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In this episode of 92NY talks, join two of Putin's most prominent critics for a compelling and timely discussion. Vladimir Kara-Murza, twice poisoned by Kremlin operatives and recently released from imprisonment in a landmark East-West prisoner exchange, brings firsthand insights into Putin's inner workings. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Senior Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, Kara-Murza is one of the most influential voices for Russian democratic reform. Sir Bill Browder, the CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and leader of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, has been a relentless advocate for human rights and anti-corruption measures, earning him the distinction of being named Putin's “#1 enemy” by the Russian president himself.   Moderating the discussion is Richard Salomon, a Senior Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre and co-founder of the Illinois Holocaust Museum, who brings a global human rights perspective to this critical conversation. The evening concludes with a powerful recital by acclaimed pianist Mikhail Voskresensky, who fled Russia with his family in 2022 in protest of the war. Voskresensky's artistry will underscore the enduring spirit of resistance and hope.   This extraordinary event combines expert analysis, personal testimony, and the power of music to illuminate one of the most urgent geopolitical crises of our time. The conversation was recorded on February 4th, 2025, at The 92nd Street Y, New York.

Almost two years since the Sudanese war f Irwin Cotler: Founder and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Nisrin Elamin, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Toronto. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About 120,000 Jews live in Toronto, a city of about three million residents. Eight out of every ten hate crimes in this city involve what local officials call an “anti-Jewish occurrence.” Then there is Montreal, with its 90,000 Jews and its total population of about 1.8 million. There, in the three months following October 7, 132 hate crimes were directed at Jews, which is ten times the number of total reported hate crimes as during the entire year of 2022. In fact, there has been, across Canada, a 670-percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents since October 7. This is in a nation of about 40 million, of which just 350,000 are Jewish. These data come from a blockbuster article by Terry Glavin, published last week. In Canada, hardly a week goes by, it seems, where synagogues are not vandalized, burned, or shot at. Moreover, the conventions that predominate elite institutions, government, media, and NGOs all hold as an orthodoxy that Israel is a unique evil, guilty of every modern sin. How did liberal, polite Canada become such a menacing place for its Jewish citizens? Terry Glavin, a columnist with the National Post and a senior fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, joins Mosaic's editor Jonathan Silver to discuss his recent article in the Free Press, “The Explosion of Jew-Hate in Trudeau's Canada.” This article tells the story of how a liberal country collapsed into progressive ideological commitments, which, when applied to immigration policy, and laced with the intersectional logic of a racialized social doctrine, lost the capacity to resist institutional capture by the activists who most hate the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

It's been an open secret for a year now: the esteemed Canadian human rights advocate, Irwin Cotler, 84, has been living under round-the-clock police protection in Montreal. But until recently, Cotler had heard only vague chatter about the source of the death threats. A month ago, on Oct. 26, the RCMP warned Cotler to stay home, under guard, because he was in imminent danger—within the next 48 hours—of being murdered by agents tied to Iran's terrorist regime. The news was kept out of the media until a Globe and Mail story appeared in Nov. 18. Cotler, the founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and a former justice minister, confirmed it was all true. He has since heard that some suspects have been arrested in the U.S., and the threat level against his life has lowered somewhat. So Cotler is now turning his ordeal into a clarion call for an issue he's been pushing for more than a decade: get Canada to wake up and pay attention to the dangers posed by Iran's “transnational” interference in our country's political and civil life, including targeted killings on Canadian soil. Cotler joins The CJN Daily‘s Ellin Bessner to discuss what he's just been through, the antisemitic protests across Canada, and what Israel should do about the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. Related links Why the Israeli Ambassador urged Canada to list the Iranian National Guard Corps as a terrorist organization in April 2024, in The CJN. Why Canadian Jewish leaders including Cotler have been warning about the threat from Iran for decades, in The CJN from 2010, and in 2018. Since 2017, Canada has laws banning listed Iranian nationals from entering Canada, and also banning any Canadians from helping to sell products or handle money or property for Iranian terror entities. Why Canada has been trying to deport 22 Iranians linked to human rights abuses and murder. Credits Host and writer: Ellin Bessner (@ebessner) Production team: Zachary Kauffman (producer), Michael Fraiman (executive producer) Music: Dov Beck-Levine Support our show Subscribe to The CJN newsletter Donate to The CJN (+ get a charitable tax receipt) Subscribe to The CJN Daily (Not sure how? Click here)

