#shaun wright

Tuesday, April 5, 7 p.m., Harrison Hall, Room 1261: JMU School of Media Arts & Design Assistant Professor Shaun Wright will discuss the goals, process and impact of documenting humanitarian issues. He will share insights of several documentary films he and JMU students created in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2012. The documentaries “A Mother’s Walk” and “Future Tense” focus on life in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ongoing challenges of reconciliation faced by its people. Though the region is now at peace, the impact of the 1990s Bosnian War, which pitted the region’s major ethic groups against each other, is still being felt.

------------------------------ Join CISR from April 1–6, 2016, for a dynamic week of events discussing the physical and emotional process of recovery after conflict.

CISR hosts Post-Conflict Recovery Week (PCRW) each spring to raise awareness about the long-lasting effects of armed conflict and survivors’ resilience. Students, faculty and the local community are encouraged to attend. All events are free and open to the public.

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Harowo – Wiil Soomaali ah oo Sarqaansan islamarkaana si fool xun oo naxariis daro ah u dilay nin Australian ah ka dib markii uu dhalo Qamri ah Jabkeeda uu qoorta ka galiyey ayaa waxaa la sheegay inay maxkamad ku taalo magaalada Melbourne ee dalkaas Australia ay xukun ku riday.

Wiilkaan Soomaaliga ah oo lagu magacaabo Fataax Ciise oo 27 sano jir ah ayaa waxaa la sheegay inay maxkamad ku taala…

The other day, I embedded a recent music video that our friend shaunwright made. This video, above, is a short film he made 6 years ago, called "The Gifter." In addition to my oldest children, it also features all original music and art. 

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Rotherham abuse scandal: Police chief finally quits 'for the sake of victims'

South Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner has quit his post following weeks of pressure over the Rotherham sexual abuse scandal. Shaun Wright (pictured above) has until now resisted mounting calls to resign from the likes of the Prime Minister, Home Secretary Theresa May and his former party, Labour, as well as alleged abuse victims and their families. But Mr Wright, who was the councillor responsible for children's services in Rotherham between 2005 and 2010, finally handed in his notice, claiming he was doing so "for the sake of those victims".

I feel that it is now right to step down from the position of police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire, for the sake of those victims, for the sake of the public of South Yorkshire.

Shaun Wright

The Office of South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner said Mr Wright would not receive a severance payment, but can still access Local Government pension benefits from age 55. Mr Wright has come under increased pressure since the publication of Professor Alexis Jay's report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, which revealed around 1,400 children were sexually exploited in the borough over a 16-year period. He faced angry scenes last week as he appeared in public before the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel, which oversees his work, as alleged victims of abuse shouted at him from the public gallery.

I'm glad he's done it and I hope he's the first in a long line. We need to get the rest of them out and then we'll know that children in Rotherham are safe.

Key reports detailing child sexual exploitation have disappeared from the archives, the outgoing chief executive of Rotherham Council has told MPs.

Martin Kimber said he had not seen a full copy of a 2002 report, had never seen a 2003 report and only saw a 2006 report on Sunday.

A report published earlier this month found at least 1,400 children were abused in the town from 1997 to 2013.

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David Cameron joins calls for Rotherham child abuse police boss to quit

David Cameron has called on South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright to quit over child abuse in Rotherham. "The right decision would be to resign and take full responsibility for what happened," the Prime Minister said. Mr Wright has insisted he will stay in the £85,000 a year post, despite mounting pressure for him to resign. On Wednesday night he quit the Labour Party after it threatened to suspend him. The former Rotherham councillor was responsible for children's services at the local authority for five of the 16 years when at least 1,400 children were abused.

The right decision would be to resign and take full responsibility for what happened.

Prime Minister David Cameron

On Tuesday, a highly critical report highlighted widespread failings at both Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police for allowing the exploitation to continue unchecked between 1997 and 2013. It has now emerged the police currently have 173 "live" investigations into suspected child sexual exploitation in South Yorkshire. That number includes 32 investigations in Rotherham, which was the subject of the devastating report that told of 11-year-olds being gang raped and children being forced to watch violent sex abuse while being threatened they would be next.

I am sorry that these children and young people suffered terrible abuse and I wish we could have done more to prevent the abuse of children and young people in Rotherham.