhuman Way in which it was conducted on this occasion, been Discredited for some time to come.

Untitled By Emily Dickinson

I never hear the word ‘escape’ Without a quicker blood, A sudden expectation, A flying attitude.

I never hear of prison broad By soldiers battered down. But I tug childish at my bars, -- Only to fail again. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 9

The End and the Beginning By Wislawa Szymborska and translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh

After every war Someone, broom in hand, someone’s got to tidy up. still remembers how it was. Things won’t pick Someone else listens, nodding themselves up, after all. his unshattered head. But others are bound to be bustling nearby Someone’s got to shove who’ll find all that the rubble to the roadsides a little boring. so the carts loaded with corpses can get by. From time to time someone still must dig up a rusted argument Someone’s got to trudge from underneath a bush through sludge and ashes. and haul it off to the dump. through the sofa springs, the shards of glass, Those who knew the bloody rags. what this was all about must make way for those Someone’s got to lug the post who know little. to prop the wall, And less than that. someone’s got to glaze the window, And at last nothing less set the door in its frame. than nothing.

No sound bites, no photo opportunities, Someone’s gotta lie there and it takes years. in the grass that covers up All the cameras have gone the causes and effects to other wars. with a cornstalk in his teeth, gawking at clouds. The bridges need to be rebuilt, the railroad stations, too. Shirt sleeves will be rolled to shreds. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 10

Gold from the Stone By Lemn Sissay

Gold from the stone You can’t give light to the moon Oil from earth Nor mist to the drifting cloud I yearned for home I shall be leaving here soon From the time of my birth Costumed cultured and crowned

Strength of a whisper Sugar from the cane Shall carry me until Coal from the wood The hand of my lost sister Water from the rain Joins onto my will Life from the blood

Root to the earth Gold from the stone Blood from the heart Oil from the earth Could never from birth I yearned for my home Be broken apart Ever since my birth

Food from the platter Food from the platter Water from the rain Water from the rain The subject the matter – The subject and the matter I’ going home again I’m going home again.

You can’t sell a leaf to a tree Nor the wind to the atmosphere I know where I’m meant to be And can’t be satisfied here Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 11

Selected Readings

Torture Grief By Alice Walker By Ben Okri

When they torture your mother Grief ought to be used plant a tree To create more love; When they torture your father There’s no greater force plant a tree From below or above. When they torture your brother and your sister Such grief as we have seen plant a tree Could water the roots When they assassinate Of a new world dream. your leaders Give the dead the power and lovers plant a tree To change the world When they torture you Into something higher; too bad That we may listen to hunger’s to talk Cry and turn injustice into a flower. plant a tree This is the strange blessing When they begin to torture Of those flaming towers: the trees That we may wake up to world suffering and cut down the forest And with vision sweeten humanity’s hours. they have made start another. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 12

Selected Readings

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 13

Richard II – Pomfret Castle By William Shakespeare

I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world: And for because the world is populous And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it; yet I’ll hammer it out. My brain I’ll prove the female to my soul, My soul the father; and these two beget A generation of still-breeding thoughts, And these same thoughts people this little world, In humours like the people of this world, For no thought is contented. The better sort, As thoughts of things divine, are intermix’d With scruples and do set the word itself Against the word: As thus, ‘Come, little ones,’ and then again, ‘It is as hard to come as for a camel To thread the postern of a small needle’s eye.’ Thoughts tending to ambition, they do plot Unlikely wonders; how these vain weak nails May tear a passage through the flinty ribs Of this hard world, my ragged prison walls, And, for they cannot, die in their own pride. Thoughts tending to content flatter themselves That they are not the first of fortune’s slaves, Nor shall not be the last; like silly beggars Who sitting in the stocks refuge their shame, That many have and others must sit there; And in this thought they find a kind of ease, Bearing their own misfortunes on the back Of such as have before endured the like. Thus I in one person many people, And none contented: sometimes am I king; Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar, And so I am: then crushing penury Persuades me I was better when a king; Then am I king’d again: and by and by Think that I am unking’d by Bolingbroke, And straight am nothing: but whate’er I be, Nor I nor any man that but man is With nothing shall be pleased, till he be eased With being nothing... Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 14

Cries from the Heart

The Cast

George Alagiah has worked with the BBC since 1989 and is currently the presenter for the Six O’Clock News, the most watched news programme in Britain. As a BBC foreign correspondent, he has reported on the Rwandan genocide, Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa, and street children in Brazil in addition to documentary reports on affirmative action in America and the Kurdish genocide in Northern Iraq. He has received the award for Best International Report from the Royal Television Society, a commendation from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, ’s Best TV Journalist Award, and was voted Media Personality of the Year at the Ethnic Minority Media Awards. His first book, A Passage to Africa, was published in September 2001 and a book on race relations in Britain is due to be published in Spring 2006.