Irwin Cotler, the former Liberal justice minister and Attorney General of Canada, founder and chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, joins host Alex Pierson to talk about how he was the target of an alleged foiled assassination plot by agents of Iran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Social media sensation, Ashley Waxman Bakshi is an entrepreneur, content creator, TV host, and activist. Following the kidnapping of her cousin, Agam Berger, by Hamas on October 7th, Ashley has been dedicated to advocating for the release of Israeli hostages. She collaborates with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and has met with world leaders to push for sanctions against the IRGC and entities supporting Palestinian terrorist organizations in Canada and the European Union.Known for her platform "Girl Abroad," Ashley is a 38-year-old Canadian beauty and lifestyle content creator who moved to Israel at 21 after volunteering and falling in love with the country and an Israeli. 

Content warning for discussion of genocide, torture, mutilation, rape, and slavery Hey, Hi, Hello, this is the History Wizard and welcome back for Day 11 of Have a Day w/ The History Wizard. Thank you to everyone who tuned in for Day 10 last week, and especially thank you to everyone who rated and/or reviewed the podcast. I hope you all learned something last week and I hope the same for this week. This week marks the 3rd part of our mini series of currently ongoing genocides and humanitarian crises. Episode 2 was on Palestine, Episode 11 was on Congo, today's episode will be on Sudan. The nation of Sudan is currently dealing with, among other things we'll cover in detail later in this episode, the largest deplacement campaign of anywhere on the planet with over 9 million people being displaced from their homes by war and genocide. It always feels a little weird transitioning into this part of the episode, but it's now time for the Alchemist's Table. I've invented nearly 90 cocktails over the past 2 years and this one remains my very favorite. It's called the No True Scotsman. Take 2 oz of your scotch whiskey of choice, though I'd recommend a light Islay scotch, something like a Bowmore, or maybe a Campbeltown like Glen Scotia. Then add .75 oz of Frangelico, 1 oz of Maple syrup. Shake this like your life depends on it and pour over ice. Top the drink with ginger beer and enjoy. Now, fortified as we are by uisce beatha, the waters of life, let's get into it. So, what is happening in Sudan, right now? A civil war officially started between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the the Rapid Support Forces that grew out of the Janjaweed militias that were so prevalent in the Darfur Genocide. The war officially began on 15 April 2023 and is still ongoing. But, in order to understand what is happening right now, we need to understand what was happening in the 19th century under British and Egyptian colonialism in the region. So, let's starts at as much of the beginning as we can. Let's start at the Mahdist War. Following Muhammad Ali's invasion (no, a different Muhammad Ali)  in 1819, Sudan was governed by an Egyptian administration. Throughout the period of Egyptian rule, many segments of the Sudanese population suffered extreme hardship because of the system of taxation imposed by the central government. Under this system, a flat tax was imposed on farmers and small traders and collected by government-appointed tax collectors from the Sha'iqiyya tribe of northern Sudan. Throughout the century, and especially after Egypt was floundering to pay the costs of the Suez Canal, Britain got more and more involved. In the late 19th century a war broke out between the Mahdist Sudanese, led by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah, who had proclaimed himself the "Mahdi" of Islam (the "Guided One"), and the forces of the Khedivate of Egypt, initially, and later the forces of Britain. Eighteen years of war resulted in the creation of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1899–1956), a de jure condominium of the British Empire, and the Kingdom of Egypt, in which Britain had de facto control over Sudan. Sudan officially voted for independence in 1956 and became its own independent republic. Although it achieved independence without conflict, Sudan inherited many problems from the condominium. Chief among these was the status of the civil service. The government placed Sudanese in the administration and provided compensation and pensions for British officers of Sudan Political Service who left the country; it retained those who could not be replaced, mostly technicians and teachers. Khartoum achieved this transformation quickly and with a minimum of turbulence, although southerners resented the replacement of British administrators in the south with northern Sudanese. To advance their interests, many southern leaders concentrated their efforts in Khartoum, where they hoped to win constitutional concessions. Although determined to resist what they perceived to be Arab imperialism, they were opposed to violence. Most southern representatives supported provincial autonomy and warned that failure to win legal concessions would drive the south to rebellion. To understand the issues in Sudan we need to understand that, ultimately, this is a religious and ethnic conflict between the mostly Islamic North and the largely Christian and animist South regions in the nation of Sudan. On November 17, 1958, the day parliament was to convene, a military coup occurred. Khalil, himself a retired army general, planned the preemptive coup in conjunction with leading Umma members and the army's two senior generals, Ibrahim Abboud and Ahmad Abd al Wahab, who became leaders of the military regime. Abboud immediately pledged to resolve all disputes with Egypt, including the long-standing problem of the status of the Nile River. Abboud abandoned the previous government's unrealistic policies regarding the sale of cotton. He also appointed a constitutional commission, headed by the chief justice, to draft a permanent constitution. Abboud maintained, however, that political parties only served as vehicles for personal ambitions and that they would not be reestablished when civilian rule was restored. Despite the Abboud regime's early successes, opposition elements remained powerful. In 1959 dissident military officers made three attempts to displace Abboud with a "popular government." Although the courts sentenced the leaders of these attempted coups to life imprisonment, discontent in the military continued to hamper the government's performance. In particular, the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) gained a reputation as an effective anti-government organization. To compound its problems, the Abboud regime lacked dynamism and the ability to stabilize the country. Its failure to place capable civilian advisers in positions of authority, or to launch a credible economic and social development program, and gain the army's support, created an atmosphere that encouraged political turbulence. A revolution in 1964 returned the nation to civilian rule, but did little to remove the preceding issues that plagued Sudan. This all brings us within the context of the First Sudanese Civil War. This war was a conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and the southern Sudan region that demanded representation and more regional autonomy. The war was divided into four major stages: initial guerrilla warfare, the creation of the Anyanya insurgency, political strife within the government and establishment of the South Sudan Liberation Movement. Around a million people died over the course of the nearly 17-year long war. The war would end with the signing of the Addis Ababa Accord, which created two main things. A South Sudanese Autonomous Region, and relative peace, if only for about a decade. The Second Sudanese Civil War would break out in 1983. Some sources describe the conflict as an ethnoreligious one where the Arab-Muslim central government's pursuits to impose Sharia law on non-Muslim southerners led to violence, and eventually to the civil war. Historian Douglas Johnson has pointed to exploitative governance as the root cause. This war lasted for some 22 years, making it one of the longest civil wars in recorded Human History. Roughly two million people died as a result of war, famine and disease caused by the conflict. Four million people in southern Sudan were displaced at least once, normally repeatedly during the war. The civilian death toll is one of the highest of any war since World War II and was marked by numerous human rights violations, including slavery and mass killings. Perhaps one of the greatest horrors and tragedies of the Second Sudanese Civil War was the use of child soldiers. Armies from all sides enlisted children in their ranks. The 2005 agreement required that child soldiers be demobilized and sent home. The Sudan People's Liberation Army (the SPLA, by the way, was founded in 1983 as a rebel group to reestablish the South as an autonomous region after president Nimeiry declared the South to officially be part of a fully reunited Sudan.) claimed to have let go 16,000 of its child soldiers between 2001 and 2004. However, international observers (UN and Global Report 2004) have found demobilized children have often been re-recruited by the SPLA. As of 2004, there were between 2,500 and 5,000 children serving in the SPLA.  