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New human rights video available
A new video tape covering several areas of human rights is now being distributed to schools and community groups in order to enhance the public's understanding of the rights of the individual.
*The 25-minute tape is produced by the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education as part of the committee's ongoing human rights education efforts.
The areas covered include privacy; right of protection against discrimination; freedom of expression and presumed innocence; personal liberty, as well as human rights in schools.
To stimulate interest and discussion in these basic human rights concepts, dramatic portrayal of real life situations is interlaced with recent news clips and introductory comments by academics.
More than 400 secondary schools will be receiving the tapes with a question- and-answer guide for teachers.
The videos will also be sent to tertiary institutions, public libraries, voluntary agencies and community groups in the territory.
Members of the public who wish to watch or borrow the tape are also welcome to contact the Civic Education Resource Centre on the second floor of Tung Sun Commercial Centre, 194-200 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai (tel: 2802 0131).
The tape is a continuation of the "Human Rights Education Teaching Kit" first produced by the committee's Human Rights Education Sub-committee in 1993.
End/Tuesday, February 14, 1995