Investigative Journalism and Human Rights

When:
October 25, 2016 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Where:
Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley, Telegraph Ave & Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA

The ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism was established in 2011 to honor all those who fought against fascism during the Spanish Civil War by connecting the legacy with international activist causes today. This year’s winners, Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill, discuss their work with Kate Doyle, director of the Evidence Project at the National Security Archive. Lydia Cacho is an award-winning Mexican journalist, author and human rights activist specialized in women and children’s rights. She has written a dozen books from poetry to fiction, nonfiction, and investigative reporting.Slavery Inc. … Continue reading Investigative Journalism and Human Rights