Podcasts about Amnesty International

Pro-Palestinian protestors clashed with police outside the recent Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition in Sydney. Dani Zhang takes us through how the government's support of the defence expo contradicts its public statements about Australia's role about the war in Gaza. Producer Jessica D'Souza chats to NSW Treaty Commissioner Naomi Moran about the process towards a treaty with Aboriginal people in the state, following Victoria's passing of treaty legislation. Can't keep up with Australia's climate policy updates? Eva Sikes-Gerogiannis breaks down all the latest flops from Labor and the Coalition with the Climate Council's Ben McCleod. Producer Jaspar McCahon-Boersma unpacks the circumstances surrounding the government's recent murky deportations to Nauru with the Refugee Council of Australia's Dr Graham Thom. He also speaks to Zaki Haidari from Amnesty International, who speaks about his experience seeking asylum in Australia by sea. This episode of Backchat was produced by Dani Zhang, Eva Sikes-Gerogiannis, Jessica D'Souza, Jaspar McCahon-Boersma and Bec Cushway. Executive produced by Bec Cushway. Hosted by Dani Zhang and Eva Sikes-Gerogiannis. Aired 8 November 2025 on Gadigal land. Want to support our show? Follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, leave us a five-star review, and share an episode with a friend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BDM-Führerin, SED-Dozentin, Informantin der Amerikaner, WDR-Kommentatorin und Mitbegründerin von Amnesty International war Carola Stern. Sie schrieb Biografien anderer und ging mit ihrer Vergangenheit kritisch um. Vor 100 Jahren wurde sie geboren. Oelze, Sabine www.deutschlandfunk.de, Kalenderblatt

En Russie, la chanteuse Naoko, 18 ans, est devenue, peut-être malgré elle, un symbole. La musicienne de rue, de son vrai nom Diana Loguinova, a été, une nouvelle fois, condamnée, le 11 novembre 2025, à une peine de 13 jours de prison, comme son guitariste Alexandre Orlov. Les jeunes musiciens venaient de purger deux peines similaires. Leurs performances publiques, où ils interprètent des chansons de musiciens russes opposés au pouvoir, leur valent des ennuis judiciaires en cascade. Étudiante au conservatoire en classe de piano, Diana Loguinova aime aussi se produire dans la rue, où elle chante, derrière son piano électrique, aux côtés d'un guitariste, Alexandre Orlov, son fiancé, et d'un percussionniste. Avec son visage aux traits poupins, ses cheveux décolorés et ses grandes lunettes aux montures translucides, Naoko et son groupe Stoptime a commencé à chanter à Saint-Pétersbourg en août dernier. La vidéo du concert sur la perspective Nevsky a activement circulé sur les réseaux sociaux et le groupe nouvellement créé a vite gagné en notoriété, attirant des dizaines de spectateurs à chacune de ses performances. Interpelés le 15 octobre, les trois musiciens ont été condamnés à 13 jours de détention pour « trouble à l'ordre public », puis, pour « discrédit » de l'armée russe. À l'issue de cette peine, le batteur du groupe, Vladislav Leontiev, âgé de 18 ans, a été libéré, mais Diana et Alexandre ont été condamnés une troisième fois pour avoir organisé un « rassemblement de masse » sans y être autorisés. Amnesty international estime dans un communiqué que des jeunes gens sont punis « pour leurs performances, qui ont apporté une bouffée d'air frais dans un pays étouffé par la répression et l'autocensure ».  Cette pratique des condamnations à des peines d'emprisonnement dites « administratives » pour des motifs souvent futiles ou contestables, comme celui d'avoir gêné la circulation des piétons, a été surnommée « le carrousel », par les défenseurs des droits humains. Son but : effrayer les militants. « Nous constatons que cette pratique est utilisée de plus en plus activement dans les affaires politiques », note Oleg Kozlovsky, chercheur pour la Russie dans les domaines de la liberté d'expression, de rassemblement et des crimes contre les activistes pour Amnesty International. « Contrairement aux affaires pénales, ces cas ne nécessitent qu'un minimum de travail et de préparation. Les tribunaux n'examinent pratiquement aucune preuve. À l'expiration de leur peine, les personnes sont immédiatement arrêtées pour un autre motif. Dans la pratique, elles peuvent donc passer plusieurs mois en détention administrative », explique Oleg Kozlovsky. Cette méthode des petites peines qui s'accumulent permet aux autorités de garder la personne sous pression et de se donner la possibilité de rassembler un dossier pour ouvrir une affaire pénale. « Le comportement des autorités indique que la décision concernant Diana et les musiciens de rue en général n'a pas été prise au Kremlin », estime le critique musical Artemi Troïtsky. « D'une part, les autorités veulent les punir sévèrement et intimider la population. D'autre part, elles craignent que cela ne provoque une réaction forte, de nouveaux actes de solidarité ». De jeunes gens ordinaires Naoko et son groupe ont reçu une vague de soutien à travers de pays : des musiciens leur ont emboité le pas, certains ont été arrêtés et condamnés, comme eux, à des peines de prison. Des affiches avec le visage de la chanteuse ont fleuri dans l'espace public et les vidéos et photos se multiplient sur les réseaux sociaux. « Cette histoire réfute le mythe que les autorités russes s'efforcent de promouvoir, à savoir que l'ensemble de la société russe approuve la guerre ou, du moins, n'y est pas opposée et que tous ceux qui s'y opposent sont une poignée d'agents étrangers rémunérés, qui ont tous quitté le pays. On voit ici des jeunes gens ordinaires qui sortent dans la rue et qui attirent des foules de plus en plus importantes », affirme Oleg Kozlovsky. Si les autorités russes s'en prennent aux musiciens de rue qui portent des messages pacifistes ou critiques du pouvoir, c'est aussi parce qu'ils portent un caractère d'imprévisibilité, estime Artemi Troïtsky, ancien guitariste du groupe rock expérimental Zvuki Mu, qui a participé, dans les années 1980, à l'organisation des petits concerts improvisés entre musiciens en marge des circuits officiels dans des appartements, surnommés « kvartirniki ». « La musique de rue n'a rien à voir avec les concerts dans des appartements, où un cercle très étroit de personnes se réunit et où tout le monde se connaît plus ou moins », note le journaliste musical, désigné par la justice russe « agent de l'étranger ». « Ce type d'événement n'intéresse par le pouvoir. Ce qui les inquiète en revanche, ce sont ces musiciens de rue qui attirent un grand nombre de personnes, aux profils très variés. Tout cela est imprévisible et cela fait peur aux forces de sécurité ». Dans un entretien à un média local, Diana Loguinova a expliqué que l'art était la seule façon de pouvoir exprimer sa pensée, confiant qu'elle avait peur de chanter des chansons interdites, mais que c'était un « devoir ». À travers ses concerts de rue, la jeune musicienne dit apporter de la chaleur et de l'espoir. « Si ce type d'îlots de liberté prend de l'ampleur, cela peut être dangereux pour le régime. Et c'est pour cela qu'il coupe à la source toute tentative d'expression civique », note Olga Prokopieva, directrice de l'association Russie-Liberté, soulignant que la rapide notoriété de Naoko « montre que les jeunes ont envie d'écouter de la musique qu'ils aiment, avec des paroles qui ont une résonance, des paroles de chanteurs qui ont dû s'exiler parce qu'ils étaient réprimés par le régime, parce qu'ils portaient un message à travers leur musique ». Reprises de chansons d'"agents de l'étranger" Parmi les morceaux les plus discutés, repris par le groupe Stoptime : « Coopérative Lac des cygnes », du rappeur Noize MC, déclaré « agent de l'étranger », qui vit en exil. Cette chanson a été interdite en mai 2025, en Russie, pour avoir « suscité une attitude négative envers les représentants du pouvoir russe, le président russe et ses partisans », mais la décision du tribunal n'interdisait pas l'interprétation de la chanson elle-même. Ses paroles appellent, entre les lignes, au renversement du régime. Le ballet de Tchaïkovski était diffusé lors de la mort de dirigeants soviétiques ou encore le 19 août 1991, jour de l'effondrement de l'URSS. Par ailleurs, la coopérative « Ozero », qui signifie lac en russe, est une société créée dans les années 1990 par Vladimir Poutine pour construire quelques luxueuses datchas au bord d'un lac de Carélie avec des amis, Vladimir Iakounine, Iouri Kovaltchouk, Nikolaï Chamalov, Guennadi Timtchenko, devenus depuis, les représentants de l'élite économique du pays. La coopérative « Ozéro » symbolise la corruption dans les hautes sphères du pouvoir. Dans une interview, Diana Loginova a déclaré que le groupe interprétait rarement cette chanson et ne l'enregistrait pas. Mais la vidéo où l'on voit Naoko devant une foule de jeunes chantant et dansant sur les paroles de Noize MC est devenue virale. Plusieurs personnalités, parmi lesquelles un élu local, un rappeur pro-pouvoir ou encore la journaliste Marina Akhmedova, membre du Conseil des droits de l'homme auprès du président, ont écrit des dénonciations. Autre chanson qui heurte les défenseurs du Kremlin, « Tu es soldat », de Monetotchka, artiste en exil, elle aussi désignée « agent de l'étranger ». « Tu es soldat/Et quelle que soit la guerre dans laquelle tu te bats/Pardonne-moi, je serai de l'autre côté », dit le refrain. Invitée du forum organisé par l'association Russie-Libertés, à Paris, en octobre, l'artiste pop a repris cette chanson. « La salle était pleine, les gens pleuraient tellement ces paroles sont fortes », se remémore Olga Prokopieva, « ces morceaux étant interdits en Russie, quand des chanteurs de rue les reprennent, on voit que ça résonne dans l'esprit des jeunes et c'est encourageant ». Le groupe fait de nombreuses reprises, y compris d'artistes en odeur de sainteté au Kremlin, mais ce sont précisément les morceaux d'artistes « agents de l'étranger » qui ont recueilli des dizaines de milliers de likes. Présente à toutes les audiences, pour soutenir sa fille, la mère de Diana Loguinova n'a fait que de courtes déclarations à la sortie du tribunal. Dans une interview à l'agence de presse progouvernementale Regnum, elle a déclaré qu'elle chantait ces chansons « pour faire le buzz », insistant sur le fait qu'elle se produisait souvent lors d'événements consacrés au Jour de la Victoire, interprétant des compositions patriotiques. La mère de Diana a également indiqué que sa famille comptait des combattants des forces armées russes qui participent à « l'opération militaire spéciale », terme officiel pour désigner la guerre en Ukraine. Naoko avait-elle conscience des risques encourus et de la charge qu'elle porte en chantant des chansons aux paroles chargées de sens ? « Je pense qu'elle est devenue un symbole, peut-être malgré elle, mais en grande partie grâce aux efforts des autorités russes. Certes, des vidéos sont devenues virales, mais si elles n'avaient pas réagi de manière aussi disproportionnée à la menace qu'elles ont perçue, les choses n'auraient pas pris une telle ampleur », affirme le chercheur Oleg Kozlovsky. La jeune chanteuse, aujourd'hui derrière les barreaux, l'a dit : elle avait juste envie de se produire en public et chanter des chansons qu'elle aime et qui lui parlent. « Elle chante des chansons qui ont un sens ou qui le touchent tout simplement, comme elles nous touchent tous. Et le naturel et la vérité viennent toujours au-dessus du mensonge et de la propagande », note Olga Prokopieva, appelant à la mobilisation pour venir en aide à ces musiciens. « Si nous, les Russes en exil, mais aussi les pays démocratiques européens, ne protégeons pas ces îlots de liberté, le régime finira par les étouffer ».

