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Demonstration to commemorate the Ghulya massacre
5 February marks the 13th anniversary of the Ghulya massacre, where more than 30 Uighur Uighurs were shot dead by Chinese police forces during a peaceul demonstration in East Turkestan.
Rafto Prize ceremony
The prize will be delivered to the Laureate selected by the Rafto Prize Committee and announced on 23 September 2010 in Bergen. A recipient should be an active participant in the struggle for the ideals and principles underlying the Human Rights Charter, or be an embodying symbol of these. A recipient may be a person or an organisation, and two or more recipients may share the prize.
Rafto Prize Laureate’2010 Announcement
Recipients are to be selected by the Rafto Prize Committee. The 2010 Rafto Prize Committee is chaired by Siri Gloppen, Professor at the University of Bergen, Institute of Comparative Politics and Christian Michelsen Research Institute (CMI).
Rafto Prize: Call for nominations dead-line
Voluntary organisations, institutions and individuals worldwide are welcome to nominate candidates for the 2010 Rafto Prize for Human Rights. The Rafto Prize, awarded in memory of Norwegian professor Thorolf Rafto, is awarded to an individual or organisation that embodies and upholds the principles of the Human Rights Charter through activism or engagement.
Famous for a Reason
The cult of celebrity is widely castigated in the modern media, but do extraordinary people have a role to play in society? Can eccentrics and others in the public eye tell us something about the limits of personality? English PEN seeks to uncover some of the uses of fame.
Writing to Change the World
Michael Arditti, Amanda Craig, Morris Farhi – here are three writers not afraid to tackle serious issues: racism and homophobia, the right to die, the meaning of art, the absurdity of cycles of vengeance, faith and religion – and much more. Their novels are gripping, provocative and thought provoking. They will discuss the role of literature and its impact on our lives. Chaired by Nina Caplan.
Taboo Be Do! Hits and misses from the politically incorrect songbook
Author Terence Blacker takes an eye-opening, foot-tapping journey through 100 years of politically incorrect music as part of the guitar duo Something Happened. Delving into the back catalogues of jazz, country, folk, bluegrass and pop, Blacker, his musical partner Derek Hewitson and contemporary diva Victoria Hart offer a shamelessly cheerful celebration of the outrageous, the ill-considered and the downright inappropriate.
Taboo Be Do! Hits and misses from the politically incorrect songbook
Author Terence Blacker takes an eye-opening, foot-tapping journey through 100 years of politically incorrect music as part of the guitar duo Something Happened. Delving into the back catalogues of jazz, country, folk, bluegrass and pop, Blacker, his musical partner Derek Hewitson and contemporary diva Victoria Hart offer a shamelessly cheerful celebration of the outrageous, the ill-considered and the downright inappropriate.