It is 200 years since France forced Haiti at gunpoint to pay for the “crime” of overthrowing slavery and winning independence from French colonialism! Today Haitian voices demand reparations and restitution from France. Week of Solidarity. Global Women’s Strike The stories are alarming: Venezuelan immigrants disappeared into El […]
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Fiction and documentary: revealing the truth or hiding it
After a long battle with cancer, the well-known film director Luis Ospina died. In 2018 he gave an extensive and exclusive interview to The Prisma and he talked about the unsteady history of cinema in Colombia. Beginning in his native city of Cali he was part of the renaissance that […]
Kifkif: training migrants to tell their own stories
A project in Antwerp trains non-EC migrants in journalism skills to create themselves a voice in mainstream media. Cultural integration is a politically-charged issue in Flanders. (The Prisma memories) _ Graham Douglas Kifkif was founded in Brussels in 2001 as a grass roots organization to fight racism. Its name […]
A large part of the community remains in the shadows
On May 7, 2022, Ecuadorians voted ‘yes’ in a referendum to reform various aspects of the country’s Constitution. The referendum sparked intense national debate and was regarded by government and public alike as a measure of support for President Rafael Correa’s leadership. (The Prisma memories) Juan Galbete Nearly […]
The people’s lawyer, the regime’s prisoner
In a country where justice is often silenced and dissent punished, Nasrin Sotoudeh stands as a defiant voice. This intimate interview unveils her unyielding courage, personal sacrifices, and the quiet heroism of a woman who refuses to be broken. From prison walls to courtroom battles, her story is one of […]
















