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Thailand’s New Media Protest Leader – CBC The World this Weekend
BANGKOK – Bow Nutta Mahattana wears a cartoon t-shirt mocking Thai Prime Minister, and junta leader, Prayuth Chan-ocha with a nose like Pinocchio. The 39-year-old mother and teacher is facing a lengthy prison sentence for staging anti-junta protests – and harnessing the power of Facebook Live – to demand elections in Thailand. “The message is…
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#RightsMedia doc: The #rise of #Tanzania ‘s #opposition #Chadema party
Part 1: Chadema (Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo – Party for Democracy and Progress) is the political opposition in Tanzania’s parliament. A bombing at a Chadema rally in Arusha on June 15, 2013, the day before a by-election, caused four deaths and now many are beginning to question the stability in this once peaceful, democratic…
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Rights Radio Report #7: Maasai market man
Adrian Anyona Oigara runs his family’s business at Maasai Market in Nairobi, Kenya. This 26-year-old sells his art work, which is made of stone from his home village. During the 2007-08 election violence, business stopped at the market, which takes place every weekend in front of the Supreme Court of Kenya. Since this year’s election…
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