Bongani Bingwa speaks to Alicia Jooste, Programme and Impact Manager at Amnesty International South Africa, about the tragic deaths of children like Unecebo Mboteni and others who fell into pit toilets, as Amnesty calls for justice and accountability from the government for failing to protect their basic right to safety. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 31ú lá de mí Dheireadh Fómhair, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1986 tháinig sé amach go raibh Samantha Nolan ar ais lena chlann I mBaile Átha Cliath tar éis obráid a shábháil a shaol. I 2003 tháinig sé amach go raibh RTÉ chun thaispeáin a lán sacar príomhroinn tar éis a rinne siad margadh chun thaispeáin cluichí gach Sathairn do trí shraith. I 1999 tháinig Tánaiste Mary Harney amach gur chríochnaigh IDA Ireland a idirbheartaíocht le comhlacht Téavánach Chia Clicine Cable Company Ltd, chun áis a bheith acu I gCarraig na Siúire. Dúradh go mbeadh 30 post nua ann thar trí bhliain. I 2009 bhí a lán imeachtaí ar siúil don Fhéile Ealaíona Spleodar san Aonach Urmhumhan. Bhí pictiúrlann tiomáin isteach ann agus bhí E.T ar siúil. Bhí an fhéile timpeall seachtain agus bhí a lán ceolchoirm ann, chomh maith le rang damhsa, seó puipéad agus a lán ceardlann do pháistí. Bhí an scannán E.T gné nua ar an chlár. Sin Fatman Scoop le Be Faithful – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2003. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 2005 dhíol siad culaith a chaith John Lennon ar an chlúdaigh den albam Abbey Road, I gceant do 118 míle dollar I Los Vegas. Dhíol siad Austin Princess a thiomáin John Lennon sa scannán faisnéise Imagine, do 150 míle dollar. Chuaigh cuid den airgead go dtí Amnesty International. I 2007 chabhraigh Leona Lewis leis an íoslódáil ar líne sa Bhreatain mar íoslódáil timpeall 1.7 milliúin daoine amhráin éagsúla I seachtain amháin. Dhíol Leona Lewis níos mó ná 106 míle íoslódáil de a amhrán Bleeding Love. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh giotáraí Johnny Marr sa Bhreatain I 1963 agus rugadh amhránaí Vanilla Ice I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1967 agus seo chuid de amhrán. Agus sin é I gcóir Ar An Lá Seo – go raibh míle maith agaibh as éisteacht do bhliain ar fad agus is féidir libh dul ar tipp.fm chun éisteacht siar ar aon dóibh. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 31st of October, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1986: Little Samantha Nolan was back in the arms of her family in Dublin after an operation that has probbaly saved her life. 2003: A feast of live premiereship football was being promised by RTE after it secured a deal to screen saturday afternoon matches for the next 3 seasons. 1999 - Tánaiste Mary Harney announced that IDA Ireland had successfully concluded negotiations with a Taiwanese company, Chia Clicine Cable Company Ltd. to locate an operation in Carrick-on-Suir. The company would create 30 new jobs over three years.  2009 - A drive-in cinema screening of Steven Spielberg's fantasy classic 'E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial' was one of the events that would round off Spleodar Arts Festival in Nenagh. The week-long festival had already seen a classical concert, tango classes, a puppet show and a series of exciting children's workshops and events. The Drive-In screening of 'E.T.' was a new feature on the Festival programme  That was Fatman Scoop / Crooklyn Clan with Be Faithful – the biggest song on this day in 2003 Onto music news on this day In 2005 The white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Beatles' Abbey Road album sold for $118,000 (£66,385) at an auction in Las Vegas. And an Austin Princess hearse driven by the late star in the documentary Imagine sold for $150,000 (£84,388). A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the items went to Amnesty International. 2007 22-year-old X Factor winner singer Leona Lewis helped boost UK online music downloads to a record 1.7 million in one week making it the biggest week ever for download sales. Lewis sold more than 106,000 downloads of her track ‘Bleeding Love.' And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – guitarist Johnny Marr was born in the UK in 1963 and singer Vanilla Ice was born in America on this day in 1967 and this is one of his songs. And that ends our amazing Ar An Lá Seo over the last year.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 31ú lá de mí Dheireadh Fómhair, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1986 tháinig sé amach go raibh Samantha Nolan ar ais lena chlann I mBaile Átha Cliath tar éis obráid a shábháil a shaol. I 2003 tháinig sé amach go raibh RTÉ chun thaispeáin a lán sacar príomhroinn tar éis a rinne siad margadh chun thaispeáin cluichí gach Sathairn do trí shraith. I 1999 tháinig Tánaiste Mary Harney amach gur chríochnaigh IDA Ireland a idirbheartaíocht le comhlacht Téavánach Chia Clicine Cable Company Ltd, chun áis a bheith acu I gCarraig na Siúire. Dúradh go mbeadh 30 post nua ann thar trí bhliain. I 2009 bhí a lán imeachtaí ar siúil don Fhéile Ealaíona Spleodar san Aonach Urmhumhan. Bhí pictiúrlann tiomáin isteach ann agus bhí E.T ar siúil. Bhí an fhéile timpeall seachtain agus bhí a lán ceolchoirm ann, chomh maith le rang damhsa, seó puipéad agus a lán ceardlann do pháistí. Bhí an scannán E.T gné nua ar an chlár. Sin Fatman Scoop le Be Faithful – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2003. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 2005 dhíol siad culaith a chaith John Lennon ar an chlúdaigh den albam Abbey Road, I gceant do 118 míle dollar I Los Vegas. Dhíol siad Austin Princess a thiomáin John Lennon sa scannán faisnéise Imagine, do 150 míle dollar. Chuaigh cuid den airgead go dtí Amnesty International. I 2007 chabhraigh Leona Lewis leis an íoslódáil ar líne sa Bhreatain mar íoslódáil timpeall 1.7 milliúin daoine amhráin éagsúla I seachtain amháin. Dhíol Leona Lewis níos mó ná 106 míle íoslódáil de a amhrán Bleeding Love. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh giotáraí Johnny Marr sa Bhreatain I 1963 agus rugadh amhránaí Vanilla Ice I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1967 agus seo chuid de amhrán. Agus sin é I gcóir Ar An Lá Seo – go raibh míle maith agaibh as éisteacht do bhliain ar fad agus is féidir libh dul ar tipp.fm chun éisteacht siar ar aon dóibh. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 31st of October, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1986: Little Samantha Nolan was back in the arms of her family in Dublin after an operation that has probbaly saved her life. 2003: A feast of live premiereship football was being promised by RTE after it secured a deal to screen saturday afternoon matches for the next 3 seasons. 1999 - Tánaiste Mary Harney announced that IDA Ireland had successfully concluded negotiations with a Taiwanese company, Chia Clicine Cable Company Ltd. to locate an operation in Carrick-on-Suir. The company would create 30 new jobs over three years.  2009 - A drive-in cinema screening of Steven Spielberg's fantasy classic 'E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial' was one of the events that would round off Spleodar Arts Festival in Nenagh. The week-long festival had already seen a classical concert, tango classes, a puppet show and a series of exciting children's workshops and events. The Drive-In screening of 'E.T.' was a new feature on the Festival programme  That was Fatman Scoop / Crooklyn Clan with Be Faithful – the biggest song on this day in 2003 Onto music news on this day In 2005 The white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Beatles' Abbey Road album sold for $118,000 (£66,385) at an auction in Las Vegas. And an Austin Princess hearse driven by the late star in the documentary Imagine sold for $150,000 (£84,388). A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the items went to Amnesty International. 2007 22-year-old X Factor winner singer Leona Lewis helped boost UK online music downloads to a record 1.7 million in one week making it the biggest week ever for download sales. Lewis sold more than 106,000 downloads of her track ‘Bleeding Love.' And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – guitarist Johnny Marr was born in the UK in 1963 and singer Vanilla Ice was born in America on this day in 1967 and this is one of his songs. And that ends our amazing Ar An Lá Seo over the last year.

The Guilty Feminist 456. The Value of Coalition Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Jessica Fostekew with special guest Jolyon Rubinstein Recorded 2 November 2025 at The Bloomsbury Theatre. Released 9 November. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah's new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have Amnesty International is the world's largest grassroots human rights organisation, working tirelessly to expose human rights abuses, hold power to account, and campaign for a fairer, safer world. We stand stronger together. Join the Amnesty International community and support their work exposing truth, debunking narratives, confronting perpetrators, defending truth-tellers and equipping communities with evidence to demand change: https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/campaign/amnesty-guilty-feminist-november-2025 More about Deborah Frances-White https://deborahfrances-white.com https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811 https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/ice-immigration-queer-trans-louisiana More about Jessica Fostekew https://www.instagram.com/jessicafostekew https://linktr.ee/jessica.fostekew More about Jolyon Rubinstein https://www.instagram.com/jolyonrubs https://www.instagram.com/jollygriffinltd For more information about this and other episodes… visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/ Come to a live show Pleasance, 10 November https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/guilty-feminist-live-deborah-frances-white Museum of Comedy, 16 November https://www.museumofcomedy.com/the-guilty-feminist-live-podcast-recording/ Bill Murray, 23 November https://link.dice.fm/F147b081b51d Russell T Davies at Soho Theatre https://sohotheatre.com/events/the-guilty-feminist-9/ Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters. To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts. The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you'd like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Guilty Feminist 456. The Value of Coalition Presented by Deborah Frances-White and Jessica Fostekew with special guest Jolyon Rubinstein Recorded 2 November 2025 at The Bloomsbury Theatre. Released 9 November. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah's new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have Amnesty International is the world's largest grassroots human rights organisation, working tirelessly to expose human rights abuses, hold power to account, and campaign for a fairer, safer world. We stand stronger together. Join the Amnesty International community and support their work exposing truth, debunking narratives, confronting perpetrators, defending truth-tellers and equipping communities with evidence to demand change: https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/campaign/amnesty-guilty-feminist-november-2025 More about Deborah Frances-White https://deborahfrances-white.com https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811 https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/ice-immigration-queer-trans-louisiana More about Jessica Fostekew https://www.instagram.com/jessicafostekew https://linktr.ee/jessica.fostekew More about Jolyon Rubinstein https://www.instagram.com/jolyonrubs https://www.instagram.com/jollygriffinltd For more information about this and other episodes… visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/ Come to a live show Pleasance, 10 November https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/guilty-feminist-live-deborah-frances-white Museum of Comedy, 16 November https://www.museumofcomedy.com/the-guilty-feminist-live-podcast-recording/ Bill Murray, 23 November https://link.dice.fm/F147b081b51d Russell T Davies at Soho Theatre https://sohotheatre.com/events/the-guilty-feminist-9/ Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters. To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts. The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you'd like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

