Here’s another short film made by Peter Kennard and I for Amnesty International’s Global Day of Action for human rights across the Middle East and North Africa.
It premiered at a rally of thousands in London’s Trafalgar Square on 11 February 2012…one year on from Hosni Mubarak stepping down from power in Egypt.
The 11th of February sees a national rally at Trafalgar Square in solidarity with the people in the Middle East and North Africa resisting tyrannical regimes [and some of the bastards who've come to replace them]. Human rights knows no borders. Unfortunately, neither do the more negative aspects of suddenly finding yourself in a position [...]
This is the third in the latest set of films for Amnesty International about Syrian exiles living in the UK.
It’s a bit of a hatchet job on the group “Syrians In Britain”, a gang of Assad loyalists with thinly-veiled fascist sympathies. Nice….
From the Amnesty bumph:
Amnesty International UK joined with over 2000 Syrians in the UK [...]
My latest Syria film for Amnesty International.
More soon….
[additional camera by Martin Ginestie]
Those stalwarts of justice at Amnesty International sent me a text the other week: “We have a report coming out about Syrian regime intimidation of anti-government activists outside Syria…stories of horrific consequences for their families and friends at home. We’d like to help Syrians abroad say that they don’t have to be afraid to speak [...]
