http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/refugee 2008-11-21T20:58:11Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63608-afghan-government-struggles-to-resettle-refugees 2008-11-21T20:58:11Z IronLungz <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/634EfrE-KVo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/634EfrE-KVo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63608-afghan-government-struggles-to-resettle-refugees"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79848" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>"The Afghan government and the United Nations refugee agency have pledged to strengthen efforts to resettle returnees and people inside the country displaced by violence. The pledge came after a high-profile visit to the country this week by the head of U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres. As VOA's Ravi Khanna reports, the U.N. official wants the international community to do more to resettle Afghan refugees."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63608-afghan-government-struggles-to-resettle-refugees">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62555-change-your-mind-help-palestine 2008-11-22T12:55:48Z mutedmajority <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1aECwqGthro&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1aECwqGthro&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62555-change-your-mind-help-palestine"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78089" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>They have no army. They are in their home land, being called squatters, killed at a ratio of 400 to 1 and called terrorists. All I see from Israel is a poor Hitler impersonation.</p> <p>Check out & sub my friend Hamsawiy11's channel Thanks</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62555-change-your-mind-help-palestine">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/61040-un-aid-packages-reach-dr-congo-town-3-nov-2008 2008-11-06T00:52:49Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sm8qXdEaGXo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sm8qXdEaGXo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/61040-un-aid-packages-reach-dr-congo-town-3-nov-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/75583" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>UN aid packages have arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo almost two months after fresh fighting broke out.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Mohammad Adow reports from the heart of DRC's conflict where at least 50,000 people are believed to have fled from their hometowns because of increasing violence.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/61040-un-aid-packages-reach-dr-congo-town-3-nov-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59572-hassiba-belbachir-s-death-in-immigrant-detention 2008-11-22T12:24:56Z Immigrant Justice <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mB5UChiZHWI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mB5UChiZHWI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59572-hassiba-belbachir-s-death-in-immigrant-detention"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73342" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Junaid Afeef, interim director of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, speaks about the breakdown of the immigrant detention system that led to the death of detainee Hassiba Belbachir in 2005 in a Chicago-area county jail. His talk was part of a panel on immigrant detention held in conjunction with a special Chicago film screening of "The Visitor" in October 2008. The event was presented by Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center and the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights as part of the City of Chicago's Immigrant & Refugee Week and in partnership with Active Voice. For more information, visit www.immigrantjustice.org, www.midwesthumanrights.org, and activevoice.net/thevisitor</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59572-hassiba-belbachir-s-death-in-immigrant-detention">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59569-asylum-seeker-speaks-about-immigrant-detention 2008-11-22T12:24:56Z Immigrant Justice <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SPkCCJ0BKXg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SPkCCJ0BKXg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59569-asylum-seeker-speaks-about-immigrant-detention"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73331" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Rashed Binrashed was 19 years old when he came alone to the United States to escape persecution following a civil war in his native country of Yemen. Several years later, as the result of some bad legal advice he received during the asylum process, he was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. For more than two and a half years, Rashed was held at three different county jails near Chicago. In this video, Binrashed speaks about his experience in detention and the need for fair and humane reform of the immigrant detention system. His talk was part of a panel discussion held in conjunction with a special Chicago screening of the film "The Visitor" in October 2008, presented by Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center and the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights as part of the City of Chicago's Immigrant & Refugee Week and in partnership with Active Voice. For more information, visit www.immigrantjustice.org, www.midwesthumanrights.org, and www.activevoice.net/thevisitor.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59569-asylum-seeker-speaks-about-immigrant-detention">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59568-lawyer-speaks-about-immigrant-detention 2008-11-22T12:24:56Z Immigrant Justice <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xZIu373gpng&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xZIu373gpng&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59568-lawyer-speaks-about-immigrant-detention"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73330" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Lawyer Colby Kingsbury fought for two and a half years for the release of her client from immigrant detention. In this video she speaks about the experience and about the importance of access to counsel for detained immigrants. Her talk was part of a panel discussion on immigrant detention held in conjunction with a special Chicago film screening of "The Visitor," presented by Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center and the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights as part of the City of Chicago's Immigrant & Refugee Week and in partnership with Active Voice. For more information, visit www.immigrantjustice.org, www.midwesthumanrights.org, and activevoice.net/thevisitor.