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Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research--archival, general, digital collections. Director Pamela Graham & archivist Chris Laico tweet.

Columbia University, New York
Joined February 2010
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@HRDocumentation
Columbia CHRDR
3 years
As someone who works with human rights archives and records, it's important to note "secondary trauma" that may be experienced through viewing and working with this evidence. Good read: https://t.co/lMrc5CFlW2 #HumanRIghtsChat
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@HRDocumentation
Columbia CHRDR
4 years
Since 1989, 350 #HumanRights advocates from 95 countries have completed the Human Rights Advocates Program at Columbia. Become part of a remarkable training program and network-- Apply by June 10th.
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@KenRoth
Kenneth Roth
4 years
Human Rights Watch has maintained an office in Russia for the past 30 years. The Kremlin's decision to close it is the latest sign of a reversion to Soviet-style repression.
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hrw.org
Russia’s Justice Ministry on April 8, 2022 canceled the registration of Human Rights Watch, along with Amnesty International and 13 other offices of foreign nongovernmental organizations and founda...
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@KenRoth
Kenneth Roth
4 years
The Kremlin opts for trying to silence the messenger rather than ending the abusive conduct. Revoking the registration of @HRW will not stop our reporting on the Kremlin's repression inside Russia and the war crimes of Russian forces in Ukraine.
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reuters.com
Russia's justice ministry said on Friday it had revoked the registration of 15 foreign organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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@AgnesCallamard
Agnes Callamard
4 years
The Russian authorities are closing down @Amnesty. We are the latest in a long list of organizations that have been punished for defending human rights and speaking the truth to the Russian authorities.
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amnesty.org
The Russian Ministry of Justice delisted Amnesty International’s Moscow Office from the register of the representative offices of the international organizations and foreign NGOs, effectively closing...
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@columbialib
Columbia Libraries
4 years
Did you know that there was once a second Low Library in Shanghai? Learn more about the building, located on the campus of St. John's University, & its close ties to @Columbia from the University Archives: https://t.co/yHxvC7uSGB
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@columbialib
Columbia Libraries
4 years
"What is the Use of Buddhist Art?" draws from the Buddhist objects in the Libraries' Art Properties, including sculptures, paintings & other materials from ancient Asian & Middle Eastern cultures: https://t.co/ONonDw6k4k via @WallachArt
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@AP
The Associated Press
@AP
4 years
Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died at age 95, according to his verified Twitter page.
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@columbialib
Columbia Libraries
4 years
⭐️ Noteworthy & Newly Available: The Sheila Michaels Civil Rights Organization Oral History Collection narrates the Civil Rights Movement through interviews with foot soldiers who made change possible through diligent activism: https://t.co/DwdYju3HTi via @ohac_archives
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@columbialib
Columbia Libraries
4 years
Archivist Celeste Brewer explains how the Libraries implements meaningful changes to outdated language in subject headings in order to create an affirming searching & browsing experience for all users: https://t.co/AujDCkQG7g
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@columbialib
Columbia Libraries
4 years
All you need is a stack of books & a table in the library’s reading room to make yourself at home in @Columbia’s Butler Library. #ArchivesBookLove #CUArchives #HappyPlace 📸: Esther Bubbley
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@columbialib
Columbia Libraries
4 years
.@Columbia’s hardbound miniature books, a bookbinder’s high art, were exhibited in Butler Library in the summer of 1985. Titles include Hawthorne’s Tales, The Fir Tree, Christmas Songs, Puppet Theatre & McGuffey’s Primer. #ArchivesBookLove #CUArchives 📸: Jennifer Rothstein
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@columbialib
Columbia Libraries
4 years
Mountains & mountains of books at @Columbia’s bookbinding department. Vera Herman, Rose Reiter & Carlos Villalobos ran a high-volume bindery on-site at Butler Library. #ArchivesBookLove #BehindTheScenes #CUArchives 📸: Manny Warman
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@TeachersCollege
Teachers College, Columbia University
5 years
In commemoration of #September11, @Columbia asked the community to share their reflections on the tragic day that resulted in profound loss and changed the world. https://t.co/fR34KXj16L
news.columbia.edu
In commemoration of this somber date, Columbia News reached out to our community to learn what Columbians witnessed and recalled from September 11, 2001.
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@columbialib
Columbia Libraries
5 years
Curator Thai Jones hones students' skills in historical research to "pull back the curtains on the workings of racist scholarship" & "correct the historical record based on their own research" through the Columbia & Slavery project: https://t.co/rrSgEoLdNS via @Columbia News
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@columbialib
Columbia Libraries
5 years
Join the Libraries on Monday, June 21 at 11am for an exciting announcement from Vice Provost & University Librarian Ann Thornton about library services for the Fall term! Tune in to our Facebook for a livestream of the conversation: https://t.co/XG0qXqEWV8
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@HRDocumentation
Columbia CHRDR
5 years
More good research on the intractable rotting of the web: "The Paper of Record Meets an Ephemeral Web: An Examination of Linkrot and Content Drift within The New York Times" @BKCHarvard @HarvardLIL #WebArchiving https://t.co/lTlWdZGVCE
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@ohac_archives
Oral History Archives at Columbia (OHAC)
5 years
🆕 Recorded at the onset of the #COVID19 pandemic and lockdowns, oral history interviews by @Columbia students with friends and family across a range of life circumstances and occupations. Find them in the @columbialib collections online: https://t.co/6rzmlJdltz
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@HillelNeuer
Hillel Neuer
5 years
75 years ago this week, the UN Human Rights Commission met for first time. They elected Eleanor Roosevelt as Chair. https://t.co/DdXReATjSI Today, UNHRC members include: 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇸🇴 Somalia 🇪🇷 Eritrea 🇷🇺 Russia 🇨🇳 China 🇱🇾 Libya 🇨🇺 Cuba
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@IllumiNative
IllumiNative
5 years
A new Bureau of Indian Affairs unit has been launched by Interior @SecDebHaaland in an effort to provide more resources to investigate thousands of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Native Americans. #MMIW #MMIGW2S https://t.co/jpoqPsiWPC
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abcnews.com
As Deb Haaland creates a unit to investigate missing and murdered Native Americans, a look at why it's necessary.
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