The unseen reality of defending Human Rights | Seda Muradyan | TEDxUFARSalon

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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In this talk, Seda shares her own story of witnessing a cruel case of torture towards a thief. She raises awareness about the way people are treated in various institutions and points that being unaware of your rights may result in being harmed. 
 Seda Muradyan is co-founder and director of Public Journalism Club NGO. Prior to that, she worked for A1 + for 7 years as a journalist-editor and later at the Caucasus Institute as a media project manager. From 2005 to 2017, she also held the post of head of the Armenian Office of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in the UK. Seda's educational background is in TV journalism, she studied in Armenia, the United States, the Netherlands. In 2010-11, she was selected as a Knight Fellow, to study a year at the Stanford University in the United 
Seda Muradyan is the author of several documentary films. In 2015, Seda Muradyan authored The Day of Violation of Human Rights documentary that addresses the events in Baghramyan Avenue early in the morning of June 23, 2015 as eyewitnesses, as well as interviews with the police, the Human Rights Defender's Office and non-governmental organizations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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