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59568-lawyer-speaks-about-immigrant-detention">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59567-why-we-need-humane-immigration-reform 2008-11-22T12:24:56Z Immigrant Justice <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4pScWK3YxXA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4pScWK3YxXA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59567-why-we-need-humane-immigration-reform"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73329" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Attorney Tara Magner, policy director for the National Immigrant Justice Center, speaks about the need for humane immigration reform and protection of due process and human rights for detained immigrants. Her talk was part of a panel discussion on the immigrant detention system held in conjunction with a special Chicago film screening of "The Visitor" in October 2008. The screening was presented by Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center and the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights as part of the City of Chicago's Immigrant & Refugee Week and in partnership with Active Voice. For more information, visit www.immigrantjustice.org, www.midwesthumanrights.org, and activevoice.net/thevisitor</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59567-why-we-need-humane-immigration-reform">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/59545-christian-iraqis-seek-refuge-in-lebanon-26-oct-08 2008-10-29T22:19:51Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JtXIiiVpZI4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JtXIiiVpZI4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/59545-christian-iraqis-seek-refuge-in-lebanon-26-oct-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/73280" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Christians in Iraq are under attack. </p> <p>The United Nations says 13,000 Christians have fled the northern city of Mosul in the past two weeks alone.</p> <p>Most have moved elsewhere in Iraq but some have fled to Lebanon, as Nayla Khoury has been finding out.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/59545-christian-iraqis-seek-refuge-in-lebanon-26-oct-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58808-israeli-soldier-shoots-child-point-blank 2008-10-23T14:53:12Z mutedmajority <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CUzxpQNE4b4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CUzxpQNE4b4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58808-israeli-soldier-shoots-child-point-blank"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/72100" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>I point out the gun blast in the video's pop up bubbles. I probably watched this video a dozen times before noticing it, as did most who have seen this video (I bet)... Terrorist state stooge soldier of israel runs right up to a Palestinian child and levels his gun at him, pulls the trigger. You can see the flash. The kid ducks but the guy is a horrible shot! Kid whoops his ass, and shows he's not only braver but smarter, because he apparently retrieves something the coward soldier dropped when he tucked tail and ran away. Palestine kid gets 5 stars for whooping nazi's ass. Yes Jews are the new nazis. I'm betting Hitler inseminated their women. That would explain their acts. </p> <p>Davey and Goliath revisited and reversed. God's on Palestine's side.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58808-israeli-soldier-shoots-child-point-blank">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58006-somali-refugees-flee-to-kenya-17-oct-08 2008-10-20T16:53:21Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w2j2S78pTck&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w2j2S78pTck&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58006-somali-refugees-flee-to-kenya-17-oct-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/70871" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Somalia's ongoing conflict has created a refugee crisis, with thousands of Somalis fleeing their homes ever week, many escaping across the border to Kenya.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from the Dagahley refugee camp in the Kenyan town of Dadaab, now home to 215-thousand Somali refugees.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58006-somali-refugees-flee-to-kenya-17-oct-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56846-us-war-resister-faces-deportation-from-canada 2008-10-30T08:56:54Z mpal <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBlsSYW937E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBlsSYW937E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56846-us-war-resister-faces-deportation-from-canada"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69120" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=081001YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Canada Border Services Agency, continues to routinely effect deportation orders of US Iraq War resisters</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56846-us-war-resister-faces-deportation-from-canada">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51098-georgians-take-stock-of-conflict-with-russia-30-aug-08 2008-10-30T03:30:29Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2x5dGeL1yAM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2x5dGeL1yAM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51098-georgians-take-stock-of-conflict-with-russia-30-aug-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62047" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Residents of villages ravaged by the recent conflict between Georgia and Russia are taking stock of the damage and chaos left behind. </p> <p>The conflict has pitted neighbour against neighbour in towns where two ethnic groups have lived side-by-side for centuries.</p> <p>Thousands are still living in refugee camps wondering if life will ever get back to normal.</p> <p>Dan Nolan reports from the Georgian city of Gori.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51098-georgians-take-stock-of-conflict-with-russia-30-aug-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45258-the-horrors-of-medical-care-in-immigrant-detention 2008-11-22T12:24:56Z Immigrant Justice <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y6O54y2z8C4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y6O54y2z8C4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45258-the-horrors-of-medical-care-in-immigrant-detention"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52332" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>In 2006, the Department of Homeland Security&#39;s Office of Inspector General found serious health and safety concerns at immigrant detention facilities and that detainees&#39; requests for medical attention were often ignored. </p><p>In this video, a young woman from Pakistan who was detained by the Department of Homeland Security for nearly two years while she sought refugee protection in the United States describes her experience being locked up with violent inmates and trying to access medical care. When she discovered a lump in her shoulder, a jail nurse told her &quot;it&#39;s just a fatty tumor&quot; and the government refused her request to see a doctor to have it checked out.