There was also a revival of slavery during the Second Civil War, it was largely directed at southern Christians, on the grounds that Islamic law allegedly allowed it, and also at women, many of whom were kept as sex slaves and repeatedly raped. The Second Civil War ended officially in 2002 with the signing of the Naivasha Agreement. This guaranteed autonomy for the South for 6 years after which a referendum would be help to vote for official independence. This war ended with roughly 2 million people, mostly civilians, dead of drought and famine caused in large parts by the fighting. Still, while the Second Civil War ended in 2005, it overlapped with a crisis that my generation is very familiar with and that is still, technically, ongoing to this day. I am speaking, of course, of the Darfur Genocide that began in 2003 and has not ended to this day. The War in Darfur, which is also sometimes called the Land Cruiser War, because there were a LOT of Toyota Land Cruiser pick up trucks on both sides of the war, began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel groups began fighting against the government of Sudan, which they accused of oppressing Darfur's non-Arab population.  So first let's talk real quick about the SLM and the JEM. When General Omar al-Bashir and the National Islamic Front headed by Dr. Hassan al-Turabi overthrew the Sudanese government led by Ahmed al-Mirghani in 1989. A large section of the population in Darfur, particularly the non-Arab ethnicities in the region, became increasingly marginalized. These feelings were solidified in 2000 by the publication of The Black Book, which detailed the structural inequity in the Sudan that denies non-Arabs equal justice and power sharing. In 2002 Abdul Wahid al-Nur, a lawyer, Ahmad Abdel Shafi Bassey, an education student, and a third man founded the Darfur Liberation Front, which subsequently evolved into the Sudan Liberation Movement and claimed to represent all of the oppressed in the Sudan. The Black Book, also known as The Black Book: Imbalance of Power and Wealth in the Sudan detailed how, despite the Arabic people of North Sudan making up 5.4% of the population they still held 79.5% of the wealth in the nation. So in this context, beyond being a war and genocide based on ethnicity and religion we can see economic reasons for the war. There was a massive disparity between the haves and the have nots, and Karl Marx would tell us that this is the foundation and origin of all of history's great wars.  Now, the Justice and Equality Movement trace their origin to the writers of The Black Book: Imbalance of Power and Wealth in the Sudan, a manuscript published in 2000 that details what it views as the structural inequality in the country; the JEM's founder, Khalil Ibrahim, was one of the authors. The JEM claims to number around 35,000 with an ethnically diverse membership. According to critics it is not the "rainbow of tribes" it claims to be, as most JEM members, including its leader, are from the Zaghawa tribe. The JEM is part of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of groups opposed to the Government of Sudan. The Darfur Genocide has it's roots in the same places as all geocides. One group, who feels themselves superior to all others, decided that the best way to deal with these divisive elements in their society is to try and kill them. We saw the same type of conflict in the Armenian genocide of the early 20th century. The Northern Sudanese government saw the non Arabic elements of South Sudan as threats to their power in the region and so decided to kill them. The use of rape as a tool of genocide has been noted as well. This crime has been carried out by Sudanese government forces and the Janjaweed ("evil men on horseback") paramilitary groups. The actions of the Janjaweed have been described as genocidal rape, with not just women, but children as well. There were also reports of infants being bludgeoned to death, and the sexual mutilation of victims being commonplace. One thing I want to make sure we mention is that the President of Sudan during the Darfur genocide has had arrest warrants issued against him by the ICC. He has been charged with five counts of crimes against humanity: murder, extermination, forcible transfer, torture, and rape; two counts of war crimes: intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population as such or against individual civilians not taking part in hostilities, and pillaging; three counts of genocide: by killing, by causing serious bodily or mental harm, and by deliberately inflicting on each target group conditions of life calculated to bring about the group's physical destruction, allegedly committed at least between 2003 and 2008 in Darfur, Sudan. To this day he remains at large and is not in custody. I say remains at large. We, more or less, know where he is. As of 2019 al-Bashir was ousted from his political role by the RSF in a military coup and jailed in Khartoum. Tensions rose between the RSF and the SLM and in 2023 they erupted, once again, into a civil war in Sudan. This brings us, more or less, up to modern day Sudan and the current conflict. To put it as simply as possible, ethnic and religious tensions between the Arabic north and the Christian south have exploded into a full scale war in a period of drought and famine. Roughly 9 million people have been displaced and pretty much everyone who lives in Sudan is without adequate food and water. The United Arab Emirates, among other nations are actively supporting the RSF in their continued subjugation of South Sudan and are actively contributing to the ongoing Darfur genocide. Roughly 80% of Sudanese hospitals no longer exist, and the World Food Programe has indicated that some 95% of Sudanese people are in a state of massive food insecurity. On 3 August 2023, Amnesty International released its report on the conflict. Titled Death Came To Our Home: War Crimes and Civilian Suffering In Sudan, it documented "mass civilian casualties in both deliberate and indiscriminate attacks" by both the SAF and the RSF, particularly in Khartoum and West Darfur. It also detailed sexual violence against women and girls as young as 12, targeted attacks on civilian facilities such as hospitals and churches, and looting. Early March 2024, the UN Panel of Experts on Sudan, mandated by Resolution 2620 (2022) of the UN Security Council, published their latest report. It described the wide-ranging devastation and violence in the country, caused in many cases by the RSF and associated militias. With regard to war crimes in West Darfur, the report estimated the death rate through ethnic cleansing of the Masalit community in El Geneina between 10,000 and 15,000. In her speech before the Security Council Committee, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Representative to the United Nations, commented: "It is my hope that the sobering report will at long last shake the world from its indifference to the horrors playing out before our eyes." In April 2024, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights released a report into breaches of the Genocide Convention in Darfur. The independent report found that there is "clear and convincing evidence" that the RSF and its allied militias "have committed and are committing genocide against the Masalit," a non-Arab ethnic group, and that all 153 states that have signed the Genocide Convention are "obligated to end complicity in and employ all means reasonably available to prevent and halt the genocide." It goes on to say that there is "clear and convincing evidence" that Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Libya, Chad, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Russia via the actions of the Wagner Group are "complicit in the genocide." The ongoing genocide and refugee crisis in Sudan can, absolutely trace its roots to British imperialism, but beyond that it is part of an ongoing religious conflict between Islam and Christianity dating back all the way to the Crusades. The conflict between the SAF and the RSF is ongoing and shows no signs of slowing down or stopping. While these two groups fight for control over Sudan millions of innocent civilians are dying due to lack of access to food and water. Civil war and genocide is ongoing against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups and against the general non-Arabic Muslim peoples of Sudan. This conflict has been going on for so long that we have all but forgotten about it. I was in high school and engaging in political activism to end the Darfur genocide. This was nearly 20 years ago. I'm old as hell. There are so many horrible crimes and genocides that exist in the world today. Please don't forget about these suffering people. Genocide relies on existing for long enough that it becomes part of the background. None of this is normal. Never again is right now. That's it for this week folks. No new reviews, so let's get right into the outro. Have a Day! w/ The History Wizard is brought to you by me, The History Wizard. If you want to see/hear more of me you can find me on Tiktok @thehistorywizard or on Instagram @the_history_wizard. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to Have a Day! On your pod catcher of choice. The more you do, the more people will be able to listen and learn along with you. Thank you  for sticking around until the end and, as always, Have a Day, and Free Sudan  

