June 21, 2011
Congo-Kinshasa: Publish All Mining, Oil And Forest Contracts
Published June 21, 2011, on AllAfrica.com.
Civil society and the government are agreed: the Democratic Republic of Congo must make public the details of all mining, forestry and oil contracts.

Aug. 28, 2010
Carter's diplomacy helps free American prisoner
This article was distributed Aug. 28, 2010 by the Associated Press.

Jimmy Carter has for years worked behind the scenes to secure the release of political prisoners. But this week he had to do it in person and in the public spotlight, traveling to North Korea to bring an American home.

Dec. 2, 2008
Human Rights Activists at Carter Conference Hopeful Obama Administration Will Restore U.S. Lead
This article was distributed Dec. 2, 2008 by the Associated Press.
Human rights activists from around the world expressed hopes Tuesday that President-elect Obama will restore the American lead toward achieving their aims.

Jan. 16, 2008
Rights of Passage
Reprinted with permission from the December 31, 2007 issue of The Nation magazine.  Portions of each week's Nation magazine can be accessed at http://www.thenation.com.
In late September George W. Bush stood before the United Nations General Assembly and extolled a document whose sixtieth anniversary is being commemorated in a yearlong advocacy campaign that began December 10.

Nov. 20, 2007
Global-X Videos Feature Human Rights Defenders
Social Edge, a program of the Skoll Foundation--a Carter Center partner--conducted "Global-X" interviews with participants in the 2007 Human Rights Defenders Forum held Sept. 6-7 at The Carter Center.  Featured on the Social Edge and You Tube Web sites, the three- to seven-minute videos highlight leading social entrepreneurs as they tell stories that had a significant impact on their lives. They also describe how they see the world in 2017.

Oct. 11, 2007
Egyptian Human Rights Activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim Defies Threats, Arrests to Challenge U.S.-Backed Mubarak Government
In Egypt, the government of President Hosni Mubarak is in the midst of one of the largest crackdowns against public dissent in a decade. Democracy Now! recently sat down with Saad Eddin Ibrahim, one of Egypt's leading human rights activists and the founder of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies. Ibrahim talks about the pro-democracy movement in Egypt, and the challenges it faces up against the U.S.-backed government of Hosni Mubarak.

Sept. 10, 2007
Former President Jimmy Carter on "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," Iraq, Greeting the Shah of Iran at the White House, Selling Weapons to Indonesia During the Occupation of East Timor, and More
In his first interview with Democracy Now!, former President Jimmy Carter talks about what led him to write "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid", his controversial book that argues Israel's settlements in the Occupied Territories are the main barrier to peace. Carter also discusses his regrets over sending arms to Indonesia during the occupation of East Timor and recounts his dealings with the Shah of Iran.

Sept. 7, 2007
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour: The U.S. War on Terror is Constantly Being Used by Other Countries as Justification for Torture and Other Violations of International Human Rights Laws
"Torture, arbitrary arrest, prolonged detention in violation of right to counsel, incommunicado detention, any country that wants to equip itself either through legislation or just through its practices with these kind of tools uses the example of the United States," Louise Arbour tells Democracy Now! "If I try to call to account any government, privately or publicly, for their human rights records, the first response is: first go and talk to the Americans about their human rights violations."

Sept. 7, 2007
Live from the Carter Center: A Roundtable Discussion With Zainah Anwar of Malaysia, Kaari Betty Murungi of Kenya and Louise Arbour on the Role of Human Rights Defenders Around the Globe
Zainah Anwar is considered Malaysia's leading feminist. She is the executive Director of Sisters in Islam, which promotes the rights of Muslim women within the framework of Islam. Kaari Betty Murungi is a leading Kenyan activist and lawyer. She is the Executive Director of Urgent Action Fund-Africa and she serves on several boards including the Kenyan Human Rights Commission and the Women's Initiative for Gender Justice.

Sept. 7, 2007
CNN Interview with Carter Center Human Rights Defenders, Jimmy Carter
The following is a transcript of the CNN/Jim Clancy interview with Carter Center Human Rights Defenders, Jimmy Carter.

Sept. 1, 2007
Human Rights Defenders Find Allies in Faith Groups
Harassed, labeled as traitors, and sometimes jailed for their work, human rights defenders come from backgrounds as diverse as the issues they advocate in their home countries. Many work from an equally diverse platform, one of personal faith. Defenders from 20 countries convened at The Carter Center in September for the fourth annual Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum, co-sponsored by Human Rights First.