rWotD Episode 3109: 2024 Venezuelan presidential election protests Welcome to random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia's vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Friday, 7 November 2025, is 2024 Venezuelan presidential election protests.Protests followed the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election on 28 July, in response to voter fraud and other irregularities during the election cycle, as part of the 2024 Venezuelan political crisis. The election and unrest occurred in the context of the ongoing crisis in Venezuela.Statistical analyses by multiple organizations indicated that the election was won convincingly by Edmundo Gonzalez but those results have not been recognized by incumbent Nicolás Maduro; the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), an alliance of opposition parties, released vote tallies at the precinct level indicating that González won by a wide margin, while the government-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) announced an unsubstantiated result, without any precinct-level tallies, stating Maduro won. Both candidates claimed victory, while many countries recognized González as the winner.Demonstrations to uphold the results of the election, along with vigils for political prisoners, occurred worldwide after the July election. Spontaneous protests broke out immediately after the election, while later rallies were organized by the Venezuelan opposition; Maduro claimed the opposition was encouraging a coup and has charged demonstraters with terrorism, while initiating an unprecedented crackdown. Maduro's security forces have gone door-to-door seeking to arrest protesters, poll workers and members of the opposition in what Maduro has referred to as Operation Tun Tun, and armed bands of Maduro supporters known as colectivos have joined security forces in repressing dissent. As of 14 August 2024, at least 2,200 persons are reported to have been arrested, and 25 killed; Maduro has announced plans to continue to seek the arrest of dissenters, and to rehabilitate two prisons to house those detained.The repression has been widely condemned by international groups; Amnesty International penned an open letter requesting urgent action from the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the basis of an ongoing ICC investigation of possible crimes against humanity under Maduro's regime.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:02 UTC on Friday, 7 November 2025.For the full current version of the article, see 2024 Venezuelan presidential election protests on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Aditi.

I titoli: Test nucleari nei programmi di Russia e Stati Uniti. Gli avvertimenti reciproci dei presidenti Putin e Trump. In Ucraina prosegue lo scontro Kiev Mosca. Allarme dell'Onu per le immani violenze in Sudàn. Amnesty International chiede protezione dei civili e stop delle armi ai ribelli. Papa Leone: il sacerdozio è scelta di libertà, la Chiesa chiede seminaristi dal cuore puro. Conduce: Paola Simonetti In regia: Luca Rossi

It's the Halloweeeeeeeen live stream! Recorded on October 31st 2025, and goodness me, what a lot of chaos there was on this one. The cocktail completely malfunctioned, and for some reason the chat decided that "FART IT!" should be the show's new catchprase. Who are we to deny them that? The next live stream will be on Sunday October 9th at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), and you can watch it on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch. Watch it live on YouTube here And you can still donate to this week's charity, Amnesty International, by visiting this week's GoFundMe page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clarence Ford spoke to Malavika Vartak, Amnesty International researcher on the Amnesty International’s Flooded & Forgotten report. Views and News with Clarence Ford is the mid-morning show on CapeTalk. This 3-hour long programme shares and reflects a broad array of perspectives. It is inspirational, passionate and positive. Host Clarence Ford’s gentle curiosity and dapper demeanour leave listeners feeling motivated and empowered. Known for his love of jazz and golf, Clarrie covers a range of themes including relationships, heritage and philosophy. Popular segments include Barbs’ Wire at 9:30am (Mon-Thurs) and The Naked Scientist at 9:30 on Fridays. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Views & News with Clarence Ford Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays between 09:00 and 12:00 (SA Time) to Views and News with Clarence Ford broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/erjiQj2 or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/BdpaXRn Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

International human rights groups are calling for the withdrawal of proposed legislation against Turkey's LGBTQI+ community, who warn that the law could effectively criminalise their community, which is already facing a growing legal crackdown. This week, the New York-based Human Rights Watch called on the Turkish government to drop a proposed law targeting the country's LGBTQI+ community. Amnesty International has made a similar demand. Rights groups sound the alarm The proposed legislation, which was leaked to the media, criminalises attitudes and actions deemed contrary to biological sex, carrying sentences of up to three years in prison. “It's really one of the worst reforms, or proposed reforms, we've seen in many years,” warns Emma Sinclair-Webb, Turkey director of Human Rights Watch. “Because it basically says that the government or the authorities can decide that certain behaviour and attitudes are contrary to biological sex and general morality, and are criminal on that basis.” Turkey's Pride struggling to survive amid LGBTQ+ crackdown Widespread impact Sinclair-Webb claims that with the proposed law criminalising the promotion of the LGBTQI+ community, its impact would be far-reaching. “That could affect journalists reporting on matters connected with gender, sexuality and gender identity. It could mean NGOs working to defend the rights of LGBTQI+ people from stigmatisation and discrimination.” Since the foundation of the Turkish Republic in 1923, homosexuality has never been criminalised. But LGBTQI+ rights advocates warn that this could change, given the broadly written nature of the proposed law. “It's not even same-sex sexual acts that are criminalised. It's just your appearance. Because the law says anything against biological sex. I mean, it could be very widely interpreted,” explains Öner Ceylan of Lambda a LGBTQI+ rights group in Turkey “So, this could be a woman with short hair or wearing trousers,” adds Ceylan. “Let's say I'm on the streets, I'm being myself, and I can go to jail for it for three months. Then I'm released, and what happens next? I can easily go back to jail according to that law. So it can be a perfect excuse to imprison an LGBTQI+ person.” Turkey's embattled civil society fears worst as foreign funding dries up Decade of crackdowns Under the proposed law, people could face between three months and three years in prison, opening the door to lengthy pre-trial detention and the risk of mass arrests  - a prospect that worries rights groups. Since the early 2000s, Turkey's LGBTQI+ community has become increasingly visible and vibrant, particularly in Istanbul, with gay clubs, cafés and bars. The city once hosted large Pride marches, with the 2015 event drawing over one hundred thousand people. However, for the past decade, Turkey's religiously conservative government has been cracking down on the community in the name of protecting the family. Pride marches have been banned since 2015. “Now they've banned any kind of LGBTQI+ event in the public sphere,” explains Yıldız Tar of Kaos, an LGBTQI+ group. “We no longer share public venues or their addresses. So we are already living a kind of criminalised life, as if many queer people coming together is a criminal activity, which it is not.” Tar warns that the proposed law represents the endgame in the government's campaign. “It's the result of a decade-long war against LGBTQI+ people, and if this law passes, this is the last step.” Turkey's embattled civil society fears worst as foreign funding dries up Rising rhetoric and rising In September, the Turkish Interior Ministry filed a criminal complaint against openly gay pop singer Mabel Matiz, alleging that one of his songs violated morals and obscenity laws. Meanwhile, an all-women pop group, Manifest, was detained under the country's morality laws for one of their performances, prompting the group to end their sell-out national tour. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been ramping up his rhetoric against the LGBTQI+ community, even equating it with terrorism. The proposed legislation also targets the country's transgender community, banning gender-affirming healthcare for those under the age of 25. The LGBTQI+ community has vowed to step up its protests against the law and has secured the support of Turkey's two main opposition parties in opposing it. But Tar warns that if the law passes, many in the community will likely flee the country -  though he says he and others are ready to resist, whatever the cost. “We will continue to do our work, to share the very basic knowledge that being LGBTQI+ is not a threat to society. It's not a threat to the family,” declares Tar. “But it will be harder, and most of us will end up in jail.”

Dans cette édition :Des contenus TikTok inquiétants poussant à l'automutilation et au suicide sont dénoncés par Amnesty International, avec le témoignage d'une adolescente victime de harcèlement et de plusieurs tentatives de suicide.Un étudiant de 19 ans a été tué par un chauffard à Lille, un homme de 31 ans a été interpellé.Le gouvernement fait face à de vives critiques sur son projet de budget 2026 de la Sécurité sociale, avec des économies prévues de 7 milliards d'euros.Le Premier ministre fait des concessions, mais la gauche reste opposée à plusieurs mesures du projet de loi.Le Président Macron tente de relancer son image avec un nouveau sommet des entreprises et des investisseurs français.Le magazine Capital en partenariat avec Europe 1 explique comment bien préparer sa retraite avec le plan épargne-retraite (PER).Novembre est le mois sans tabac, avec de nombreux bénéfices pour la santé dès les premiers jours d'arrêt.Jannik Siner remporte le Rolex Paris Masters et redevient numéro 1 mondial.Notre équipe a utilisé un outil d'Intelligence artificielle via les technologies d'Audiomeans© pour accompagner la création de ce contenu écrit.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Dans cette édition :Une jeune fleuriste du Nord a lancé un appel à l'aide après avoir été cambriolée et s'être fait dérober l'intégralité de sa recette de la Toussaint, soit plusieurs centaines d'euros en espèces et en chèques.Un jeune homme de 19 ans a été tué sur un passage piéton à Lille par un chauffard qui tentait d'échapper à un contrôle de police et qui était soupçonné d'avoir consommé du protoxyde d'azote.Une étude menée par Amnesty International dénonce la dangerosité de l'algorithme de TikTok qui pousserait les adolescents au suicide en leur diffusant des contenus dépressifs et suicidaires.Les députés doivent débuter l'examen du budget de la Sécurité sociale, avec 7 milliards d'euros d'économies prévues pour 2026, ce qui suscite de vives tensions avec l'opposition.Le PER, un plan épargne-retraite créé en 2019, connaît un succès grandissant auprès des Français soucieux de compléter leur pension, malgré quelques contraintes à prendre en compte.Notre équipe a utilisé un outil d'Intelligence artificielle via les technologies d'Audiomeans© pour accompagner la création de ce contenu écrit.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Dans cette édition :Une jeune fleuriste du Nord a lancé un appel à l'aide après avoir été cambriolée et s'être fait dérober l'intégralité de sa recette de la Toussaint, soit plusieurs centaines d'euros en espèces et en chèques.Un jeune homme de 19 ans a été tué sur un passage piéton à Lille par un chauffard qui tentait d'échapper à un contrôle de police et qui était soupçonné d'avoir consommé du protoxyde d'azote.Une étude menée par Amnesty International dénonce la dangerosité de l'algorithme de TikTok qui pousserait les adolescents au suicide en leur diffusant des contenus dépressifs et suicidaires.Les députés doivent débuter l'examen du budget de la Sécurité sociale, avec 7 milliards d'euros d'économies prévues pour 2026, ce qui suscite de vives tensions avec l'opposition.Le PER, un plan épargne-retraite créé en 2019, connaît un succès grandissant auprès des Français soucieux de compléter leur pension, malgré quelques contraintes à prendre en compte.Notre équipe a utilisé un outil d'Intelligence artificielle via les technologies d'Audiomeans© pour accompagner la création de ce contenu écrit.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Dans cette édition :Des contenus TikTok inquiétants poussant à l'automutilation et au suicide sont dénoncés par Amnesty International, avec le témoignage d'une adolescente victime de harcèlement et de plusieurs tentatives de suicide.Un étudiant de 19 ans a été tué par un chauffard à Lille, un homme de 31 ans a été interpellé.Le gouvernement fait face à de vives critiques sur son projet de budget 2026 de la Sécurité sociale, avec des économies prévues de 7 milliards d'euros.Le Premier ministre fait des concessions, mais la gauche reste opposée à plusieurs mesures du projet de loi.Le Président Macron tente de relancer son image avec un nouveau sommet des entreprises et des investisseurs français.Le magazine Capital en partenariat avec Europe 1 explique comment bien préparer sa retraite avec le plan épargne-retraite (PER).Novembre est le mois sans tabac, avec de nombreux bénéfices pour la santé dès les premiers jours d'arrêt.Jannik Siner remporte le Rolex Paris Masters et redevient numéro 1 mondial.Notre équipe a utilisé un outil d'Intelligence artificielle via les technologies d'Audiomeans© pour accompagner la création de ce contenu écrit.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