El Fasher is the largest city in Sudan's Darfur region. It is also one of the few major cities in Darfur that has not fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the civil war that broke out last year. However, an attack on El Fasher seems imminent. The RSF has surrounded the city and is laying siege to it. The United States, the United Nations, and key players around the world are urging against this impending attack, but it's unclear whether the RSF will be deterred. There are deep concerns for the fate of at least 800,000 people trapped in El Fasher, given that the RSF is a genocidal militia. The RSF is the re-branded Janjaweed Militia, which carried out the Darfur genocide 20 years ago. Since the full-scale civil war in Sudan began in April 2023, the RSF has reprised many of its genocidal tactics, targeting non-Arab ethnicities in Darfur for annihilation. My guest today is Mutasim Ali, Legal Advisor at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. The Wallenberg Centre recently published a report compiling evidence that genocide is ongoing in Darfur, with the RSF perpetrating it against non-Arab groups. We discuss at length how they came to this conclusion. Mutasim Ali is also from El Fasher, so we talk about the looming RSF assault on the city and what, if anything, can be done to prevent this attack. Sudan represents the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. This episode is part of our ongoing series on the atrocities in Darfur and the civil war in Sudan, which is receiving scant media attention despite the sheer scale of this ongoing calamity. Please support our work by becomming a paying supporter of the show: https://www.globaldispatches.org/ 

