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OTHER
NEWS
 The
strength of the human spirit
(June 26) In an online meeting with DFN, UNHCR
Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie talked about World
Refugee Day and her work with young refugees.
Angelina
Jolie and young refugee help launch World Refugee
Day celebration
(June 22) Actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina
Jolie urged Americans to make a difference in the
lives of young refugees at the World Refugee Day 2003
ceremony on June 20 in Washington, DC.
Helping
refugees home
(June 20) Dr. George Rupp, president of the International
Rescue Committee, joined DFN in an online meeting
to discuss important issues facing refugees and their
advocates.
Vietnamese
dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son receives harsh sentence
(June 19)
Dr. Pham Hong Son received a sentence of 13 years
for posting pro-democracy articles on the Internet.
Still
not silenced
(June 19) Andrew Meldrum, the Guardian journalist
recently expelled from Zimbabwe, chatted with DFN
readers about the country's crisis for democracy.
Ivory
Coast activist who fought against citizenship restrictions
is now in exile
(June 14) Abahebou Kamagate is in exile after
he fought to challenge the Ivory Coast government's
increasingly restrictive citizenship laws, which he
believes are at the root of his country's bloody conflict.
Major
UN conference lacks media attention in the US
(June
3) The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
will plan the future of how information is to be managed,
but the American public doesn't seem to care.
Reviving
the written word
(May 30) Veteran journalist Ahmed Rashid met online
with DFN readers to discuss the development of a free
press in Afghanistan.
Food
for Thought: Encryption and security issues affecting
human rights activism
(May 23)
DFN invited Jo Hastings, director and co-founder of
Privaterra, and Sean DeWitt, eBase Coordinator of
the Fund for the City of New York, to discuss how
and why human rights activists should encrypt their
e-mail.
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