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Backlash: The War on Human Rights

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Violence against human rights defenders is not new, but this documentary looks beyond individual attacks to highlight the alarmingly concerted attack by the powerful on the very idea of human rights. All around the world, Governments are becoming far more malicious, creative and insidious in the way that they suppress critical voices and repress and discredit the work of NGOs and human rights defenders. This is increasingly happening even in countries that profess to support democracy and human rights. Unless we act now, our society faces a fundamental challenge as to what type of world we're going to live in…

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00:11:52
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Directors: Nuala Cunningham
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Producers: Nuala Cunningham
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Student project: No
Completion date: 07/14/2016
Shooting format: 2K
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Film color: Color
First-time filmmaker: No

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