The Human Rights Correspondence School, an educational programme run by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), has launched its latest lessons in a new format with the use of multimedia presentation.

The lessons are now available both on the Internet and CDs. 

Through photographs, audio-visual clips and other forms of art, the Human Rights Correspondence School aims at enhancing the educational value and interest of its teaching modules and examples of action strategies.

The new presentation marks another step of the AHRC in keeping up with modern technology and applying different forms of media to promote its human rights work.

The latest two series of the Human Rights Correspondence School lessons in multimedia format contain the most comprehensive archives and documentation on the May 1980 Kwangju uprising in South Korea available in English. 

Lesson Series 36 Kwangju: Citizens' Response to State Violence examines the uprising in detail and its significance in the ultimately successful struggle against the military dictatorship in South Korea. There are many countries in Asia and elsewhere that have faced similar uprisings and military crackdowns. However, the response of Kwangju was a unique one. 

Lesson Series 37 Kwangju: People's Perseverance in Seeking Justice follows the painful but determined struggle of the victims' families and Kwangju citizens to reveal the truth about the 1980 uprising, commemorating both the victims and their fight for democracy. 

The lessons include the text, a photo gallery, victims' testimonies, an art gallery containing prints by prominent Korean artist Hong Seong Dam and poems. A documentary by the May 18 History Compilation Committee of Kwangju Citizens, The May 18 Kwangju Democratic Uprising, is also available. 

To obtain the lessons online or order CD copies, please go to the Human Rights Correspondence School’s Web site: < http://www.hrschool.org >.

You can also write to: <books@ahrchk.net> or Human Rights Correspondence School, AHRC, 19th Floor, Go-Up Commercial Building, 998 Canton Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.