Today's guests: Prof. Irwin Cotler - International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Canada's first Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism Christian Leuprecht - Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen's University. Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Military Journal. His latest book is Security. Cooperation. Governance. Trevor Tombe - Professor of Economics, and Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy Krystal Churcher - Chair of the Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs, Educational Consultant, and Private Operator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two of the world's top experts on human rights join host Cliff May to discuss the October 7 massacre in Israel — the atrocity carried out by Hamas and backed by Iran's jihadi rulers — and about all that has followed since, in the Middle East, the US, Canada, and elsewhere. They discuss inaction by the United Nations and other international bodies charged with championing human rights not just in the aftermath of 10/7 but throughout recent history, a refresher on why calling Israel an apartheid state is incorrect,  a review of modern genocidal affronts across the international community (made not least of all by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its surrogates), defining the indigeneity of the Jewish people, and more. Irwin CotlerIrwin is a near-legendary champion of human rights. He's carried out that mission as an attorney specializing in international law, as Canada's minister of justice, attorney general, a member of Parliament, a law professor, and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, an organization he founded.He served as counsel to Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, anti-apartheid activist and former South African President Africa Nelson Mandela, the Tutsi people of Rwanda, and many others both famous and not so famous.Last week in Washington, he was awarded the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize.Orde KittrieOrde is a senior fellow at FDD and a law professor at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He also wrote the book Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War, published by Oxford University Press.

