Rights on the Line – Page 2

#Nakba70: Human rights in Palestine

Feature Episode 4 of Rights on the Line, a podcast I created and produced for Irish human rights NGO Front Line Defenders.

On the 70th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel, known as al Nakba, or the catatrsophe, as it resulted in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian people. Today marks 70 years of the existence of this state and it’s apartheid regime that routinely violates the human rights of Palestinian people, international law and United Nations conventions. To mark this day, Rights on the Line brings you three interviews with advocates of human rights in Palestine:

Sahar Francis the Director of Adammeer, a prisoner’s rights organization
Jamal Juma, Coordinator of the Stop the Wall campaign
Omar Barghouti, the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement

International Women’s Day 2018: Spotlight on WHRDs

Feature Episode 2 of Rights on the Line, a podcast I created and produced for Irish human rights NGO Front Line Defenders.

For International Women’s Day, we’re handing the mic over to a few of many WHRDs who work every day of the year for their own rights and the rights of their communities. Tune in to hear these WHRDs speak about their work as human rights defenders:

Ruth Komuntale #Uganda #LandRights
Graciela Pérez Rodriguez #Mexico #Impunity
Emel Kurma #Turkey #Civil&Political Rights
Sindy Joyce #Ireland #IndigenousRights
Tasneem Ahmed Taha Zaki #Sudan #WomensRights
Kimsor Lim #Cambodia #EnvironemntalRights
Hauwa Haruna #Nigeria #WomensRights #RightToEducation
Hannah Vu #Vietnam #EnvironmentalRights

Today is #InternationalWomensDay but these women are advocating for human rights all year round. Listen to hear about their work and the human rights violation their communitites are facing.

Valentine’s Day with Raull Santiago: Caring for yourself, caring for your community

Feature Episode 1 of Rights on the Line, a podcast I created and produced for Irish human rights NGO Front Line Defenders.

Valentine’s Day. Self Care. Duty of Care. Human rights. How do these these connect? Listen to the debut episode of Rights on the Line to hear about award-winning Brazilian human rights defender Raull Santiago’s work in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, how it impacts his family life and his experience on Front Line Defenders Rest & Respite program.

Raull Santiago is a human rights defender from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In March 2014, he co-founded the collective Papo Reto (Straight Talk), a group of citizen journalists documenting life in the Complexo do Alemão favela. The group draws attention to what is happening in Alemão, highlighting the cases of police violence and other human rights abuses, which tend to be ignored by mainstream media. Their slogan is: Nós por Nós (Us for Us), as the content they share is produced by residents living in the favela and dedicated to them.

Music: Water Lillies by Density & Time