JEDDA, 15 July 2007H — Wanting to reach out for the Saudi public through television, the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) is planning to launch a series of 40-second public service announcements on TV.
NSHR President Bandar Al-Hajjar said the society is currently negotiating with a number of production companies to produce the spots.
“They are to educate people in all subjects of human rights issues. We are planning five or six announcements to be aired daily,” said Al-Hajjar, adding that each spot will address a particular human rights subject.
Other than the quickie 40-second televised messages the society is also preparing a television program devoted to men and women explaining how the NSHR helped them win grievances against government departments.
Al-Hajjar said guests on the program “shall speak freely about their situations and also pinpoint to their problems caused by lack of cooperation with government departments.”
The NSHR chief said it has not been decided which networks would air the spots and the program.
“It doesn’t matter where they are aired but rather that they be seen by as many people as possible,” said Al-Hajjar.
Hussein Al-Sharif, head of the NSHR’s Jeddah branch, said that one way to spread awareness about the society’s work was to extend full cooperation to the media.
