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World's first TV channel dedicated to Human Rights launched

Published on January 18, 2019
The world's first television channel dedicated to human rights was launched in London by the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR).
World's first TV channel dedicated to Human Rights launched

Details:

  • It would be a web-based channel and would deliver human rights issues to audiences in over 20 countries across Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
  • The broadcasts of the channel can be viewed via the netgem.tv interactive platform.
  • The programmes are currently broadcasted in English and eventually hopes to broadcast in other languages including Farsi, Turkish, Arabic and Russian.

Aims of the Channel:

  • The Human Rights Channel aims to deliver hidden stories ignored by mainstream media into people's living rooms.
  • The Channel would focus on issues like refugees, press freedom and the incarceration of journalists, extremism, women's rights, LGBT+ issues and the plight of the world's stateless people.

Programmes that the channel has in the pipeline:

  • China, 30 years after the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.
  • The positive and negative impacts of technology on women.
  • The human rights implications of Brexit.
  • Britain's departure from the European Union.

About the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR):

  • The International Observatory of Human Rights is an independent non-profit and non-governmental organisation.
  • IOHR partners with local and international human rights group to drive and promote positive changes and push for justice and the respect of human rights worldwide. 
  • IOHR aims to defend the dignity of people stripped of their rights including unjustly jailed journalists, human rights defenders, refugees and victims of oppression.

Question:

Q. The world's first television channel dedicated to human rights was launched in London by whom?
a. International Council of Human Rights (ICHR)
b. International Committee of Human Rights (ICHR)
c. International Organization of Human Rights (IOHR)
d. International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR)
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