
Human Rights: Reporting Without Infringing
July 14, 2011
Listening, language and realistic expectations all play a role in the difficult task of covering human rights abuses.
Listening, language and realistic expectations all play a role in the difficult task of covering human rights abuses.
I got into Iran on a tourist visa to make a documentary about some human rights issues there. It was a difficult job because we had to set up clandestine interviews with activists, and I knew how risky this could be not just for myself as the filmmaker, but also those who took part in it.