As part of the Activist in Residence Interview Series, The Department of Law and Legal Studies’ Activist in Residence, Rehana Hashmi, and Feminist Advocate and Educator Donna Johnson, interviewed poet and human rights defender Ketty Nivyabandi to learn more about her activist journey.

杏吧原创 Ketty Nivyabandi

Ketty joined Amnesty International Canada (English Section) as Secretary General in October 2020. She is the primary spokesperson for the Branch and holds responsibility for the development and delivery of Amnesty International鈥檚 human rights work in Canada. A global human rights activist and advocate, Ketty holds in-depth and lived expertise on refugee issues and the intersections of gender, race, democracy, and human rights. Prior to seeking asylum in Canada in 2015, she faced police violence as a leading organizer of women鈥檚 peaceful protests for democratic change in her country, Burundi.

Watch the interview to hear Ketty Nivyabandi speak about her experiences mobilizing a group of women for peaceful protests in response to the 2015 Burundi constitutional crisis, the consequences of state repression and exile, the role of women鈥檚 liberation in countering oppression, and the importance of human rights activism.

杏吧原创 the Activist in Residence Program

The AiR Program is an initiative to host a human rights activist in the Department of Law and Legal Studies each year. The AiR Program is designed to recognize the important role activists play in advancing the goals of protecting and fostering human rights.  The program provides an intellectual home for a human rights activist, while also providing our students and faculty members the opportunity to learn from someone with on the ground experience fighting to protect human rights. Learn more about the program and interview series.

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The Department of Law and Legal Studies is proud to announce the launch of the Activist in Residence (Air) Program.

The AiR Program is an initiative to host a human rights activist in the Department of Law and Legal Studies each year. The AiR Program is designed to recognize the important role activists play in advancing the goals of protecting and fostering human rights.  The program provides an intellectual home for a human rights activist, while also providing our students and faculty members the opportunity to learn from someone with on the ground experience fighting to protect human rights.

Rehana Hashmi, the program鈥檚 inaugural Activist in Residence, was recently interviewed about her journey as an activist for women and human rights in Pakistan, her work supporting human rights activists, and the AiR program. You can read about Hashmi鈥檚 journey here: Activist in Residence: Woman Human Rights Defender.

The AiR Program is also launching an Activist in Residence Interview Series. In this interview series, Hashmi interviews leading human right activists from around the world. You can view the first two videos in this series on our Activist in Residence Program page. Additional interviews will be released over the coming months.

Read more about Rehana Hashmi.

Read more about the Activist in Residence Program.

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