Igor Blažević is a European human rights advocate and an expert on democracy and civil society development of Bosnian origin. For more than 17 years, he worked with the international humanitarian organization People in Need, where he headed its Human Rights and Democracy Department. Blažević is also the founder of OneWorld, Europe's largest human rights documentary film festival. For many years, he has worked with civil society activists in countries experiencing war, authoritarian rule, and democratic transitions.
Journalist Angelina Kariakina speaks with Blažević about the state of democracy and growing polarization around theworld, the lessons he draws from the Balkan wars and why the post-war period can be even more challenging than the war itself, the struggle against Myanmar's military junta, and why he rejects the label of "victim."
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