The Human Rights Correspondence School, a programme of the Asian Human Rights Commission, has released its first lessons in multimedia CD format.
The lessons are the most comprehensive archives and documentation on the May 1980 Kwangju Uprising against the military dictatorship in South Korea available in English.
The CD consists of two series of lessons. The first examines the uprising in detail, and its significance in the ultimately successful struggle against the military dictatorship in Korea. The second follows the painful but determined struggle of the victims’ families and Kwangju citizens to reveal the truth about the 1980 uprising, commemorating both the victims and their fight for democracy.
Apart from the text of the lessons themselves, the CD includes a video documentary on the uprising, a photo gallery, victims’ testimonies, an art gallery containing prints by a prominent Korean artist–Hong Seong-dam, poems and more. It is truly the complete resource on this important event in the protection of human rights in Asia.
To obtain a copy or copies of the CD lessons, and to be put on the Human Rights Correspondence School mailing list, please send an email to: hrschool@ahrchk.org. You can also write to: Human Rights Correspondence School, AHRC, 19th Floor, Go-Up Commercial Building, 998 Canton Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
The multimedia lessons will also be posted to the Human Rights Correspondence School website: http://www.hrschool.org.
More lessons are planned for CD format. Users are invited to submit suggestions on future topics.
