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• Global Uprisings Conference Interview #1: Fighting Sexual Assault in Egypt

  January 27, 2014 at 7:00 pm / By Country, Egypt, Interviews

  Mariam Kirollos is an Egyptian feminist activist and a human rights defender based in Cairo. Mariam is one of the founding members of Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault (OpAntiSH), a group that is combatting the growing problem of sexual harassment and collective sexual assaults/rapes against women during protests. The group patrols the streets during protests and fights off men as they attempt to encircle and assault women. The group also provides legal and medical support and follow-up care to girls and women […]

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  Global Uprisings Conference: Full Program

  November 1, 2013 at 4:32 pm / Uncategorized

      This is the full program for events taking place at De Balie. The conference includes many other events at spaces around the city starting Wednesday 13 November. For more information on these other events please see the “additional program” below. Information about all events will be available at De Balie throughout the weekend. DAY ONE: Friday 15 November 2013: 20.00-22.00 Welcome from Stichting Democratie en Media with an introduction and short film from the makers of the globaluprisings.org […]

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  Taksim Commune Playing on Free Speech TV

  October 18, 2013 at 9:59 am / Articles

  Our latest film, Taksim Commune: Gezi Park and the Uprising in Turkey, will play on Free Speech TV. Free Speech TV is an independent, 24-hour television network and multi-platform digital news source with news, stories and perspectives you won’t find anywhere else. A non-profit, public interest network, FSTV is publically supported by its viewers and by philanthropic foundations. Television broadcasts are commercial-free. Free Speech TV reaches 30 million U.S. homes on DISH Network Channel 9415, DirecTV Channel 348 and over […]

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  GLOBAL UPRISINGS / Event De Balie Amsterdam

  October 3, 2013 at 10:32 pm / By Country, Egypt, Featured, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

  GLOBAL UPRISINGS The Stories, Ideas and Future of Uprisings around the World FREE ENTRY, LIMITED CAPACITY VIEW PROGRAM De Balie, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) November 15-17, 2013   No more tickets available? No problem… Due to the size of the room, the closing sessions are the only  events that need tickets. These sessions will be only a small part of this enormous event. They will be live streamed in De Balie and in other spaces in Amsterdam. All daytime sessions on […]

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  Taksim Commune: Gezi Park And The Uprising In Turkey

  August 5, 2013 at 10:35 am / By Country, Featured, Turkey, video series

  By Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh This short documentary tells the story of the occupation of Gezi Park, the eviction on July 15, 2013, and the protests that have continued in the aftermath. It includes interviews with many participants and footage never before seen. Since the end of May 2013, political unrest has swept across Turkey. In Istanbul, a large part of the central Beyoğlu district became a battle zone for three consecutive weeks with conflicts continuing afterward. So far […]

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  Police Attack Medical Staff In Occupy Gezi Protests in Istanbul

  June 15, 2013 at 12:27 am / By Country, Turkey

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