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Karen Mukwasi has been training young women in digital security for over 15 years. At the same time, she documents cases of violence against women based on her experience in the film industry.
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Shahla Humbatova She has been campaigning for human rights since 2013. She studied law at Baku State University from 1993 to 1997 and has been campaigning for political prisoners and women’s rights ever since. She is a member of the Azerbaijani Bar Association and was honored with the International Women of Courage Award in Washington in 2020.
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Getu Saketa Roro Human rights lawyer from Ethiopia. Getu Saketa Roro witnessed the profound socio-ecological injustices and political oppression faced by his community in Western Oromia Area at an early age.
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„STIMMEN FÜR DIE FREIHEIT”
The podcast of the Hamburg Foundation.
Johannes von Dohnanyi introduces – but not only – current and former guests of the foundation.
- Shammi Haque from Bangladesh
- Kamal Chomani – We will not be silenced! The young journalist and analyst Kamal Chomani had to flee his homeland after opposing the referndum for independance called by the Kurdish leadership. Even though today he is living in Germany, the former guest of the Hamburg Foundation for politically perscuted people hasn’t stopped fighting for democracy and human rights just in Kurdistan. „Iraqi from all walks of life are fed up with the system!“
- Shahindha Ismail – No place form me in paradise!
- Heval Bozbay – „I have still dreams.“
- Farzad Pak- Filmproduzent – Oppression and restrictions only foster creativity
- Farida Nekzad: – Dark times are coming back
- Aleksei Bobrovnikov: – Ukraine: „Ich hasse es, wenn meine Informanten getötet werden“
- Tanya Tkachova – Belarus: „ Ich habe getan, was ich konnte“.
- Masrat Zarah – Kashmir: „Nobody is safe in Kashmir“
All episodes can also be found here:
40 years Hamburg Foundation for Politically Persecuted People
The Hamburg Foundation supports politically
persecuted people who, because of advocating
democracy, freedom and human rights,
find themselves in a dangerous, often life-threatening
situation in their native countries.