En Tanzanie, des heurts en marge des élections législatives et présidentielle, dont l'opposition a été évincée, ont débuté mercredi. Alors que la population était appelée à respecter un couvre-feu jeudi, de nouvelles manifestations ont éclaté dans plusieurs villes du pays. Une situation commentée par la presse africaine. Si la coupure du réseau internet rend l'accès aux informations compliqué, le média Afrik.com souligne « un chaos post-électoral et un silence d'État ». « Rendez-nous notre pays ! » scandent d'un côté les manifestants, de l'autre, on constate une absence de communication de la part du gouvernement, dirigé par la présidente Samia Suluhu Hassan, « tandis que les mesures de sécurité sont renforcées et que les craintes de victimes augmentent », peut-on lire. Selon Afrik.com « L'absence de communication gouvernementale est d'autant plus inquiétante que le scrutin a été précédé d'une vague de répression sévère. L'organisation Amnesty International a dénoncé une véritable "vague de terreur" marquée par des disparitions forcées, des arrestations arbitraires et des actes de torture ». Le média précise : « Le principal parti d'opposition, le Chadema, dont le chef Tundu Lissu est jugé pour trahison, a été disqualifié pour avoir refusé de signer un code électoral jugé insuffisant ». Pas d'observateurs crédibles Au Kenya, The Daily Nation scrute également de près la situation chez son voisin Tanzanien. Le journal rappelle que des militants, depuis le Kenya, ont dénoncé « une mascarade », juste « après que les autorités ont interdit à deux des principaux partis d'opposition de présenter des candidats ». Par ailleurs, le KHRC « la Commission kenyane des droits de l'homme (une ONG) a tiré la sonnette d'alarme face à l'absence de groupes d'observation électorale crédibles lors des élections. "Aucune mission d'observation crédible n'est présente en Tanzanie. La Belgique, la Suède, l'Allemagne et l'Irlande se sont retirées des élections. Les États-Unis surveillent, mais sans y déployer d'observateurs officiels" explique notamment un membre du KHRC ». Cependant, rappelle The Daily Nation « l'Union Africaine, la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique Australe, la Communauté d'Afrique de l'Est et la Conférence internationale sur la région des Grands Lacs ont déployé des missions d'observation, ce qui a suscité des critiques pour avoir légitimé un processus défectueux ».   Au Burkina Faso, WakatSéra commente aussi la situation en Tanzanie, dans ces colonnes édito : « Après les élections, la tension ! (...) c'est le condensé en peu de mots, de la situation volcanique que vit le pays », peut-on lire. « La présidente sortante en quête d'un deuxième mandat, (...) n'a pas résisté à la tentation d'organiser des scrutins interdits à l'opposition, la vraie ». Ainsi, les manifestants « n'ont que leurs voix pour crier leur ras-le-bol d'un régime incapable de répondre aux attentes d'un peuple trop longtemps muselé ». En Algérie, des réactions et des commentaires sur la politique française Jeudi, le parti d'extrême droite français, le Rassemblement national, a obtenu une « victoire » à l'Assemblée nationale, en faisant adopter à une voix près une résolution qui vise à « dénoncer » l'accord franco-algérien de 1968, qui crée un régime d'immigration favorable pour les Algériens. « La France vote contre elle-même », c'est le titre d'un édito dans Algerie patriotique. « Derrière les apparences d'un débat diplomatique, c'est une fracture politique, morale et historique qui s'ouvre : celle qui annonce l'arrivée de l'extrême-droite au pouvoir en 2027. (…) Le fameux accord de 68, que les nostalgiques de l'Algérie française décrivent à tort comme un privilège offert aux ressortissants algériens, n'est en réalité qu'une coquille vide ». Et pour Algérie Patriotique, « le vrai scandale n'est pas dans le vote, mais dans la complaisance du pouvoir en place », car « l'exécutif a préféré jouer la partition du populisme. En reprenant à son compte les thèmes de l'extrême droite, il espérait la contenir, mais il n'a fait que la légitimer. C'est ainsi que, sous couvert de "fermeté", la France se déshonore et prépare son propre suicide politique ». Algérie 360, rappelle que l'idée de mettre en cause l'accord de 1968 n'est pas nouvelle. « Déjà en février, un rapport du Sénat suggérait d'envisager sa dénonciation. De plus, l'ancien ministre français de l'Intérieur, Bruno Retailleau, avait exprimé à plusieurs reprises son souhait de remettre en question cet accord, notamment lors d'une période de crise diplomatique ». Par ailleurs, le média observalgérie souligne que les accords de 1968 « ne sont pas liés aux obligations de quitter le territoire français non exécutées, argument souvent évoqué par le Rassemblement national ». Ces accords encadrent uniquement les droits de résidence et d'établissement des ressortissants algériens en France. Enfin, le texte voté ne modifie en rien ces dispositions... Puisqu'une résolution parlementaire ne peut pas imposer d'action à l'exécutif. Elle exprime seulement la position de l'Assemblée nationale.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 31ú lá de mí Dheireadh Fómhair, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 1986 tháinig sé amach go raibh Samantha Nolan ar ais lena chlann I mBaile Átha Cliath tar éis obráid a shábháil a shaol. I 2003 tháinig sé amach go raibh RTÉ chun thaispeáin a lán sacar príomhroinn tar éis a rinne siad margadh chun thaispeáin cluichí gach Sathairn do trí shraith. I 1970 bhí méadú den cháin bhóthair sa bhuiséid nua. Bhí an méadú ann do fheithicil príobháideach, cáin ar só agus cáin do chomhlachtaí. Sin na rudaí a tháinig an aire airgeadas amach leis sa Dáil. I 2003 bhí bagairt ann go mbeadh ardú de na praghas de thí nua timpeall an tír ach tháinig Comhairleoir timpeall an chontae amach nach mbeidís chun é seo a dhéanamh. Tháinig siad amach ag moladh tobhach nua. Sin Fatman Scoop le Be Faithful – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2003. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 2005 dhíol siad culaith a chaith John Lennon ar an chlúdaigh den albam Abbey Road, I gceant do 118 míle dollar I Los Vegas. Dhíol siad Austin Princess a thiomáin John Lennon sa scannán faisnéise Imagine, do 150 míle dollar. Chuaigh cuid den airgead go dtí Amnesty International. I 2007 chabhraigh Leona Lewis leis an íoslódáil ar líne sa Bhreatain mar íoslódáil timpeall 1.7 milliúin daoine amhráin éagsúla I seachtain amháin. Dhíol Leona Lewis níos mó ná 106 míle íoslódáil de a amhrán Bleeding Love. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh giotáraí Johnny Marr sa Bhreatain I 1963 agus rugadh amhránaí Vanilla Ice I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1967 agus seo chuid de amhrán. Agus sin é I gcóir Ar An Lá Seo – go raibh míle maith agaibh as éisteacht do bhliain ar fad agus is féidir libh dul ar clare.fm chun éisteacht siar ar aon dóibh. Welcome back to another edition of Ar An Lá Seo on the 31st of October, with me Lauren Ní Loingsigh 1986: Little Samantha Nolan was back in the arms of her family in Dublin after an operation that has probably saved her life. 2003: A feast of live premiership football was being promised by RTE after it secured a deal to screen Saturday afternoon matches for the next 3 seasons. 1970: Car owners were hit in the budget after An increase in the cost of road tax on private vehicles, wholesale tax on luxuries and direct taxation of companies were the features of the supplementary budget brought into Dáil Eireann by the new minister of finance. 2003: The threat of massive hikes in the price of new housing across the country was removed by Clare County Councilors when they rejected the draft scheme proposing a range of new levies at their adjourned October meeting. That was Fatman Scoop with Be Faithful – the biggest song on this day in 2003 Onto music news on this day In 2005 The white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Beatles' Abbey Road album sold for $118,000 (£66,385) at an auction in Las Vegas. And an Austin Princess hearse driven by the late star in the documentary Imagine sold for $150,000 (£84,388). A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the items went to Amnesty International. 2007 22-year-old X Factor winner singer Leona Lewis helped boost UK online music downloads to a record 1.7 million in one week making it the biggest week ever for download sales. Lewis sold more than 106,000 downloads of her track ‘Bleeding Love.' And finally celebrity birthdays on this day – guitarist Johnny Marr was born in the UK in 1963 and singer Vanilla Ice was born in America on this day in 1967 and this is one of his songs. And that ends our amazing Ar An Lá Seo over the last year – thank you so much for listening and to listen back to any of them you can head on over to our website clare.fm.

En Tanzanie, des heurts en marge des élections législatives et présidentielle, dont l'opposition a été évincée, ont débuté mercredi. Alors que la population était appelée à respecter un couvre-feu jeudi, de nouvelles manifestations ont éclaté dans plusieurs villes du pays. Une situation commentée par la presse africaine. Si la coupure du réseau internet rend l'accès aux informations compliqué, le média Afrik.com souligne « un chaos post-électoral et un silence d'État ». « Rendez-nous notre pays ! » scandent d'un côté les manifestants, de l'autre, on constate une absence de communication de la part du gouvernement, dirigé par la présidente Samia Suluhu Hassan, « tandis que les mesures de sécurité sont renforcées et que les craintes de victimes augmentent », peut-on lire. Selon Afrik.com « L'absence de communication gouvernementale est d'autant plus inquiétante que le scrutin a été précédé d'une vague de répression sévère. L'organisation Amnesty International a dénoncé une véritable "vague de terreur" marquée par des disparitions forcées, des arrestations arbitraires et des actes de torture ». Le média précise : « Le principal parti d'opposition, le Chadema, dont le chef Tundu Lissu est jugé pour trahison, a été disqualifié pour avoir refusé de signer un code électoral jugé insuffisant ». Pas d'observateurs crédibles Au Kenya, The Daily Nation scrute également de près la situation chez son voisin Tanzanien. Le journal rappelle que des militants, depuis le Kenya, ont dénoncé « une mascarade », juste « après que les autorités ont interdit à deux des principaux partis d'opposition de présenter des candidats ». Par ailleurs, le KHRC « la Commission kenyane des droits de l'homme (une ONG) a tiré la sonnette d'alarme face à l'absence de groupes d'observation électorale crédibles lors des élections. "Aucune mission d'observation crédible n'est présente en Tanzanie. La Belgique, la Suède, l'Allemagne et l'Irlande se sont retirées des élections. Les États-Unis surveillent, mais sans y déployer d'observateurs officiels" explique notamment un membre du KHRC ». Cependant, rappelle The Daily Nation « l'Union Africaine, la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique Australe, la Communauté d'Afrique de l'Est et la Conférence internationale sur la région des Grands Lacs ont déployé des missions d'observation, ce qui a suscité des critiques pour avoir légitimé un processus défectueux ».   Au Burkina Faso, WakatSéra commente aussi la situation en Tanzanie, dans ces colonnes édito : « Après les élections, la tension ! (...) c'est le condensé en peu de mots, de la situation volcanique que vit le pays », peut-on lire. « La présidente sortante en quête d'un deuxième mandat, (...) n'a pas résisté à la tentation d'organiser des scrutins interdits à l'opposition, la vraie ». Ainsi, les manifestants « n'ont que leurs voix pour crier leur ras-le-bol d'un régime incapable de répondre aux attentes d'un peuple trop longtemps muselé ». En Algérie, des réactions et des commentaires sur la politique française Jeudi, le parti d'extrême droite français, le Rassemblement national, a obtenu une « victoire » à l'Assemblée nationale, en faisant adopter à une voix près une résolution qui vise à « dénoncer » l'accord franco-algérien de 1968, qui crée un régime d'immigration favorable pour les Algériens. « La France vote contre elle-même », c'est le titre d'un édito dans Algerie patriotique. « Derrière les apparences d'un débat diplomatique, c'est une fracture politique, morale et historique qui s'ouvre : celle qui annonce l'arrivée de l'extrême-droite au pouvoir en 2027. (…) Le fameux accord de 68, que les nostalgiques de l'Algérie française décrivent à tort comme un privilège offert aux ressortissants algériens, n'est en réalité qu'une coquille vide ». Et pour Algérie Patriotique, « le vrai scandale n'est pas dans le vote, mais dans la complaisance du pouvoir en place », car « l'exécutif a préféré jouer la partition du populisme. En reprenant à son compte les thèmes de l'extrême droite, il espérait la contenir, mais il n'a fait que la légitimer. C'est ainsi que, sous couvert de "fermeté", la France se déshonore et prépare son propre suicide politique ». Algérie 360, rappelle que l'idée de mettre en cause l'accord de 1968 n'est pas nouvelle. « Déjà en février, un rapport du Sénat suggérait d'envisager sa dénonciation. De plus, l'ancien ministre français de l'Intérieur, Bruno Retailleau, avait exprimé à plusieurs reprises son souhait de remettre en question cet accord, notamment lors d'une période de crise diplomatique ». Par ailleurs, le média observalgérie souligne que les accords de 1968 « ne sont pas liés aux obligations de quitter le territoire français non exécutées, argument souvent évoqué par le Rassemblement national ». Ces accords encadrent uniquement les droits de résidence et d'établissement des ressortissants algériens en France. Enfin, le texte voté ne modifie en rien ces dispositions... Puisqu'une résolution parlementaire ne peut pas imposer d'action à l'exécutif. Elle exprime seulement la position de l'Assemblée nationale.

Suchitra Vijayan speaks with Abdullahi Boru Halakhe in a conversation that traces the longue durée of exploitation and violence in the Congo from the colonial atrocities of King Leopold II to the resource wars that continue to devastate the region today. They unpack how the technologies of extraction and the politics of dispossession remain intertwined, shaping a global system in which Congolese land, labour, and life continue to underwrite the comforts of the Global North. Abdullahi situates Congo's crisis within the history of empire and its afterlives. He revisits the 19th-century “civilising mission” of Henry Morton Stanley and Leopold's personal ownership of the Congo Free State, connecting it to today's extraction of coltan, cobalt, and gold that powers Silicon Valley. From the uranium that fuelled the Manhattan Project to the minerals driving AI and green tech, he argues that the Congolese people have been made to pay for the world's progress with their blood and labour. The conversation then turns to Rwanda's complicity in the ongoing violence. Abdullahi unpacks how the legacies of the 1994 genocide, and the First and Second Congo Wars that followed, continue to shape Rwanda's sub-imperial role in the region. He details how Rwanda and Uganda act as conduits for resource extraction, exporting minerals that geologically do not exist within their borders, and how the profits of this trade flow through the Gulf states to Western markets. In this network, Congo becomes the epicentre of a global pipeline linking African sub-imperial powers, Gulf petrostates, and Western tech conglomerates: a chain of exploitation that transforms human suffering into industrial capital. The discussion broadens into an examination of how the same extractive and militarised logics underpin genocides and wars across the Global South from Congo to Sudan to Palestine. Abdullahi identifies the United Arab Emirates as a central malign actor, financing wars and shaping political economies of violence under the guise of development and modernity. What emerges is a picture of a world where the technologies of genocide — surveillance, securitisation, and resource militarisation — are integral to the global order. The episode closes with a meditation on history as resistance. For Abdullahi, liberation begins with reclaiming historical knowledge and refusing amnesia. From the Bandung Conference to the dreams of pan-African solidarity, he insists that history offers both warning and possibility: a reminder that despair is political, but so is hope. As Suchitra notes, this conversation marks a rare moment in the Technologies of Genocide series — one where history itself becomes a site of liberation, and knowledge a tool against the algorithmic erasure of human struggle. — Abdullahi Boru Halakhe is the Senior Advocate for East and Southern Africa at Refugees International. He is an African policy expert with over a decade of experience in security, conflict, human rights, refugee work, and strategic communications. He has advised organisations including the International Rescue Committee, International Crisis Group, Amnesty International, BBC, the EU, AU, USAID, and the UNDP. Abdullahi holds a Master's in International Security Policy from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Können wir heute noch zuversichtlich sein? Wie können wir mit Zuversicht eine bessere Zukunft gestalten? In der zweiten Folge des WDCast eröffnet Ines Wildhage von Amnesty International mit einem mutmachenden Statement: Amnesty und Zuversicht – das geht! Anschließend diskutieren Anne Bartens von „Lust auf besser Leben“, die das Projekt DemokratieKioske umsetzt, und Carl Naughton, Transformationspsychologe und Neugierforscher, mit Moderator Georg-Christof Bertsch über Zuversicht und Resilienz als Grundlage für positive Veränderung. Der WDCast ist ein Podcast-Format der World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026 in Kollaboration mit dem DDCAST des Deutschen Design Clubs. Can we still be optimistic today? How can we confidently shape a better future? In the second episode of WDCast, Ines Wildhage from Amnesty International opens with an encouraging statement: Amnesty and confidence – it works! Anne Bartens from “Lust auf besser Leben” (Desire for a Better Life), which implements the Democracy Kiosks project, and Carl Naughton, transformation psychologist and curiosity researcher, then discuss confidence and resilience as the basis for positive change with moderator Georg-Christof Bertsch. WDCast is a podcast format of World Design Capital Frankfurt Rhine-Main 2026 in collaboration with DDCAST of the German Design Club.

Hannah Storey, Advocacy and Policy Advisor at Amnesty International, joins the show to talk about her new brief that reframes Big Tech monopolies as a human rights crisis, not just a market competition problem.This isn't about consumer choice or antitrust law. It's about how concentrated market power violates fundamental rights—freedom of expression, privacy, and the right to hold views without interference or manipulation.Can you make a human rights case against Big Tech? Why civil society needed to stop asking these companies to fix themselves and start demanding structural change. What happens when regulation alone won't work because the companies have massive influence over the regulators?Is Big Tech actually innovating anymore? Or are they just buying up competition and locking down alternatives? Does scale drive progress, or does it strangle it?What would real accountability look like? Should companies be required to embed human rights due diligence into product development from the beginning?Are we making the same mistakes with AI? Why is generative AI rolling forward without anyone asking about water usage for data centers, labor exploitation of data labelers, or discriminatory outcomes?The goal isn't tweaking the current system—it's building a more diverse internet with actual options and less control by fewer companies.If you've been tracking Big Tech issues in silos—privacy here, misinformation there, market dominance over here—this episode is an attempt to bring those conversations together in one framework.Mentioned:Read more about the Amnesty International report and download the full report here: “Breaking Up with Big Tech: a Human Rights-Based Argument for Tackling Big Tech's Market Power”Speech AI model helps preserve indigenous languagesEmpire of AI, by Karen HaoCory Doctorow's new book, "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It"

durée : 00:22:26 - L'invité de 8h20 - par : Marion L'hour - Katia Roux, chargée de plaidoyer pour Amnesty, Stéphanie Mistre, mère d'une adolescente qui s'est donnée la mort, membre du collectif Algos Victima et Samuel Comblez, directeur général adjoint de l'association E-enfance évoquent le dernier rapport de l'ONG sur les dangers de TikTok. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

In mid-September, the UN issued a report stating that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel vehemently denies the charge. Genocide is the crime of crimes. It is a highly charged and loaded word.  To verify it requires clear and unambiguous evidence. The term was coined by the Polish Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin. Genocide combines the Greek prefix “genos” (race, tribe) with the Latin suffix “cide” (killing). Lemkin was aware of the Armenian genocide carried out by the Turks earlier in the 20th century. During the Holocaust, he lost many family members. Lemkin and others were responsible for the Genocide Convention, which was passed unanimously by the UN in 1948. In addition to the recently released UN report, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, as well as two prominent Israeli rights organizations, B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, declared that Israel's military actions in Gaza constitute genocide.

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:Worry is spreading that the Trump administration is increasingly arming ICE with military-grade weaponry: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/23/2349922/-WTF-does-ICE-need-guided-missile-components-forTexas businesses across a wide range of sectors are being negatively impacted by Trump's immigration crackdown: https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-10-23/the-texas-paradox-businesses-need-more-migrants-while-trump-wants-to-expel-them.htmlAmong the states, Texas would be most severely impacted by the expiration of ACA tax credits that congressional Democrats are holding out to defend: https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2025/10/23/aca-tax-credits-texas-government-shutdown-healthFood banks across the US and Texas are reeling from the unexpected mid-year slashing of food distribution by the Trump administration - 94 million pounds of expected food deliveries did not show up: https://projects.propublica.org/trump-food-cuts/UT Austin, alongside Vanderbilt, is one of only two universities among the nine approached by the Trump administration to sign a conservative ideological "compact" who have not yet rejected it: https://www.fox7austin.com/news/new-ut-austin-president-sworn-amid-trumps-higher-education-compact.amp...UT's chapter of the American Association of University Professors has called on their administration not to capitulate to Trump: https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/university-texas-austin-trump-funding-deal-compact-21110442.php...Amnesty International calls the "compact" a "surrender (of) their right to freedom of thought, expression and discourse": https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/academic-freedom-cannot-exist-under-political-coercion-president-trumps-compact-threatens-higher-education/We're excited to see YOU at one (or both!) of our 2025 Holiday Parties this December in Austin and Dallas! Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available now: https://act.progresstexas.org/a/progress-texas-holiday-parties-2025Check out our 2025 Texas Statewide Voting Guide, including a link at the bottom for a printable version you CAN take with you to the polls: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/2025-texas-statewide-ballot-guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thanks for listening! Our monthly donors form the backbone of our funding, and if you're a regular, we'd like to invite you to join the team! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Chris Bishop and Carmel Sepuloni joined Morning Report this morning for the Weekly Political Panel; Amnesty International's Secretary General Dr. Agnès Callamard is in New Zealand this week as part of an official visit to the Pacific; The Sports Minister wants Sports New Zealand to step in to help resolve the ongoing Silver Ferns coaching saga.

Amnesty International's Secretary General Dr. Agnès Callamard is in New Zealand this week as part of an official visit to the Pacific. She spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

durée : 00:13:22 - Journal de 7 h - C'est le résultat d'un rapport publié ce matin par l'ONG de défense des droits humains qui souhaite porter plainte contre la plateforme chinoise.

durée : 00:13:22 - Journal de 7 h - C'est le résultat d'un rapport publié ce matin par l'ONG de défense des droits humains qui souhaite porter plainte contre la plateforme chinoise.

Von Nepal über Marokko, von den Philippinen bis nach Peru - überall gehen junge Menschen auf die Straße. Sie protestieren gegen Unterdrückung, kämpfen für Klimaschutz, fordern Bildung, Gerechtigkeit und Mitsprache. Auch in Deutschland wächst der Wunsch nach Veränderung und Fridays For Future mobilisiert immer noch. Obwohl gerade den jungen Menschen in unserem Land oft nachgesagt wird, es gehe ihnen hauptsächlich um eine gute Work-Life-Balance. Was genau treibt die junge Generation weltweit auf die Straßen? Welche Visionen haben sie für die Zukunft - und was unterscheidet oder verbindet sie über Ländergrenzen hinweg? Darüber sprechen wir mit dem Jugendforscher Simon Schnetzer, mit Carla Reemtsma von „Fridays for Future“, mit der Politikwissenschaftlerin Dr. Annabelle Houdret und mit Carmen Traute von Amnesty International in Deutschland. Podcast-Tipp: Weltspiegel-Podcast Gen Z rebelliert - Militärputsch in Madagaskar Seit Ende September geht die Gen Z in Madagaskar auf die Straße. Die Demonstrierenden sind wütend, weil ständig die Strom- und Wasserversorgung zusammenbricht, weil sie oft stundenlang unterwegs sind, um Wasser in Kanistern zu organisieren. Sie fordern weniger Korruption, mehr Mitsprache und bessere Chancen auf Bildung und Jobs. Unterstützung haben sie aus Teilen des Militär erhalten. Inzwischen hat Präsident Andry Rajoelina das Land verlassen und das Militär hat die Macht übernommen. Aber sind die Demonstrierenden damit am Ziel? Ist das der Systemwechsel, den sie fordern? https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:ard:episode:74e014f8be3c0906/

Bradley Morgan's U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025) celebrates fifty years of U2 with a career-spanning retrospective featuring more than 150 images that trace the band's journey from Dublin pubs to sold-out arena tours. Morgan delves into the history of U2, offering an intimate look at their formation and the evolution of their unique sound. From Boy and The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby and beyond, the book captures how each album marked a creative turning point and cemented U2's place as musical pioneers. Through vivid photography and thoughtful storytelling, Morgan highlights the band's artistic growth and commitment to social activism. From Live Aid to Amnesty International, U2's impact on global causes is as significant as their musical legacy. Readers also gain a rare glimpse into the lives of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr., as individuals, collaborators, and lifelong friends behind one of the most influential bands in the world. A music journalist and media arts professional, Bradley Morgan is the director of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM's music film festival, manages partnerships for the station, and serves on the associate board of the Art Institute of Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center. He also interviews authors of music and pop culture books for the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Bradley Morgan's U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025) celebrates fifty years of U2 with a career-spanning retrospective featuring more than 150 images that trace the band's journey from Dublin pubs to sold-out arena tours. Morgan delves into the history of U2, offering an intimate look at their formation and the evolution of their unique sound. From Boy and The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby and beyond, the book captures how each album marked a creative turning point and cemented U2's place as musical pioneers. Through vivid photography and thoughtful storytelling, Morgan highlights the band's artistic growth and commitment to social activism. From Live Aid to Amnesty International, U2's impact on global causes is as significant as their musical legacy. Readers also gain a rare glimpse into the lives of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr., as individuals, collaborators, and lifelong friends behind one of the most influential bands in the world. A music journalist and media arts professional, Bradley Morgan is the director of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM's music film festival, manages partnerships for the station, and serves on the associate board of the Art Institute of Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center. He also interviews authors of music and pop culture books for the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

Bradley Morgan's U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025) celebrates fifty years of U2 with a career-spanning retrospective featuring more than 150 images that trace the band's journey from Dublin pubs to sold-out arena tours. Morgan delves into the history of U2, offering an intimate look at their formation and the evolution of their unique sound. From Boy and The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby and beyond, the book captures how each album marked a creative turning point and cemented U2's place as musical pioneers. Through vivid photography and thoughtful storytelling, Morgan highlights the band's artistic growth and commitment to social activism. From Live Aid to Amnesty International, U2's impact on global causes is as significant as their musical legacy. Readers also gain a rare glimpse into the lives of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr., as individuals, collaborators, and lifelong friends behind one of the most influential bands in the world. A music journalist and media arts professional, Bradley Morgan is the director of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM's music film festival, manages partnerships for the station, and serves on the associate board of the Art Institute of Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center. He also interviews authors of music and pop culture books for the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

Bradley Morgan's U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini Books, 2025) celebrates fifty years of U2 with a career-spanning retrospective featuring more than 150 images that trace the band's journey from Dublin pubs to sold-out arena tours. Morgan delves into the history of U2, offering an intimate look at their formation and the evolution of their unique sound. From Boy and The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby and beyond, the book captures how each album marked a creative turning point and cemented U2's place as musical pioneers. Through vivid photography and thoughtful storytelling, Morgan highlights the band's artistic growth and commitment to social activism. From Live Aid to Amnesty International, U2's impact on global causes is as significant as their musical legacy. Readers also gain a rare glimpse into the lives of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr., as individuals, collaborators, and lifelong friends behind one of the most influential bands in the world. A music journalist and media arts professional, Bradley Morgan is the director of CHIRP Radio 107.1 FM's music film festival, manages partnerships for the station, and serves on the associate board of the Art Institute of Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center. He also interviews authors of music and pop culture books for the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

In Tagata o te Moana this week: A Kiribati community leader backs Amnesty International's call for a New Zealand climate visa. Fiji chiefs urged to take a hard line on abusers. Also, Cook Islands music and culture on display in Aotearoa. All that and more stories of the week from RNZ Pacific.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Öll viðtölin úr þætti dagsins ásamt símatíma: Eyþór Árnason ljóðskáld um það sem afi hans vildi aldrei tala um Anna Lúðvíksdóttir framkvæmdastjóri íslandsdeildar Amnesty International og Jón Magnússon lögmaður um Möggu Stínu sem Ísraelsher nam á brott í nótt. Símatími Diljá Mist Einarsdóttir þingkona Sjálfstæðisflokksins um að lækka ríkisstyrki til stjórnmálaflokka Grímur Atlason framkvæmdastjóri Geðhjálpar Hanna Arnórsdóttir dýralæknir á dýraspítalanum í Garðabæ Evert Víglundsson eigandi og framkvæmdastjóri Crossfit Reykjavík um vöðvaþjálfun mismunandi aðferðir

Activism can often feel like a race against time; the gravity of injustice too urgent to look away from. But what does this constant sense of urgency mean for the well-being of those at the frontlines of responding to these crises? In this week’s episode of On the Contrary by IDR, we speak to two veteran activists from South Africa. Kumi Naidoo is a human rights and environmental justice activist who has led major global organisations including Amnesty International and Greenpeace. He is joined by Louisa Zondo, the former head of the South African Human Rights Commission and founder of the Riky Rick Foundation for Promotion of Artivism. Listen as Kumi and Louisa discuss the importance of care and well-being when confronting the most pressing issues of our time. Host: Devanshi VaidProduced and edited by: Shreya Adhikari, Devanshi Vaid, and Halima AnsariIDR is an online journal that publishes cutting-edge ideas, lessons, and insights written by and for the people working on some of India’s toughest problems. For more information about IDR, visit www.idronline.com. Also, follow IDR on Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Watch the full episode here, or read the transcript here. This podcast is a Maed in India production.Donate: https://idronline.org/donate/

Last weekend, the English reggae band UB 40 played in the Orpheum in Los Angeles and included in the set their 1980 song “Tyler”. Tyler is guilty white judges said soWhat right do we got to say it's not soTyler is guilty white judges said soWhat right do we got to say it's not soTyler is guilty white judges said soWhat right do we got to say it's not soTyler is guilty white judges said soWhat right do we got to say it's not soIn the audience was the song's muse Gary Tyler who, as a sixteen year old in 1974, was put on death row for a crime he didn't commit:Appeal to the governor, of LouisianaYou may get an answer the process is slowFederal court won, too much to openHe's been there for five years and they won't let him goThis week, Tyler released his autobiography, Stitching Freedom, in which he tells the story of the 41 years he spent in Angola high security prison for his “crime”. Yes, the process was slow - shamefully slow. It's the shockingly true story of injustice, defiance and hope in Louisiana's bloodiest prison. Tyler is free now, living in Los Angeles, having successfully stitched his life together. He doesn't seem to have forgiven the system for this injustice (why should he?), yet the one thing that 41 years in Angola clearly didn't destroy was Gary Tyler's humanity. So I guess there's hope in this tragic story. 1. A 16-Year-Old Scapegoat for Racial Violence Gary Tyler was arrested at age 16 during a racial confrontation at a newly integrated Louisiana school in 1974. After a 13-year-old white boy was fatally shot during the chaos, police brutally beat Tyler to extract a confession he never gave, then charged him with first-degree murder despite no evidence linking him to the crime.2. Political Prisoners Saved His Life In Angola's death row, Tyler found unexpected mentors - former Black Panthers and civil rights activists who recognized his case as part of systemic injustice. These older inmates taught him to channel his anger into education and activism, helping him write letters that would eventually bring national attention to his case through organizations like Amnesty International.3. Finding Purpose in America's Bloodiest Prison Despite facing execution, Tyler transformed his imprisonment into service. He became president of multiple prison organizations and, most meaningfully, a hospice volunteer caring for dying inmates - including some of the very men who had mentored him. This work became his “sense of redemption” and healing.4. Justice Denied, Freedom Granted Tyler was never exonerated. Despite multiple appeals reaching the Supreme Court and three favorable parole board recommendations, politics kept him imprisoned. He was finally released in 2016 only because of new Supreme Court rulings against juvenile life sentences - not because the system admitted its mistake.5. Stitching a Life Back Together Tyler discovered quilting in prison, initially resisting it as “feminine” before recognizing it as both a way to help dying inmates leave something for their families and a metaphor for his own healing. Now a professional artist in Pasadena, he literally and figuratively pieces together a life that was torn apart, remaining optimistic that struggle against injustice must continue.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Eric Heinze (Maîtrise, Paris; JD, Harvard; Ph.D. Leiden), a former Fulbright, DAAD and Chateaubriand fellow, is Professor of Law and Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London. He writes on justice theory and on human rights, and has worked with the International Commission of Jurists and the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. He has advised NGOs on human rights, including Liberty, Amnesty International and the Media Diversity Institute. Heinze is author of The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech Is Everything. Suzanne Nossel is the CEO of PEN America, the foremost organization working to protect and advance human rights, free expression and literature. She has also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Human Rights Watch and as Executive Director of Amnesty International USA; and held senior State Department positions in the Clinton and Obama administrations. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Nossel frequently writes op-eds for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other publications, as well as a regular column for Foreign Policy magazine. She lives in New York City. Nosssel is author of Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All. Jonathan Zimmerman is the Judy and Howard Berkowitz Professor in Education at the University of Pennsylvania. A former Peace Corps volunteer, he is the author of Campus Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know and seven other books. He is also a frequent op-ed contributor to The New York Times, the Washington Post, and other national newspapers and magazines. Zimmerman received the 2019 Open Inquiry Leadership Award from Heterodox Academy, which promotes viewpoint diversity in higher education. Zimmerman is author of Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn.

 About Etelle HigonnetEtelle Higonnet is a Yale-trained lawyer, environmental advocate, and human rights defender whose career spans war zones, rainforests, courtrooms, and global campaigns. She has worked with Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Mighty Earth, and the National Wildlife Federation, leading initiatives that tackle deforestation, climate change, and modern slavery.Fluent in multiple languages and honored by the French government, Etelle brings a rare combination of legal expertise, grassroots activism, and international diplomacy to her work. Today, as founder of Coffee Watch, she is taking on one of the world's most beloved commodities, exposing the deforestation, poverty, slavery, and human rights abuses hidden in global coffee supply chains—and pushing for a more just and sustainable industry.About this EpisodeIn this courageous and eye-opening episode of The Matrix Green Pill Podcast, host Hilmarie Hutchison speaks with Etelle Higonnet about her lifelong fight for justice—bridging human rights and environmental activism in some of the world's toughest arenas.Etelle recounts her early days in Guatemala, where she witnessed firsthand the dangers faced by human rights defenders during a fragile peace process. She shares the inspiration behind her book Quiet Genocide, her experiences working on war crimes tribunals, and why she believes we cannot have human rights on a dead planet.The conversation dives deep into the dark side of coffee production—child labor, forced labor, gender-based violence, and massive deforestation—and how Coffee Watch is mobilizing legal action, petitions, and global consumer awareness to transform the industry. Etelle explains how everyday choices, from signing petitions to buying ethical coffee, can create ripple effects powerful enough to change corporations and protect both people and the planet.From stories of personal resilience to bold visions of transforming agriculture and even the aviation industry, Etelle's journey is a call to action for all of us: justice and sustainability are inseparable, and every voice matters in building a fairer world.Quotes1:31 - My whole life I've really known that I wanted to work on human rights and mid-career I sort of had an awakening about the environment when I realized we wouldn't have any human rights on a dead planet. 1:50 - I really felt this deep calling actually to fight for people whose rights were being abused. 7:24 - My dream at the time was to write this with an eye to helping build momentum for justice. 10:55 - I've got to make sure the rest of my life goes towards fighting climate change and the human rights violations that are associated with it. 14:56 - If you drink coffee on the regular, there's a very high chance you're basically drinking slavery. 15:14 - Brazil has a huge coffee slavery and forced labor and labor abuse problem. 21:29 - Coffee Watch uploaded all the petitions that other people and organizations have created for sustainable coffee. So, you can just do a one-stop shop and click on all the petitions.22:26 - Spreading the word about the problems and the solutions means that you're an ambassador for good coffee. So, signing petitions kind of makes you a coffee ninja for justice, hosting screenings kind of makes you an ambassador for the truth about coffee.24:25 - It's usually only two or three cents extra per cup when you buy more ethical, more responsible, sustainable coffee. 27:44 - The coffee industry has become so great and now they're like doing regenerative aThe Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/Please review us: https://g.page/r/CS8IW35GvlraEAI/review

Al jarenlang worden Rohingya moslims uit Myanmar onderdrukt, verjaagd en vermoord. Meer dan een miljoen Rohingya's leven nu in het grootste vluchtelingenkamp ter wereld in Bangladesh. Een schrijnende situatie, waar deze bevolkingsgroep voortdurend tussen wal en schip valt. Maar hoe moet dit opgelost worden? Daar gaan de Verenigde Naties vandaag over vergaderen. Met wat voor plan zullen ze komen, en hoe zijn de Rohingya daarmee geholpen? We praten erover met Elke Kuijper, woordvoerder bij Amnesty International en gespecialiseerd in Myanmar.

De la prudence, des interrogations et même du scepticisme… Dans la presse africaine ce matin, la reconnaissance de la Palestine par le Royaume-Uni, le Canada, l'Australie et le Portugal, beaucoup de questions subsistent : « Cette reconnaissance va-t-elle faire bouger les lignes ? Rien n'est moins sûr », commente notamment au Burkina Faso, le journal Le Pays dans ses colonnes édito. L'un des points soulevés est la place de Washington sur l'échiquier géopolitique : « Tant que le pays de l'Oncle Sam continuera de mettre Israël sous son parapluie, il ne faut pas rêver d'une solution à deux États dans cette partie du monde. (…) Du reste, on est fondé à croire que l'action des dix pays occidentaux, vise à se donner bonne conscience. En tout cas, elle est loin d'être sincère car, nombre parmi ces pays, à commencer par la France, soutenaient ouvertement Israël dans sa folie meurtrière dans la bande de Gaza. Si ce n'est pas de l'hypocrisie, cela y ressemble fort », peut-on lire. Et si la grande majorité des pays africains a reconnu l'État palestinien dès 88, après la déclaration d'indépendance de la Palestine par l'OLP de Yasser Arafat, aujourd'hui « Ils ont beau crier leur ras-le-bol, leur voix reste inaudible. Le seul pays dont l'action a secoué l'Israël, c'est l'Afrique du Sud qui avait saisi la Cour internationale de justice. Mais la suite, on la connaît. Le pays de Cyril Ramaphosa a été sanctionné plus tard par le président américain... » Dans le journal du Niger, la reconnaissance de la Palestine par le Royaume-Uni, le Canada, l'Australie et le Portugal est un événement diplomatique majeur. Le média souligne « une décision prise sous le poids des victimes et de la pression internationale », après deux ans de guerre à Gaza et rappelle que des organisations comme Amnesty International ont accusé Israël de crimes de guerre, ce qui accentue l'urgence d'une action diplomatique. Le soutien historique de l'Afrique à la Palestine La presse met aussi en avant le lien particulier entre l'Afrique et la Palestine, tout comme son soutien historique. Une mise en relief nécessaire : avec 52 pays sur 54 ayant officiellement reconnu l'État palestinien (les exceptions sont le Cameroun et l'Érythrée) « L'Afrique est le principal soutien diplomatique du peuple palestinien sur la scène internationale », déclare le média Sénégalais Sénéplus. « Cette cohésion remarquable ne relève pas du hasard. Elle puise ses racines dans l'histoire commune des luttes anticoloniales et anti-impérialistes qui ont marqué le XXe siècle. Les peuples africains, ayant vécu l'expérience de la domination coloniale, reconnaissent dans le combat palestinien un écho de leurs propres luttes pour l'indépendance et la dignité », peut-on lire. Alors que l'Afrique du Sud a saisi dès le mois de Décembre 2023 la CIJ - l'organe judiciaire des Nations unies. Le média Sénéplus y analyse aussi une « continuité historique, la détermination du continent à porter la voix palestinienne dans les instances internationales ». La Guinée après le référendum constitutionnel Oui, avec cette question « Le vote et après » ? C'est même le titre d'un Edito dans le média guinéen ledjely... D'après ce dernier « On s'achemine vers le retour à l'ordre constitutionnel. Car même si l'on n'a encore aucun résultat, l'approbation de la nouvelle Constitution ne fait l'ombre d'aucun doute ». Le journal guinéen rappelle aussi un contexte de suspension des principaux partis politiques du pays « le "Oui" est assuré de l'emporter » déclare-t-il. « D'autant que les partisans de cette tendance sont les seuls à avoir battu campagne au cours des trois dernières semaines. Ainsi donc, (…) on scrutera tout particulièrement le taux de participation. Celui-ci se révélant pertinent en raison de l'appel au boycott lancé par Cellou Dalein Diallo, Alpha Condé et Sidya Touré, à la veille du scrutin ». « Mais plus que ces réformes, ce qui intrigue, c'est que la nouvelle Constitution n'aborde pas la question de la candidature des militaires. Et comme on le sait, ce qui n'est pas interdit par la loi, est autorisé », commente l'observateur Paalga. Le média du Burkina Faso - pays dirigé par des militaires - précise que « selon les spécialistes de la scène politique guinéenne... la candidature du général Mahamadi Doumbouya ne fait plus de mystère ».

