First human rights TV channel to ‘lend voice to the voiceless’

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The world’s first television channel dedicated to human rights was launched in London with a promise to deliver hidden stories ignored by mainstream media.

Human Rights Channel

The International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) said its web-based channel would bring human rights issues to audiences in over 20 countries across Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
Topics will include refugees, press freedom and the incarceration of journalists, extremism, women’s rights, LGBT+ issues and the plight of the world’s stateless people.
Programmes in the pipeline will look at China 30 years after the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, the positive and negative impacts of technology on women, and the human rights implications of Brexit, Britain’s departure from the EU in March.
Broadcasts can be viewed via the netgem.tv interactive platform and will shortly be available via a mobile app.
Programming is in English, but IOHR eventually hopes to broadcast in other languages including Farsi, Turkish, Arabic and Russian.

About IOHR

The International Observatory of Human Rights was established in 2017 in London as an independent non-profit and non-governmental organisation.
The team is made up of human rights professionals, lawyers, researchers, award-winning journalists and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities.
IOHR utilizes its unique access and the expertise of its multilingual and dedicated staff to advocate for human rights worldwide.
It has created partnerships with local and international human rights groups.

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