Born in in 1957, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze studied at the Jamaican School of and began writing poetry in the 1970s. Her poetry collections include The Arrival of Brighteye and Other Poems, Spring Cleaning, and Riddym Ravings in addition to her recordings Hearsay and Riding on De Riddym. She has worked as a director and scriptwriter for theatre and film, notably scripting Hallelujah Anyhow which screened at the British Film Festival in 1990. Theatrical credits include the script The Healing Touch for the and performances in The Prayer at the and One Love at the Lyric, Hammersmith. In television and film, she has appeared on the New Voices series, written and performed for the BBC Windrush Gala, and written a filmscript entitled . She has co-founded a Jamaican women’s theatre-group called Sistren and serves as joint editor of Critical Quarterly in London.

Christian Coulson began his career in theatre, but was most recently featured as Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He additionally can be seen as Ralph Partridge in The Hours as well as in television guest appearances on ’s Miss Marple, The Forsyte Saga, and Little Britain. Among his theatre work, he has played Romeo in at the Liverpool Playhouse and appeared as Raleigh in Journey’s End in London’s West End. He graduated with a first-class degree from Cambridge University in 2000. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 15

Sinead Cusack joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1975 and was nominated for the Clarence Derwent Award as Best Newcomer for her performance in . She has performed Cyrano de Bergerac both with the Royal Shakespeare Company and on . Recent theatre credits include per roles as Abby Prescott in The Mercy Seat at the Almeida and as in Anthony and Cleopatra at the RSC. For her performance in Our Lady of Sligo, she received the Award for Best Actress and the Critics Drama Award for Best Actress, in addi- tion to Best Actress nominations for the Olivier and Drama Desk Awards in 1998 and 2000, respectively. Her television credits include the BBC production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, Playboy of the Western World, and , and film high- lights include Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty and Zeffirelli’s The Sparrow.

Born in , Judi Dench trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and began her career with Company. In her distinguished theatre career, she has also worked with The Royal Shakespeare Company, The , The Playhouse, and Playhouse. Her television work includes the long-running series As Time Goes By, and A Fine Romance, in which she co-starred with her late husband . Recent film credits include , Iris, Mrs. Brown, and The Importance of Being Earnest. Among her many professional awards, Judi received two Olivier Awards in 1996 for performances in Absolute Hell and , BAFTA Awards for Best Actress for Iris and Mrs. Brown, an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Shakespeare in Love, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Chocolat, and the Tony Award in 1999 for Best Actress in Amy’s View.

Joseph Fiennes trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, after which he went directly into the West End production of The Woman in Black. He appeared in A Month in the Country at the Albery Theatre opposite Mirren as well as the National Theatre’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. He has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in and As You Like It. His film credits include Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth, Stealing Beauty, Enemy at the Gate and The Merchant of Venice.

David Hare was born in in 1947. He helped to start two theatre groups, Portable Theatre Company (1968) and Joint Stock (1974). He was the Literary Manager at The Royal Court in 1970-1 and an Associate Director of the National Theatre from 1984-97. He is known for his plays, most recently Stuff Happens performed at the National Theatre; his screenplays, including that for The Hours; as well as his books, adaptations and films for television. In 1998 David Hare was given a knighthood for his services to the theatre. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 16

Saeed Jaffrey, OBE, formed his own English theatre company in his native before pursuing his Master’s degree in Drama in America as a Fulbright scholar. He became the first Indian actor to appear in a major role on Broadway, in A Passage to India. His West End debut was as the lead in Kindly Monkeys and he has since performed in Shaw’s Captain Brassbound’s Conversation with , White Chameleon at the Royal National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Dream at Regent’s Park and at the London Palladium. On television, he has appeared in Far Pavilions with Omar Sharif, Gangsters, Rumpole of the Bailey, and Coronation Street. His film work includes ’s The Man Who Would Be King, Gandhi, A Passage to India, and My Beautiful Laundrette, for which he received a BAFTA nomination. Saeed has starred in about 100 Indian films.

