Motley’s Law in Riga Cinema as Part of Amnesty’s Write For Rights Campaign
Amnesty International Latvia, in cooperation with Kanapes Kulturas Centrs and Danish Cultural Institute i Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, present the Danish co-produced documentary ‘Motley’s Law’ followed by a discussion with Ieva Miluna, lecturer in International Law at Riga Graduate School of Law, and a letter writing session.
WRITE A LETTER – CHANGE A LIFE
Write for Rights is an annual global letter writing campaign carried out by Amnesty International to show support for individuals who are having their human rights violated. Thousands of people from all over the world gather to put pressure on the authorities responsible by flooding their offices with letters.
The campaign runs this December and Amnesty International Latvia invites everybody to join and to hear more about Amnesty International Latvia.
For more information of the cases for this year’s Write for Rights campaign follow our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AmnestyLatvija/?fref=ts
Filmscreening and discussion at Kanepes Kulturas Centrs
Venue: 8 January, 7 PM at Kanepes Kulturas Centrs, Riga.
Motley’s Law (Denmark, Afghanistan, USA, 2016) directed by Nicole N. Horanyi
Documentary, 85min
*English & Pushto, with subtitles in English when necessary
The movie is about the American lawyer Kimberley Motley, who is the first and only foreign lawyer who litigates in Afghanistan’s courts. Kimberley defends Western and Afghan clients accused of criminal actions.
To begin with, Kimberley came to Afghanistan for the money. But then it became about something else; Kimberley – who had never before left the US – saw how poorly the legal system in Afghanistan was run and how this part of the Afghan society had been totally neglected by the international community.
For over five years now, human rights cases and troubled expats have motivated her to stay, but personal threats, and the general condition in the country, makes it harder and harder for Kimberly to continue her work.
What was initially a financially driven personal decision has quickly developed into an obligation towards the underdeveloped Afghan legal system. The lack of women rights, human rights abuses, and the corruption in Afghanistan in general, has awoken in her an unexpected desire to fight for Afghan justice.
Motley’s Law trailer:
