Short documentaries promote human rights

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16 December 2010
10:43

Four short documentary films made within a partnership between the Southeast Media Agency of Germany, the Committee for the Freedom of the Press and the public association “The Youth Generation” will be broadcast on the public TV channel Moldova 1 next week.

“We expect that after watching these films, the people will realize what their rights are. The people must know their rights and demand that they are respected,” project coordinator Corina Boaghe said in a news conference, quoted by Info-Prim Neo.

Two of the four films were launched during the Human Rights Week. Corina Boaghe said the idea of making the short films appeared after the April 7, 2009 events. The films are titled “Police and Justice”, “Involvement of Civil Society in Ensuring Observance of the Human Rights and Freedoms”, “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities”, and “The Rights of Sexual Minorities”.

Young people from different settlements of Moldova have been involved in the project. Twenty young persons made by a one-minute film about their own views on the respect for the human rights.

German Ambassador to Moldova Berthold Johannes said he was glad that there are young persons in Moldova who defend the human rights. “It is important that we also think about the persons with disabilities, the situation of the minorities and their problems,” he said.

The diplomat stated that the observance of the human rights means involvement of all the people. “The European Union devotes special attention to the human rights. It is a canon of the EU and we share these values,” said Berthold Johannes.

The Southeast Media Agency has implemented projects in Southeast Europe since 1999.

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Short documentaries promote human rights

IPN.md

16 December 2010
10:43

Young people from different settlements of Moldova have been involved in the project. Twenty young persons made by a one-minute film about their own views on the respect for the human rights.

The Southeast Media Agency has implemented projects in Southeast Europe since 1999.

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