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Defining Human Rights (Clip 1 of 3)

In this first clip associated with the No More Tears Sister lesson plan, conduct a brainstorming session to define human rights. Despite the great dangers of resisting the Tamil Tiger movement, Rajani founded the University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR) group and worked diligently to expose human rights violations. Compare student ideas with the U.N. Declaration of Universal Human Rights. Show the class a 90-second video clip where Rajani describes some of her human rights activism in a letter to her sister Nirmala.