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Book Launch: UNsilenced by Rasna Warah, Oct. 26 2016 @ Goethe Institut Auditorium

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Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut Nairobi
Time: 6-8 PM
Admission: free

About
Unmasking the United Nation’s Culture of Cover-ups, Corruption and Impunity. By Rasna Warah.

In a world experiencing increasing conflicts, terrorism and displacement, many people are wondering what the United Nations – the organisation established in 1945 to save future generations from the scourge of war – should do or could have done to prevent the disasters from escalating.

UNsilenced shows that contrary to expectation, the UN has remained a bystander in many of the conflicts and most peace-building efforts have failed miserably. UNsilenced describes how whistleblowers have been denied justice within the UN system and how the immunity accorded to UN officials, combined with other malpractices within the organisation, allows injustice to flourish.

The book will be discussed by John Githongo, Billy Kahora, Kwamchetsi Makokha and the author Rasna Warah.

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Screening: Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Nov. 10-14 2014 @ Alliance Française Auditorium

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Dates: November 10-14, 2014
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: 6 pm
Entrance Free

All films will be followed by a panel discussion

Programme
Mon. 10 November: ‘Big Men’ by Rachel Boynton, 2013, 99 min (US)

A cautionary tale about the toll of American oil investment in West Africa, Big Men reveals the secretive worlds of both corporations and local communities in Nigeria and Ghana.

Panelists: John Githongo (INUKA Trustee), Gladwell Otieno (AFRICOG) and Paul Goldsmith

Moderator: Otsieno Namwaya (Human Rights Watch)

Tue. 11 November: ‘Private Violence’ Tue. 11 Nov. by Cynthia Hill, 2013, 81 min (US)

Private Violence follows the story of two survivors who have left their abusers only to face systems that fail, judge, marginalize and blame them for the violence to which they have been subjected.

Panelists: Christine Ochieng (FIDA-Kenya) and Prof. Wambui Mwangi

Moderator: Monica Tabengwa (Human Rights Watch)

Wed. 12 November: ‘Born this Way’ by Shaun Kadlec & Deb Tullmann, 2012, 84 min (Cameroon)

The film follows the lives of four gay Cameroonians. Lyrical imagery, devastating homophobia, the influence of western culture and a hiddencamera courtroom drama mysteriously coalesce into a story of what is possible in the global fight for equality

Panelists: Njeri Gatheru (National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission) and Neela Ghoshal (Human Rights Watch)

Thu. 13 November: ‘A Quiet Inquisition’ by Alessandra Zeka & Holen Sabrina Kahn, 2014, 65 min (US)

At a public hospital in Nicaragua, OBGYN Dr. Carla Cerrato must choose between following a law that bans all abortions and endangers her patients or taking a risk and providing the care that she knows can save a woman’s life.

Panelists: Evelyne Opondo (Center for Reproductive Rights) and Dr Joachim Osur (Amref Health Africa)

Moderator: Laetitia Bader (Human Rights Watch)

Friday 14 November ‘Watchers of the Sky’ by Edet Belzberg, 2011, 114 min (US)

The film interweaves five stories of remarkable courage; compassion and determination taking one on a provocative journey from Nuremberg to The Hague, from Bosnia to Darfur, from criminality to justice, and from apathy to action.

Panelists: Muthoni Wanyeki (Amnesty International) and Dr. Godfrey Musila, law lecturer (University of Nairobi)

Moderator: Hanan Salah (Human Rights Watch)