UNGA80, First Report:Inner City Press banned from UN for exposing corruptionSunday Sept 21 new USUN PR Mike Waltz presents credentials38 Floor video here. What next? More reports to follow: @InnerCityPressAmid Press Freedom Claims by UN and AI Inner City Press Bid to Enter Is Litmus Testby Matthew Russell LeeUN GATE, Sept 15 – On World Press Freedom Day, the United Nations of Antonio Guterres claimed to be in support of journalists being able to do their work without hinderance. Amnesty International makes just such claims, see below. UN Global Communications chief Melissa Fleming put out a video of Guterres equating what he (and she) characterize as disinformation as the threat to press freedom, Guterres has banned Inner City Press from entering the UN since 2018, when it exposed the omission of links to bribery firm CEFC China Energy from his financial disclosure. On June 19, 2025, Inner City Press submitted an application to cover the UN General Assembly, letter here. Law firm Quinn Emanuel, on a pro bono basis, wrote to Fleming and the UN Correspondents Association (with state media of China on its board of directors) seeking a dialogue to reinstate Inner City Press. Later, so did the pro bono law firm of Duane Morris.There has been no answer to an appeal to Guterres head of security Gilles Michaud. Nor has Amnesty International, to whose UN Office Inner City Press has repeatedly raised this glaring violation, done anything. Instead, on September 15, AI bragged that its Agnes Callamard will be at the UNGA, ready for interviews. Right. Inner City Press before being banned reported on her, here and here and here - and will again. This is a litmus test all around.But now, with Inner City Press' UN and SDNY covering, including the Sean Combs trial, being picked up all over the world, the application. Watch this site.June 19, 2025 application https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25979730-amid-un-press-freedom-claims-application-by-inner-city-press-to-enter-is-2025-litmus-test/

According to Amnesty International, 15 countries used the death penalty in 2024. The United States was one of those countries. Capital punishment is illegal in 23 states and isn’t used in some of the states where it is legal. But the United States still executed 25 people last year. We’ve surpassed that number already in 2025. Capital punishment can be a contentious topic. And it’s a debate that has been reignited in recent weeks — President Donald Trump has said he wants to seek the death penalty for all murder cases in Washington, DC. But amidst all the statistics and lofty arguments for and against, it’s important to remember that capital punishment affects real people. It impacts both the people sentenced to death, and the families who’ve lost loved ones to violence. This hour, we’re talking about what the death penalty means to the human beings impacted by it. Staff Writer at The Atlantic and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Bruenig, has seen the impact of the death penalty firsthand. She’s also lost a family member to violence. While many journalists cover capital punishment, fewer are applying to attend the executions of people on death row. In a deeply personal conversation, Khalilah Brown-Dean talks with Bruenig about her coverage of capital punishment. Her recent cover story in The Atlantic is, 'Witness: Inside America's Death Chambers - What Years of witnessing executions taught me about sin, mercy and the possibility of redemption.' Bruenig describes her own family tragedy, the realities of death by lethal injection, and why her feelings about capital punishment have changed over time. Plus, the pair describe the complex emotions victims’ families grapple with in the aftermath of tragedy. GUEST: Elizabeth Bruenig: Staff writer at The Atlantic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode No. 722 features museum director and human rights activist Ann Burroughs, and curator Cory Korkow. Burroughs is the director of the Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, which has led the museum sector in resisting Trumpism and the rise of fascism in the United States. Even as many US institutions capitulated when the Trump administration demanded a return to racist and white supremacist policies and practices, JANM stood by its diversity and equity foci and programs. Over the summer, armed and often masked  Border Patrol agents conducted what appeared to be an operation aimed at intimidating speakers at a program at the museum's Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, including at a press conference held by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The museum aggressively resisted the federal show of force, drawing lines between illegal federal actions in 1942 and the present. JANM's mission is "to promote understanding and appreciation of America's ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience." Its collections and programs feature art and art's history. The museum holds work by and the archives of artists such as Hisako Hibi, George Hoshida, Estelle Ishigo, Henry Sugimoto, Chikashi Tanaka, Kango Takamura, and Jack Iwata. In addition to leading JANM, Burroughs is the two-time former chairperson of the board of Amnesty International USA, the chair of the Amnesty International Global Assembly, and presently sits on the board of Amnesty International. As mentioned on the program: Burroughs' op-ed for the American Alliance of Museums; and JANM's "History Unpacked" program. Korkow helped lead the Cleveland Museum of Art's acquisition and initial installation of Giambologna's Fata Morgana (ca. 1572), which had been the last of the roughly dozen marble sculptures made by the artist remaining in private hands. Giambologna made the sculpture for installation in a fountain at Bernardo Vecchietti's Villa il Reposo in Bagno a Ripoli, Italy. Instagram: Cory Korkow, Tyler Green. Air date: September 4, 2025.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, UN human rights experts, Israeli human rights groups like B'Tselem, and the overwhelming majority of genocide scholars all agree it's a genocide. The debate is over. The hasbarists lost. Reading by Tim Foley.

In this episode, we talk to Etelle Higonnet. She is the Founder & Director of Coffee Watch. A graduate of Yale Law School, she's an attorney and environmental and human rights activist. She previously worked at Mighty Earth, National Wildlife Federation, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, as well as two war crimes courts. She was knighted as a Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite in her home country of France for her pioneering efforts to curb deforestation in high-risk commodities with an emphasis on cocoa, rubber, palm oil, cattle, and soy industries. She has worked in over 30 countries, is widely published, speaks 9 languages, and is now dedicated to trying to end deforestation and slavery in the global coffee industryTimestamps to relevant points within the episode, use this format:[00:00] -Introduction to Etelle Higonnet[02:52] -The Birth of Coffee Watch[04:22] -The Dark Side of Coffee Production[08:27] -Child Labor in Coffee Farming[15:04] -Breaking the Cycle of Poverty[18:52] -The Role of Law in Corporate Accountability[23:56] -Greenwashing and Consumer Power[34:37] -Impact of Coffee Watch and Future Goals[47:18] - Final Thoughts and Call to ActionLinks from the episodes:How Your Coffee Can Make A Difference with RAW CoffeeWhere can people find our guest?Coffee WatchEtelle HigonnetKey Takeaways:Etelle's journey into human rights began in Guatemala as a teenager.Coffee Watch aims to combat human rights and environmental abuses in the coffee industry.Most coffee consumed globally is linked to child labor and deforestation.Parents of child laborers want their children in school but face economic obstacles.Living income for farmers can eliminate child labor and poverty in coffee production.Certifications often do not guarantee a living wage for farmers.Consumer demand can drive companies to adopt better practices.Greenwashing is prevalent in the coffee industry, making it hard to identify ethical products.Law enforcement is crucial for addressing illegal practices in the coffee industry.The future of coffee production can be sustainable with consumer awareness and action.

Hear stories about standing up for human rights around the world and struggling for truth, accountability and justice. _____________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show's Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel gear I'm using, my favorite destinations, discounts for special events, etc.). Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________ Etelle Higonnet joins Matt for a wine night from Copenhagen, and begins by talking about her role as a founding member of the Sustainable Wine Round table.  She then describes her family background, her experience moving around growing up, and how her passion for social justice developed.  Etelle talks about her college experience at Yale and what compelled her to move to Guatemala to work with refugees and displaced people.  She describes a scary encounter there with masked gunmen and her eventual publication a book on the U.S.-backed genocide in Guatemala.  Etelle then talks about spending time in Chiapas, Mexico, supporting a lawsuit brought by indigenous women, and attending a speech by Subcommandante Marcos, the spokesperson of the Zapatista movement. Next, she describes her experience working for Human Rights Watch and investigating crimes of sexual violence in the Ivory Coast after the 2007 civil war.  Etelle also talks about her time living in Iraq documenting testimonies from victims of political violence, her human rights work with Amnesty International in Sierra Leone, and her role in helping establish the Cambodian war crimes tribunal.  She reflects on the history and legacy of French colonialism, the need for post-colonial justice systems, and shares some human rights victories in Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.  Finally, Etelle offers her insights, strategies, and encouragement to everyone working to stop the genocide in Palestine.  FULL SHOW NOTES WITH DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE. ____________________________________ See my Top 10 Apps For Digital Nomads See my Top 10 Books For Digital Nomads See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that's not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn  See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ____________________________________ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally.  You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

In December 2023, when South Africa accused Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice, I thought it was wrong to do so. Israel had been attacked. Its defense was legitimate. The blood was on Hamas's hands.But over the last year, I have watched a slew of organizations and scholars arrive at the view that whatever Israel's war on Gaza began as, its mass assault on Palestinian civilians fits the definition of genocidal violence. This is a view now held by Amnesty International, B'Tselem, Human Rights Watch, and the president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, among many othersOne reason I have stayed away from the word genocide is that there is an imprecision at its heart. When people use the word genocide, I think they imagine something like the Holocaust: the attempted extermination of an entire people. But the legal definition of genocide encompasses much more than that.So what is a genocide? And is this one?Philippe Sands is a lawyer who's worked on a number of genocide cases. He is the author of, among other books, “East West Street,” about how the idea of genocide was developed and written into international law. He is the best possible guide to the hardest possible topic.Mentioned:“What the Inventor of the Word ‘Genocide' Might Have Said About Putin's War” by Philippe Sands“‘Only the Strong Survive.' How Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu Is Testing the Limits of Power” by Brian Bennett“The laws of war must guide Israel's response to Hamas atrocity”The Ratline by Philippe Sands38 Londres Street by Philippe SandsBook Recommendations:Janet Flanner's World by Janet FlannerCommonwealth by Ann PatchettBy Night in Chile by Roberto BolañoThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find the transcript and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.htmlThis episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Jack McCordick and Annie Galvin. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show's production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Rollin Hu, Elias Isquith, Kristin Lin, Marina King and Jan Kobal. Original music by Marian Lozano, Dan Powell, Carole Sabouraud and Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.