HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC (@pandemicdoc), a new film @ByDavidFrance, is now streaming on
@hbomax. The film takes an inside look at the historic, multi-national race to research, develop, regulate, and roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the war against the coronavirus pandemic.
We are excited to introduce a new podcast from the production team of “Welcome to Chechnya” called «Свобода (не) за Горами» (“Freedom’s Around The Corner”) @svobodapodcast that talks about the life in the North Caucasus, one of the most unique and complex regions of Russia.
Привет-привет, это канал подкаста «свобода (не) за горами» от Дэвида Франса и команды «Добро пожаловать в Чечню». Здесь мы будем публиковать ссылки на новые эпизоды, рассказывать больше о проблемах и героях, делиться цитатами из выпусков и делиться другими важными материалами 🤍
HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC (@pandemicdoc), a new film @ByDavidFrance, is now streaming on
@hbomax. The film takes an inside look at the historic, multi-national race to research, develop, regulate, and roll out COVID-19 vaccines in the war against the coronavirus pandemic.
Today Achkhoy-Martan Chechen Court sentenced the siblings Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev to 8 and 6 years for “complicity with illegal armed formations by providing products.” They believe that the case is fabricated because of their sexual orientation and political views.
"They need to find a way between protection on the one hand, but also trying to do something to enforce the rights that have been seriously violated." - states @schueller_a from @ECCHRBerlin when talking about activists who enable lesbians and gays to escape from Chechnya
Academy Award–nominated director @ByDavidFrance joins us this FRI (1/14) for a special screening of WELCOME TO CHECHNYA, his powerful and eye-opening documentary about a group of LGBTQ activists risking their lives. 🎟️: https://t.co/wCSw4575HN
Our last award of the night goes to @@ByDavidFrance and visual effects supervisor Ryan Laney will receive the organization’s prestigious Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation for 2021 for #WelcometoChechnya - a groundbreaking and lifesaving use of visual effects.
Thoroughly Orwellian moment in 🇷🇺prosecutor’s petition to have Memorial liquidated is where it says Memorial violated int’l human rights treaties, including the article on the right to freedom of expression. For failing to mark itself as “foreign agent” https://t.co/IODbjRqJVv
1/ An update on Rainbow Railroad’s work in Afghanistan:
Earlier today, 29 #LGBTQI+ Afghans arrived in the U.K. as part of a special operation coordinated by the U.K. Gov., @RainbowRailroad and @stonewalluk. This photo shows them embarking from an undisclosed location.
@welcomechechnya follows a group of activists who try to smuggle lesbians and gay men out of the autonomous republic in Russia in order to protect them. 💬 Listen now to our filmtalk with @schueller_a from @ECCHRBerlin
➡️https://t.co/6ZubuQNbwD
On Saturday, thousands of people gathered for Pride in the northern Polish city of #Szczecin. Participants marched through the city centre and loudly condemned the "LGBT Free Zones" and the state-sponsored homophobia of the #PolishGovernment.