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Vel­vet Rev­o­lu­tion is a doc­u­men­tary about women in media report­ing on cor­rup­tion and human rights and fac­ing reper­cus­sions. Nupur Basu from India was the Exec­u­tive Pro­duc­er of this award-win­ing film, which was com­mis­sioned by the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­a­tion of Women in Radio and Tele­vi­sion in 2017. Nupur, who lives in India, coor­di­nat­ed six direc­tors from Asia, Africa, the Pacif­ic and North Amer­i­ca. Voic­es from the film: Mali­ni Sub­ra­man­ian, win­ner of the Inter­na­tion­al Press Free­dom Award from the Com­mit­tee to Pro­tect Jour­nal­ists; she report­ed from Indi­a’s Chhat­tis­garh state on human rights vio­la­tions against trib­als by gov­ern­ment and insur­gent forces; a right-wing vig­i­lante group and the police forced her to leave. Naji­ba Ayu­bi co-found­ed the Afghan Inde­pen­dent Media Con­sor­tium and the Free­dom of Expres­sion Ini­tia­tive. She puts radio sta­tions on the air. She refused to cen­sor news despite threats from police. Lyse Doucet, BBC’s Chief Inter­na­tion­al Cor­re­spon­dent, dis­cussed the advan­tages she found to being a west­ern woman reporter in Afghanistan, as well as the fear of sex­u­al assault. Mari­na Walk­er Gue­vara is Deputy Direc­tor of the Inter­na­tion­al Con­sor­tium of Inves­tiga­tive Jour­nal­ists; she says the vast major­i­ty of jour­nal­ists who are killed were inves­ti­gat­ing human rights vio­la­tions. Rafi­da Bonya Ahmed from Ban­gledesh con­tin­ues the blog her hus­band wrote until he was mur­dered. She was injured but sur­vived and now now lives in the US.