Fraser James has performed at the Royal Court, the Young Vic, Theatre, and the Southwark Playhouse. His television credits include the BBC programmes The Armando Ianucci Show, Office Gossip and Holby City. He has also been seen in the BBC series Babyfather as the character Linval and Judge John Deed as Laurence James. He appeared in Raoul Peck’s dramatic retelling of the Rwandan genocide, Sometimes in April, which was showcased during the open- ing night of this year’s Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in London. Fraser is currently starring in The President of an Empty Room, a new play by Steven at the National Theatre.

Born in Jamaica in 1951, Linton Kwesi Johnson moved to London in 1963 and studied at Goldsmiths’ College. His poetry collection, Dread Beat An’ Blood, was released as an LP by Virgin in 1978. Johnson launched his own record label, LKJ, in 1981 and worked as a reporter for Channel 4’s The Bandung File from 1985-1988. His radio series on Jamaican popular music, From Mento to Lovers Rock, was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in 1982. In 1985, LKJ Live in Concert with the Dub Band received a Grammy Award nomination. Johnson became only the sec- ond poet and the first black poet to have his work published in Penguin’s Modern Classic Series, under the title Mi Revalueshanary Fren: Selected Poems. In 2003, BBC4 highlighted Johnson and his poetry for their Profile series.

Fergal Keane, OBE, is one of the BBC’s most distinguished correspondents, having worked for the corporation in Northern Ireland, South Africa, Asia and the Balkans. He has been awarded a BAFTA and has been named Reporter of the Year on television and radio, winning honours from the Royal Television Society, the Sony Radio Awards, the Amnesty International Press Awards, the James Cameron Prize and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the U.S. Overseas Press Association. His most recent book, All of These People: A Memoir, was published by Harper Collins in 2005. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 17

Singer Melanie Marshall trained at the Royal College of Music and made her Carnegie Hall debut in 1991 performing John Rutter’s Feel the Spirit. She has also performed at the , the Barbican, the Purcell Room, and as the soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall. Her theatre experience includes Ain’t Misbehavin’ at the Lyric Theatre, Carmen Jones at the Old Vic, Kiss Me Kate with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Porgy and Bess with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. She has appeared on BBC1’s Songs of Praise both as a featured artist and as a solo artist, featured on the Star Wars soundtrack conducted by , and has recently performed in the West End Trafalgar Studios production of Simply Heavenly. Melanie is currently appearing as Miss Sherman in Fame.

Glen Matlock was a founding member of the Sex Pistols, in which capacity he wrote some of their best known songs. After leaving the Pistols in 1977 he worked with a number of other bands, most recently forming his own, the Philistines. Their most recent album, On Something (EMI), was described by one reviewer as “timeless”, by another as “a gem”. In recent years he has taken part in Sex Pistols reunion tours, and in 1990 published his autobiographical I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol.

Born in Calcutta, Rajkumar Misra began studying the tabla at a young age under the guidance of his father Pandit Romgopal Misra and thereafter under Pandit Gnan Prakash Ghosh and Pandit Shankar Ghosh. He made his mark in the concert circuit of Calcutta playing in the Jaipur style and mastering the nuances of Kathak dance accompaniment. Rajkumar has toured in the U.K., Germany, Sweden, France, India, and Ireland, and represented India at the “Festival of India” in Russia in 1987-88. He is currently the resident tabla teacher at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London.

Born in 1952, Andrew Motion was recently appointed Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was appointed Poet Laureate in May 1999. His work has received the Arvon/Observer Prize, the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize and the Prize. In 1994 his biography of Philip Larkin was awarded the Whitbread Prize for Biography, and shortlisted for the NCR Award. The Lamberts won the Somerset Maugham Award. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 18

Thandie Newton studied modern dance at London’s Arts Educational School, then graduated from Cambridge University. Her acting career includes Jefferson in Paris, Flirting, Gridlock’d, The Truth about Charlie, and Interview with a Vampire. Recent film highlights include the female lead opposite in Mission Impossible II and the role of Beloved in Jonathan Demme’s adaptation of Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved. Her film Crash has just been released in the U.S. and is due for release in the U.K. in September. Her television appearances include In Your Dreams and a recurring role on the television series ER.