</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/45258-the-horrors-of-medical-care-in-immigrant-detention">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42872-world-refugee-day-iraqi-s-1-2 2008-10-27T03:31:13Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cLKmnnXQ5Ms&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cLKmnnXQ5Ms&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42872-world-refugee-day-iraqi-s-1-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48409" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>World Refugee Day: US Criticized for Failing to Help Iraqi Refugees and Iraqis Who Aided US Occupation</p> <p>Over the past five years, the US has resettled just 5,000 Iraqis. Compare that to Sweden, a country of only nine million people, which resettled 18,000 Iraqis last year alone. And among the most desperate seeking asylum are those Iraqis who have been forced from their homes because they helped the US government in Iraq, serving as interpreters and civil society experts for the military, State Department and federal agencies such as USAID. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42872-world-refugee-day-iraqi-s-1-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42870-world-refugee-day-iraqi-s-2-2 2008-10-27T03:31:13Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wHTLlPRHoM0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wHTLlPRHoM0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42870-world-refugee-day-iraqi-s-2-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48407" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>World Refugee Day: US Criticized for Failing to Help Iraqi Refugees and Iraqis Who Aided US Occupation</p> <p>Over the past five years, the US has resettled just 5,000 Iraqis. Compare that to Sweden, a country of only nine million people, which resettled 18,000 Iraqis last year alone. And among the most desperate seeking asylum are those Iraqis who have been forced from their homes because they helped the US government in Iraq, serving as interpreters and civil society experts for the military, State Department and federal agencies such as USAID. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42870-world-refugee-day-iraqi-s-2-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42354-ante-up-for-africa-las-vegas-poker-tournament-for-darfur 2008-11-13T12:27:02Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ip-2NQEQcIg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ip-2NQEQcIg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42354-ante-up-for-africa-las-vegas-poker-tournament-for-darfur"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47814" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.anteupforafrica.org/</p> <p>http://www.enoughproject.org/</p> <p>The ENOUGH! Project to stop Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity is once again partnering for the 2nd annual Ante Up for Africa, No Limit Texas Hold-Em Tournament in association with the World Series of Poker. Proceeds from the event will once again go to charities that provide aid and assistance to the survivors of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan and support activism dedicated to resolving this crisis. Last year we raised over $700,000 and hope to exceed that this year on July 2nd at 2pm at the WSOP® in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.</p> <p>The situation in Darfur, although improved in some ways since our tournament last year, continues to be perilous. Government forces in Sudan embarked upon a campaign of ethnic cleansing that has to date resulted in 400,000 dead and almost 4 million people displaced, living in squalor in refugee camps on the Chad/Sudan border. Deployment of peacekeeping troops has been authorized but helicopters and other supplies are needed to make this a reality. A new U.S. envoy has begun high level talks with the Sudanese government and the International Criminal Court has indicted two top Sudanese officials with more indictments expected to come so pressure is definitely mounting.</p> <p>Last year companies were just beginning to divest themselves of holdings in those entities doing business with Sudan. Now, among others, Berkshire Hathaway and Fidelity have sold all of their holdings in companies that do business there. This is tens of millions of dollars of divestiture. Also 22 states in the U.S. have passed laws barring their pension funds from investing in companies doing business in Sudan. Other states, including Nevada, have initiatives pending to accomplish the same thing. Our hope is that through efforts like Ante Up For Africa, we can continue to keep the issue in the spotlight while providing real funds to support the efforts of peacekeepers and aid workers on the ground.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42354-ante-up-for-africa-las-vegas-poker-tournament-for-darfur">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41775-honoring-father-s-day 2008-11-22T12:33:57Z codepinkDC <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g1x0d7AU6HU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g1x0d7AU6HU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41775-honoring-father-s-day"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/47095" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.codepink4peace.org/">CODEPINK</a> and <a href="http://www.collateralrepairproject.org/">Collateral Repair Project</a> are working on funding special Father&#39;s Day micro-projects for Iraqi fathers who are trying to support their families amidst the insecurity of refugee life, poor living conditions, and dwindling personal resources. These are the harsh realities that rob many Iraqi refugee fathers of their sense of purpose and worth and lead inevitably to over-riding hopelessness and despair.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41775-honoring-father-s-day">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39148-palestine-street-the-bride-in-exile-15-may-08-part-2 2008-10-23T15:30:20Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dCOVPhgVUzw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dCOVPhgVUzw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39148-palestine-street-the-bride-in-exile-15-may-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44193" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The second episode of a special programme that looks at one street in Jaffa, Tel Aviv and how that street conveys the tragic narrative of the Palestinian 'Nakba'.