Leadership Council for Human Rights Photos

Rally at the White House in support of the Tibetan People

2008-04-03T09:22:00.016-04:00

Hundreds gathered to protest the recent Chinese
crackdown on dissent in Tibet and call on the
President to boycott the opening ceremonies of
the Beijing Olympics.

Attendees, including eleven Tibetan monks, traveled
from all across the East Coast.

Kathryn Cameron Porter, President of the Leadership
Council for Human Rights, spoke at the event.

Remembering Halabja Twenty Years Later

2008-04-01T16:03:00.009-04:00

The commemoration was held at the Capitol, in

Speaker Pelosi's Dining Room

U.S. Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Qubad Talabany and LCHR President Kathryn Cameron Porter

Halabja Survivor Mohammed Aziz and Qubad Talabany

Attendees included Iraq's Ambassador to the U.S.,

Mr. Samir Sumaidaie (Second from Left)

LCHR Board Member Yakir Lubowsky

and Qubad Talabany

Mohammed Aziz

Images of shelling in Iraqi Kurdistan along Iran-Iraq border

2007-09-18T14:46:00.000-04:00

Around Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, Summer 2007

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Azadi Park

Throughout Sulaimaniya Governorate, Summer 2007

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Dukan

Near Khalabag

View from Azmar mountain on the opposite side of Sulaimaniya

Khalabag, Iraq, 3 August 2007

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Women in this village gather daily for half an hour between 5pm and 6pm to collect water for their family. The water pump was installed by the regional government.

Kalar, Iraq, 3 August 2007

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Sarqalla, Iraq, 3 August 2007

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Women picking okra.

Internally Displaced Persons within Iraq, Summer 2007

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About 2 million people within Iraq have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the violence in the central and southern areas of the country. Some have no other option but to live in terrible conditions.

Torture Museum, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 15 July 2007

2007-08-24T20:16:00.000-04:00

This building once was once where Saddam's forces tortured Kurds.

This hook, which hangs from the ceiling, was used as a torture tactic.

This hall commemorates the victims of Anfal. Each piece of glass on the wall, approximately 185,000, represents each person killed. Each light on the ceiling, between 4,000 and 5,000, represents each village destroyed.

LCHR's mother library, Sirwan, Kurdistan, Iraq, 18 July 2007

2007-08-24T17:13:00.000-04:00

Children's reading room in the library.

Mother library in Sirwan, near Halabja.

Young man reading in one room of the library.

LCHR's mobile library project in Iraq, 18 July 2007

2007-08-24T15:02:00.000-04:00

Mobile library visits Grde Go.

Mobile library visits Tapi Safai Xwaru.

Mobile library visits Tapi Safai Saru.

Press conference, Hotel Ashti, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 6 August 2007

2007-08-24T14:54:00.001-04:00

Supporters for the release of Adnan Hassenpur and Hiwa Butimar, Iranian Kurdish journalists and civil society activists, speak at a press conference.

Halabja, Kurdistan, Iraq, 23 July 2007

2007-08-24T14:41:00.001-04:00

Halabja Symbolic cemetary
This cemetary has 1,100 grave stones- one for each family who had at least one family member die in the chemical attacks in Halabja.

Mass grave sites. Reportedly 200 people are buried in one and 1,000 in the other since there was not enough space to bury each individually.

Halabja Monument, Iraq, 23 July 2007

2007-08-24T13:09:00.000-04:00

Halabja monument, burned in protest in March 2006 by 300 local protesters discontent with the government.
Part of the burned list of 5,000 names of the victims of the chemical attacks in Halabja.
The burned depiction of the city right after the attack.

Burned pieces of metal outside of the monument, including chemical bomb casings. Approximately 200 bomb shells still exist around the city.

Sudan - one little girl's reality

2007-07-20T09:34:00.000-04:00

Congressional Human Rights Caucus, Established in 1983

2007-06-20T14:56:00.001-04:00

Pre-reception in the Cannon Caucus Room

2007-06-20T12:29:00.000-04:00

LCHR Director Nadine Hoffman, opens the reception by recognizing the Caucus co-chairs Lantos (left) and Wolf on behalf of LCHR President.

2007-06-20T12:14:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Annette Lantos remarks on the history of the Human Rights Caucus and the ongoing importance for human rights advocacy

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Caucus co-chair, Congressman Frank Wolf of Virginia, discusses the importance of the Caucus and the continued support for human rights

2007-06-20T12:06:00.000-04:00

Attendees enjoy the Vietnamese cuisine while hearing remarks from the reception's honored guests

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Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida offers support for the work of the Caucus and its co-chairs

2007-06-20T11:57:00.000-04:00

Co-sponsors of the event are recognized:LCHR, Amnesty Int. USA, IRPP, American Hellenic Institute, Armenian Assembly, Bahá'is, and the Coptic Assembly

2007-06-20T11:34:00.001-04:00

Co-sponsors of the event are recognized: Amnesty Int. USA, IRPP, American Hellenic Institute, Armenian Assembly, Bahá'is, and the Coptic Assembly

2007-06-20T11:34:00.000-04:00

Cameel Halim, Hoda Halim and Nora Brathol of the Coptic Assembly, co-sponsors of the reception, with colleagues following the reception

2007-06-20T11:09:00.000-04:00

Event co-sponsors Bryan Ardouny of the Armenian Assembly (second from left) and Joe Grieboski of IRPP (center left)

2007-06-20T10:56:00.000-04:00

Coptic Assembly and LCHR staff talk after the reception

2007-06-20T10:36:00.000-04:00

Mobile library staff, family and friends in Sulimaniya

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The damaged Halabja monument's exterior

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The damaged Halabja monument - names of victims were destroyed when protestors burned the structure in March 2006

2007-06-19T15:33:00.000-04:00

Pam, the volunteer mobile library coordinator for her village, is also the primary school teacher for 150 students

2007-06-19T15:30:00.000-04:00

Women visit the mobile library in a village near Halabja, June 2007

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LCHR director talks with mobile library staff member during June 2007 fact-finding mission

2007-06-19T15:24:00.000-04:00

LCHR's Iraq mobile library is operating in three villages near Halabja

2006-12-12T12:28:00.000-05:00

Youth participate in LCHR's Iraq mobile library project

2006-12-12T12:25:00.000-05:00

Iraq mobile library participants gather to check out books

2006-12-12T12:04:00.000-05:00

Mobile library participants with books they have borrowed

2006-12-12T11:15:00.000-05:00

LCHR fact finding mission to Egypt: June 2006

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LCHR fact finding mission to Iraq's Kurdish region: May 2006

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LCHR fact finding mission to Viet Nam's Central Highlands: October 2005

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