Joseph Huff-Hannon

VIDEO: Russia, Don't Go There

I produced this video for All Out as part of an international campaign to raise awareness, and push back on, a law in Saint Petersburg, Russia that would make any and all forms of expression about LGBT life (books, film, TV, blogs, music) ILLEGAL. More background and context in a piece I wrote for Huffington Post on the topic.

"Chamber-Gate"

How Big Business Subverts Democracy
The Guardian. February 16, 2011
A piece I wrote with Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Men, responding to revelations that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been exploring a "dirty tricks" campaign against its public interest and labor groups opponents.

More international LGBT campaign coverage

Wrote this piece for Alternet (1/11/2011) about an international campaign to to draw attention to the terrible phenomenon of "corrective rape" against lesbians in South Africa. This piece, also in Alternet (2/1/2011) explores the challenges that LGBT asylum seekers face in verifying their claims, with a focus on a Ugandan asylum seeker fighting for the right to stay in the UK, after being threatened directly by the country's most notoriously anti-gay politico (author of the "Kill the Gays" bill, David Bahati).

All Out in times of crisis for LGBT people

A video I helped produce for All Out a new international campaign organization for LGBT equality. Here also a dispatch I filed for Alternet from a global LGBT rights conference in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

An unfortunate anniversary

Honduras, one year after the coup
The Guardian (UK). June 28, 2010

Photo: Orlando Sierra / AFP

C.S.I. Buenos Aires

Forensic Science for Human Rights
The Guardian (UK). May 13, 2010

Photo provided by Luis Fondebrider at EAAF

The Other Wiretap Scandal

Colombia Calling: The Other Wiretap Scandal
The Indypendent. May 15, 2009
In which I make some calls to Bogotá (and wonder how many people are listening in). [Full Text]

Jumpsuit Justice

I shot some photos for a series of stories in The Indypendent about the trial in D.C. of members of Witness Against Torture, related to a civil disobedience action they staged in January '08 at the Supreme Court. 34 people were eventually convicted of misdemeanor charges. [More Photos]

Photo by Joseph Huff-Hannon

In Praise of Librarians

Librarians at the Gates
The Nation, August 22, 2006.
At a time when free expression and the right to privacy are under attack, librarians are on the front lines protecting our constitutional rights every day. [Full Text]