December is a good month to look back at the year behind us, to distil experiences, to reflect on developments, to assess the way ahead. 2017 again confronted human rights defenders and democracy promoters all over the world with more questions than certainties.
How to ensure that human rights are really enjoyed by all, especially the most vulnerable? Quite a few films confront this question by portraying the on-going plight of refugees around the world, but particularly in our neighbourhood: in the EU, in Turkey, in Lebanon, among others. Standing out is Feras Fayyad’s documentary “Last Men in Aleppo”, depicting the everyday fight of the Nobel-peace-prize-nominated Syrian ‘White Helmets’ to save lives in this on-going war. For those who seek refuge from this war abroad, “the Postman” in a small Bulgarian village suggests refugees could repopulate his aging hamlet, in an attempt to give his own answer to global migration questions.
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