The United Nations’ International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is annually observed to remind people that human torture is unacceptable – and in many cases it is also a crime. On this day attention mostly goes to victims of war, prison and violent crimes, in countries of unrest predominately known for human rights violations.
UPDATE: Three marches expected to number in the thousands will converge as one in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday. MIRAC and allies will march from Martin Luther King Park at 41st and Nicollet at 2pm. (A radical labor contingent will feed into the MIRAC march as well, meeting at Phelps Park, Chicago and 40th, at 1pm.) Also at 2pm, marches with the Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network will convene at Franklin and Chicago Avenues in south Minneapolis and University and Central Avenues Northeast, respectively.
Saint Petersburg, FL – Independent films, documentaries, actors, producers, screenwriters, composers, were all part of entertainment and education for the independent film artist during the 5th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival in Saint Petersburg, Florida, this weekend. But one sponsor of the festival, Youth for Human Rights Florida, carried a message that is the same no matter what job you may have in making a film – Freedom of Expression.
TAMPA BAY, JANUARY 12, 2010 - The year 2010 was named by the United Nations as the “International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”.