Sophie Okonedo trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed in several productions with the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance as Tatiana in Hotel as well as a Best Supporting Actress nom- ination for a British Independent Film Award as Juliette in Dirty Pretty Things. In her work in television, she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Drama from the Royal Television Society as Jo in Never Never.

The Poetry SLAMbassadors are a polyvocal spoken word group who fuse free verse poetry, rap and vocal soundscapes to create arresting, inspirational and challenging poetry for performance. They are a relatively new group who are made up from ex-alumni of the Poetry Society & the Mayor of London’s respect slam (a performance poetry, rap & emcee championship aimed at 12-18 year olds), along with co-ordinator and team coach Joelle Taylor. The SLAMbassadors are committed to experimentations in language and delivery and aim to tour to visit other U.K. slam teams. Group members include Jay Bernard, Kayo Chingonyi, Thomas Crosbie, Baby Isako, Jozef Korbell and Natalie Leer.

Diana Quick trained at Oxford University and has performed with The Royal Court, The National Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her diverse theatre work includes Edward Bond’s Lear, David Hare’s A Map of the World, Troilus and Cressida, for the Soho Theatre Company and The Threepenny Opera. She has appeared in the television programmes Poirot, , and Inspector Morse. For her performance on the miniseries Brideshead Revisited, she received BAFTA and Emmy nominations for Best Actress. Her film credits include Saving Grace and The Affair of the Necklace. In 1991-1992, she appeared on stage in Simone de Beauvoir’s A Woman Destroyed, a one-woman show which toured the country and for which she also provided the translation. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 19

Mark Rylance trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Chrysalis Theatre School in London. He has been Artistic Director of the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre since 1995 and is also an Associate Actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His acting credits at the Globe include the lead roles in , Richard II, and . He received an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his role as Benedick in . Film work includes Angels and Insects and Patrice Chereau’s Intimacy, for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination from the London Film Critic Circle Awards.

Lemn Sissay has been commissioned by the BBC for his poetry and documentaries, in addition to his regular live performances. He has appeared on the BBC3 weekly programme Whine Gums, presented a one-hour BBC3 documentary The New Brit, and broadcast the documentary The Last Poets on BBC Radio Four. He has several spoken word recordings, been guest artist on over forty albums, including Leftism by Leftfield, and toured in South Africa, Cameroon, and the . His first book, Tender Fingers in a Clenched Fist, was published in 1988, followed by Rebel without Applause in 1992 and Morning Breaks in the Elevator in 2000. In 2001, he wrote his first children’s book of poetry, The Emperor’s Watchmaker. Sissay’s poetry can be seen in public art through displays on London bus routes and laid out on a mile-long stretch of a Manchester street.

After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, appeared in numerous Royal Shakespeare Company productions in the early 1980s. Among many roles, she appeared as Isabella in Measure for Measure and Titania/Hippolyta in Midsummer Night’s Dream. Other recent theatre credits include roles as Amanda in and Grusha in Caucasian Chalk Circle. She has won the Best Actress Award for her performance in Death and the Maiden as well as a BAFTA nomination for her television role as Flora in The Politician’s Wife. Her film highlights include starring opposite in Truly, Madly, Deeply, for which she received an Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actress, Emma, Bend It Like Beckham and Being Julia. She was granted a CBE in 1999.

Born in 1981, Anna Wolstenholme is currently a postgraduate Drapers Company and Winifred Law Scholar at the Royal College of Music after having completed her undergraduate studies at Cambridge University in 2002. Having won the Albert Cooper Competition, she went on to be the youngest finalist at the Haifa International Competition in Israel where she performed a specially commissioned work with members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Anna was recently invited to perform with the Endellion String Quartet and has appeared at the Cheltenham International, Machynlleth and Cambridge Music Festivals. In 2003, she was awarded the Douglas Whittaker Prize for flute chamber music at the RCM and has twice participated in the Paxos Chamber Music Festival in Greece. Anna has also performed with the Northern Sinfonia, Philharmonia Orchestra, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, English National Ballet and Opera East. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 20

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Special Events

Voices for Justice: The Human Rights Watch Annual Dinner Human Rights Watch is preparing to host its fourth Annual Dinner in London on 3 November 2005 honouring human rights defenders from around the world. These front-line activists exemplify the courage and dedication of so many individuals in the international human rights movement. They risk their freedom, safety and often their lives to defend their fellow citizens from violence, discrimination and oppression. Since 1988, Human Rights Watch has honoured more than 155 human rights activists. The Annual Dinners are held each year in London, Geneva, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Toronto. Proceeds of these events benefit Human Rights Watch. For more information about the Annual Dinner in London, please contact the events team on 020 7713 2773 or email [email protected].

