H-Human-Rights is a discussion network for scholars, policymakers, authors, historians, and other interested people devoted to the history, analysis, theory, and practice of human rights.
Today we highlight films about the impact of incarceration in communities of color in the United States.
Mass Incarceration and Deportation
Detention of Muslim and Arab Immigrants after September 11
Political Prisoners in the United States
Attica Uprising and the Prisoners’ Rights Movement
Internment of Japanese Americans During WWII
MASS INCARCERATION & DEPORTATION
Today we feature 22 educational documentaries and shorts on police brutality and people organizing against it in New York, Oakland, Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami, Boston, Los Angeles, Albany, and Ferguson.
The Human Rights section of the International Studies Association has extended the deadline for nominations for the Distinguished Scholars Award to May 31st, 2020. For details, click here. Direct any inquiries to committee chair, Courtney Hillebrecht: chillebrecht2@unl.edu.
With changing dynamics between the Rohingya and Rakhine populations and the Tatmadaw (the armed forces of Myanmar), Rakhine State in Myanmar has been in a state of conflict. Most recently, the clash between the Arakan Army and the Tatmadaw saw open conflict erupt on 25 August 2018. These conflicts have resulted in significant loss of lives, livelihoods, and homes with more than 150,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Rakhine State. Some have been living in camps since 2012, and at least 700,000 others in Cox’s Bazaar, the main refugee settlement in Bangladesh.
Call for Nominations – ISA Human Rights Section Distinguished Scholar Award
