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Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AIs vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

  1. 06/03/2011

    The Arms Trade Treaty, women's rights and intimidation of war crimes witnesses in Croatia

    This months Amnesty International Podcast features the work Amnesty International have been doing at the Arms Trade Treat discussions in New York. An interview with Widney Brown Amnesty International Senior Director of Law & Policy on Women's rights. There is also a feature on war crimes witnesses in Croatia and the difficulties they face.

    12 min

  2. 04/02/2011

    Egypt and the impact of social media, Tom Stoppard on Belarus and Safty for Haitian women

    In this months Podcast we hear from our research team on the ground in Egypt and discuss the human rights impact social media is having in the region. We�ll also have playwright Tom Stoppard speaking about the assault on human rights taking place in Belarus. We then have a feature from Haiti where we recently launched a report on the dangers for women in camps after the earthquake there more than a year ago.

    12 min

  3. 02/12/2010

    Aung San Suu Kyi, partliamentary elections in Eygypt and Igor Sutyagin

    This months podcast features an interview with Aung San Suu Kyi, a feature on the recent partliamentary elections in Eygypt and an interview with recently released prisoner of conscience, Igor Sutyagin.

    17 min

  4. 02/11/2010

    Forced evictions in Port Harcourt, Nigera, torture and detention in Iraq and Serbia Pride March 2010

    This months podcast includes a feature report on forced eviction and violence in Port Harcourt, Nigeria; interviews with LGBT activists in Serbia who took part in the Pride March earlier this month and also an in-depth look at this years Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo.

    13 min

  5. 04/10/2010

    'Maternal Death Clock' Times Square, Brazilian community fight pressure to move and Detentions and Torture in Iraq

    This months podcast includes a report from Salil Shetty, Secretary General Amnesty International from Times Square at the unveiling of the �Maternal Mortality Death Clock�. The clock counted the number of women that die unnecessarily during child birth whilst the Millennium Development Goals Summit took place. The podcast also includes a film for Eduardo Campos, Governor of Pernambuco state in Brazil whilst he decides the fate of 53 families in Sirinha�m in the coming weeks. And finally, an update about the latest Amnesty International Report on Unlawful Detention and Torture in Iraq.

    16 min

  6. 03/09/2010

    Prisoners of Conscience, Mexican Human rights Defender and Roma Education in Slovakia

    This months podcast includes a feature on Prisoners of Conscience, Mexican Human rights Defenders and Roma Education in Slovakia.

    18 min

  7. 02/08/2010

    Repression in Cuba, Banning the Burqa and Gambian prisons

    This months podcast includes a feature on repression in Cuba with musicians, bloggers and activists, an interview with John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International's researcher on discrimination in Europe on the French plans to ban the Burqa, and finally, some chilling accounts from Gambians on their experiences in prison.

    12 min

  8. 02/07/2010

    Interview with Salil Shety, Human rights in north west Pakistan and Burma journalists under threat

    This months podcast has an interview with the new Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty, A report on the human rights situation in the north west region of Pakistan and finishes with Amnesty International UK's 2010 Award for journalism under threat which was given the the independent journalists of Burma. It also includes clips from the musician Moby and a Troy Davis demonstration outside the US Embassy in London.

    11 min
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Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AIs vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

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  • Creator
    Amnesty International
  • Years Active
    2006 - 2011
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2010 Amnesty International
  • Show Website
    Amnesty International Podcasts

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