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival has become a leading venue for distinguished fiction, documentary and animated films and videos with a distinctive human rights theme. Each year, as courageous and committed filmmakers produce increasingly impressive docu- mentary and feature films, we engage with the public in an evolving conversation about human rights and inspire new generations of human rights activists. This year’s festival, which ran from 16-25 March 2005 in London, brought 24 films from 19 countries, fea- turing stories that reminded us of how powerful both the image and the individual can be. For more information, please visit www.hrw.org/iff. Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 22

Recent Report

The Curse of Gold: Democratic Republic of Congo (June 2005) The northeast corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to one of Africa’s richest goldfields. This report documents widespread human rights abuses linked to ruthless efforts by foreign armies and armed groups to control two key gold mining areas: Mongbwalu and Durba. In their battles for gold, armed groups carried out widespread ethnic slaughter, torture and rape leaving more than 60,000 civilians dead in this remote corner of Congo.

Armed group leaders together with their local business allies used the proceeds from the sale of gold to gain access to money, guns, and power. In 2003 alone nearly $60 million of tainted gold was smuggled out of Congo to Uganda, destined for the global gold markets in Europe and elsewhere. These funds enriched only the fortunate few and left many others impoverished and abused.

Multinational mining companies also sought to start gold mining and exploration activities in this volatile area. One such company, AngloGold Ashanti, one of the largest gold producers in the world, launched a gold exploration program in Mongbwalu, an area controlled by an armed group responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In return for assurances of security and access to the mining site, AngloGold Ashanti established a relationship with this murderous armed group which in turn obtained financial, material and political benefits.

There will be no peace in Congo unless those who are involved in the exploitation of its natural resources make respect for human rights a fundamental consideration in their business activities. Multinational companies need to ensure that no support of any kind is provided to armed groups responsible for serious human rights crimes. Congolese citizens deserve to benefit from the country’s rich resources, not be cursed by them.

(Following publication of this report, Human Rights Watch welcomed the announce- ment by AngloGold Ashanti that it would conduct a high-level review of its activities in the Congo). Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 23

Cries from the Heart 2005

Human Rights Watch wishes to offer great thanks to The Laura Ashley Foundation, Louis Greig, Sigrid Rausing, John J Studzinski and Marshall Wace whose generosity has ensured that 100% of the ticket sales from this evening will go to the work of Human Rights Watch.

Cries from the Heart would not have been possible without the time, generosity Human Rights Watch also wishes to thank: and talent of the following people

Jane Ashley, whose enthusiasm and logistical Sara Abuzaid support have made Cries from the Heart possible Sarah Adamczyk Christabel Anderson Daniel Hahn, who again undertook the incredible John Dowling task of programming tonight’s performance Tony Elliott David Hare for dedicating his creative energies to Henry Fajemirokun the planning of the Cries from the Heart Tara ffrench-Mullen programme Charlotte Fraser Jane Quinn of Bolton & Quinn for her energy and Peter Florence expertise in publicising the event and the Hay Festival team Susan Gibson The London Committee of the Human Rights Josephine Green Watch International Council for their work in John Howkins fundraising and publicity Dorothee Inderfurth and Celia Hamer of Xingu Films Helen Laing Hiroshi Kato Stephen Malit Jules Mann Please note that information included in the Oksana Popova programme was correct at the time of going to print. Tiffany Foster, Richard Howey, Other than the Human Rights Watch testimonials, Mark Rylance, the material included in the Cries from the Heart Rowan Walker-Brown programme represents the opinions of the and the whole of the individual authors and not necessarily those of Human Rights Watch. Shakespeare’s Globe team Tim Sowula All permissions are listed on the reverse of the Trudie Styler programme insert. Joelle Taylor Caroline Younger Cries2005final 9/6/05 3:24 pm Page 24

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