DHRC@FHI Updates

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  Interview with Faridah Bahume

  This interview was conducted over email with Faridah Bahume, a Case Manager with Church World Service and a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, by Gargi Mahadeshwar, a second-year […]

   
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  Interview with Jack

  This interview was conducted over email with Jack, a student at Duke University and a citizen of Myanmar, by Gargi Mahadeshwar, a second-year undergraduate student working for the Duke Human […]

   
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  Reflections on Combatting Crimes Against Humanity in China

  by Zac Johnson ’22 On October 27, Sophie Richardson was welcomed to Duke by American Grand Strategy and the Duke Human Rights Center. Sophie Richardson serves as the China Director at […]

   
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  Why the Human Rights Certificate? Interview with Lizzy Kramer

  This interview was conducted over email with Lizzy Kramer, a student enrolled in the Human Rights Certificate Program, by Zac Johnson, a fourth-year undergraduate student working for the Duke Human Rights […]

   
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  Updates on the Preservation of Geer Cemetery  

  Preservation and memory have played key parts in the development of international standards for human rights as well as informing transformative justice work. In Durham, this work is ongoing just […]

   
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  Reflections on Immersive Journalism on Xinjiang: Covering Human Rights in China

  by Zac Johnson ’22 The Duke Human Rights Center kicked off its “Rights, Genocide, and Surveillance in China” series in September with the event Immersive Journalism in Xinjiang: Covering Human […]

   
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  Interview with Sophie Richardson

  This interview was conducted and transcribed with Sophie Richardson, China Director of Human Rights Watch, by Gargi Mahadeshwar, a second-year undergraduate student working for the Duke Human Rights Center at […]

   
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  Interview with “Reeducated” Creators Sam Wolson and Ben Mauk

  This interview was conducted over email with Sam Wolson and Ben Mauk, developers of “Reeducated,” an award-winning immersive virtual reality documentary chronicling human rights abuses against Uyghurs in China, by […]

   
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  Coping with Crisis: How WASH Humanitarian Actors in Egypt and Sudan Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Opportunities for Resilience

  By Hadeel Hamoud & Sama Elmahdy  This summer we laid the foundation for our project, setting us up for primary data collection and analysis in the fall. Our project centers […]

   
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  Carcerality and Climate Justice: Prison Ecology in Alabama and California 

  By Liyu Woldemichael  Confronting mass incarceration is an urgent environmental justice issue, which has become more dire as the consequences of the climate crisis become more immediate. The term prison […]

   
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