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39148-palestine-street-the-bride-in-exile-15-may-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38453-codepink-iraqi-refugee-crisis 2008-11-22T12:33:58Z codepinkDC <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1uMfd7qSVHA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1uMfd7qSVHA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38453-codepink-iraqi-refugee-crisis"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43419" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In 2008 we cannot continue to ignore the plight of Iraqi mothers and children as the Iraqi refugee crisis worsens each day.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38453-codepink-iraqi-refugee-crisis">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38000-americans-know-nothing-of-suffering 2008-11-22T12:21:57Z aorin <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kTNJ_ryU9Ec&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kTNJ_ryU9Ec&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38000-americans-know-nothing-of-suffering"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42925" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Submit your own opinion at <a href="http://www.linktv.org/dearamericanvoter">www.linktv.org</a> </p> <p>(Syria) An Iraqi refugee living in Damascus believes only one percent of Americans are honorable and that none of the presidential candidates are worth electing.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38000-americans-know-nothing-of-suffering">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37888-90-000-child-refugees-could-die-in-somalia-06-may-2008 2008-10-23T15:31:51Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CE0dFtkItsU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CE0dFtkItsU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37888-90-000-child-refugees-could-die-in-somalia-06-may-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42699" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports from the refugee camps of Yemen on the people fleeing the fighting in Somalia.</p> <p>Last year more than 100,000 people made the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen in order to flee the fighting in Somalia - according to the figures given by the 'Yemen Observer'. </p> <p>This year 32,000 others have joined them in order to escape too. However it is estimated that one in 20 did not survive the trip.</p> <p>Amnesty International issued a warning in a new report that 90,000 children could die in Somalia in the coming months.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37888-90-000-child-refugees-could-die-in-somalia-06-may-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37150-colombia-s-farc-conflict-spills-over-to-ecuador-28-apr-08 2008-10-15T03:31:07Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bbf1Zd4oILw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bbf1Zd4oILw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37150-colombia-s-farc-conflict-spills-over-to-ecuador-28-apr-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41875" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Colombia's internal conflict with Farc rebels is spilling into neighbouring countries and has already brought Ecuador and Colombia to the brink of war, as Bogota alleges the Farc is using Ecuador territory to launch attack. But, as Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez discovers, it is also creating a refugee crisis.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37150-colombia-s-farc-conflict-spills-over-to-ecuador-28-apr-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36221-kenya-opens-border-for-somalian-refugees-19-april-08 2008-10-17T21:30:51Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v3vnH3aFe7A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v3vnH3aFe7A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36221-kenya-opens-border-for-somalian-refugees-19-april-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/40614" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Heavy sporadic fighting is continuing between Somali government forces and fighters from the Islamic Courts Movement across Somalia.</p> <p>Much of the country is now lawless again, and while the media is banned from the country, there is a sense of what is going on from the those being forced to flee.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow travelled to the Kenyan-Somali border, where for the first time in more than a year, the border was briefly reopened</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36221-kenya-opens-border-for-somalian-refugees-19-april-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34593-the-dilemma-of-chin-refugees-in-malaysia-02-april-08 2008-10-22T15:29:48Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rMWclWVXMRQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rMWclWVXMRQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34593-the-dilemma-of-chin-refugees-in-malaysia-02-april-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37743" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Tens of thousands of people flee persecution in Myanmar. <br />Many end up in Malaysia, but they're not given refugee status and classed as illegals.</p> <p>A report by a human rights group says they live in "severe and desperate poverty" and face exploitation and abuse.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34593-the-dilemma-of-chin-refugees-in-malaysia-02-april-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32974-women-google-c-e-o-women 2008-10-21T15:29:26Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-sGMhmm8x_4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-sGMhmm8x_4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32974-women-google-c-e-o-women"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/35926" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Creating Economic Opportunities for Women (C.E.O. Women) was founded by Ashoka fellow Farhana Huq in 2000 to address the unique needs of immigrant and refugee women struggling to become self-sufficient, contributing members of the world. C.E.O. Women creates economic opportunities for low-income immigrant and refugee women by teaching English, communications and entrepreneurship skills, so they can establish successful livelihoods. C.E.O. Women then provides women with intensive mentoring, coaching and access to capital needed to start a small business. More information at <a href="http://ceowomen.org">ceowomen.org</a> </p> <p>This event took place on March 6, 2008 at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/32974-women-google-c-e-o-women">Watch the video</a>