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An important part of the Freedom Center’s mission statement is the closing: “challenging and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today.”  In order for us to take those courageous steps we must understand the unfreedoms that exist today: hunger, illiteracy, contemporary forms of slavery, racism, tyranny, and genocide.

December marks the 60th anniversary of the U.N.’s Genocide Convention, when – in the aftermath of the Holocaust – the nations of the world pledged to prevent and punish future attempts to eliminate ethnic, religious, and national groups.  Looking back on recent history, has this pledge been honored?

Tonight CNN will be premiering, “Scream Bloody Murder,” a documentary on the fight against genocide.  CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour traveled to Europe, Africa, and Asia for the documentary and interviewed individuals who attempted to bring attention to the henious crime of genocide but were ignored.

The documentary will discuss 1970s Cambodia and French Catholic missionary Father Francois Ponchaud, 1980s Iraq and Senate staffer Peter Galbraith, 1990s Bosnia and U.S. Diplomat Richard Holbrooke, 1994 Rwanda and Canadian Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire, and 2003 Darfur and activist Eric Reeves.

“Scream Bloody Murder” airs tonight on CNN at 9:00 p.m. ET.  Watch the documentary and post your thoughts.