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Stories from The Front Line
Three films in the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2019 particularly stand out: Facing the Dragon from Afghanistan, Saf from Turkey, and Everything Must Fall (South Africa). They illustrate the importance of recording stories of resistance in an era marked by the rise of authoritarian regimes.
Is the patriarchal hierarchy in Turkey a threat for transgenders?
Turkey provides only 4 out of 22 criteria according to the Trans-Rights European Index 2016 prepared by Transgender Europe (TGEU). TGEU also prepared a report about Trans Murders Monitoring, Turkey is the 8th country with the highest number of trans crimes in the world.