TO was used by peasants and workers; later, by teachers and students; now, also by artists, social workers, psychotherapists, NGOs... At first, in small, almost clandestine places. Now in the streets, schools, churches, trade-unions, regular theatres, prisons...

Theatre of the Oppressed is the Game of Dialogue: we play and learn together. All kinds of Games must have Discipline - clear rules that we must follow. At the same time, Games have absolute need of creativity and Freedom. TO is the perfect synthesis between the antithetic Discipline and Freedom. Without Discipline, there is no Social Life; without Freedom, there is no Life.
The Discipline of our Game is our belief that we that we must re-establish the right of everyone to exist in dignity.

We believe that all of us are more, and much better, than what we think we are. We believe in solidarity. Our Freedom is to invent ways to help to humanize Humanity, freely invading all fields of human activities: social, pedagogical, political, artistic... Theatre is a Language and so it can be used to speak about all human concerns, not to be limited to theatre itself.

We believe in Peace, not in Passivity!
Above all, we believe that the Theatre of the Oppressed is of, about, by and for the Oppressed, as it is clear in our Declaration of Principles. If you agree with this, we certainly agree with you.
 
Resource:
http://www.theatreoftheoppressed.org/en/index.php?nodeID=2&country_id=66&continent_id=5
Theatre of Oppressed in Afghanistan: In response to past, current instability and dubious human rights situation, several participatory theatre activities have been carried out in Afghanistan since the beginning of 2007 by United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and Afghanistan Human Rights & Democracy Organizations (AHRDO) in collaboration with International Center for Transition Justice (ICTJ). As a result, AHRDO recently became a national platform for theatre of Oppressed and Playback, and implemented several projects and trained 8 key staff of AHRDO and 30 national and international Organizations as means for educations, conflict resolutions, peace building, civic education, transition Justice and et