Two of the world's top experts on human rights join host Cliff May to discuss the October 7 massacre in Israel — the atrocity carried out by Hamas and backed by Iran's jihadi rulers — and about all that has followed since, in the Middle East, the US, Canada, and elsewhere. They discuss inaction by the United Nations and other international bodies charged with championing human rights not just in the aftermath of 10/7 but throughout recent history, a refresher on why calling Israel an apartheid state is incorrect,  a review of modern genocidal affronts across the international community (made not least of all by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its surrogates), defining the indigeneity of the Jewish people, and more. Irwin CotlerIrwin is a near-legendary champion of human rights. He's carried out that mission as an attorney specializing in international law, as Canada's minister of justice, attorney general, a member of Parliament, a law professor, and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, an organization he founded.He served as counsel to Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, anti-apartheid activist and former South African President Africa Nelson Mandela, the Tutsi people of Rwanda, and many others both famous and not so famous.Last week in Washington, he was awarded the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize.Orde KittrieOrde is a senior fellow at FDD and a law professor at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He also wrote the book Lawfare: Law as a Weapon of War, published by Oxford University Press.

Jewish groups have been asking for is the release of 40 year old documents that have been kept sealed up by numerous governments that hold suspicions on war criminals living in Canada. Will these paper ever be released? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre. He is also Canada's Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 2nd is World Press Freedom Day, and in honour of the occasion, John Oakley is joined by Terry Glavin, a columnist with the National Post, Senior Fellow with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and author of "The Real Story" on Substack. You can listen to the John Oakley Show live and in its entirety weekdays from 3:00 - 6:00pm ET over the air, or on our website www.640toronto.com Got a question a question or comment? We'd love to hear from you at michael@640toronto.com Music for the John Oakley Show podcast composed and produced by Michael Downey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On March 10, 2023, as the UN Commission on the Status of Women convened in New York for the first time since Iran was expelled from that body, UN Watch and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights hosted a side event to pay tribute to those who contributed to this achievement, and to hear from leading voices on how the world can show solidarity for the women of Iran, and the people of Iran.

Today's guests: Terry Glavin - Author, journalist. Ottawa Citizen & National Post columnist. Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights Cameron Hutchison is a law professor at the University of Alberta who teaches and researches in the area of freedom of expression and the public interest Christopher Sands, Director - Wilson Center's Canada Institute Alessandro Massolo, Department of Biology - University of Pisa / Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Terry Glavin, Author, journalist and Columnist for the Ottawa Citizen & National Post. Formerly with Maclean's magazine. And Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to leaks from Canada's intel agency CSIS, China has been meddling in Canada's elections, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was reportedly briefed on this and did nothing to stop it. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about Trudeau's history with China, his father's love of Mao Zedong, and how China's corruption in Canada has become normalized. Joining us in this episode is Terry Glavin, a Canadian journalist who writes a column for the Ottawa Citizen and the National Post. He's also is a senior fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.

Brian interviews Jay Rosenzweig. Jay is an internationally renowned social impact entrepreneur, humanitarian, trained lawyer, and leadership strategist. The founder of Rosenzweig & Company, Rosenzweig is an expert in designing, building and attracting world class teams. We talked about his trip to Kiev, Ukraine to present findings on Genocide and Authoritarianism Regimes as Chair of the Board of Canadian based Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Then Rosenzweig headed to New York to meet Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska, who was speaking to the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

Wenn der Krieg in der Ukraine irgendwann vorbei sein wird, dann muss dieses Land auch wieder aufgebaut werden – mit internationaler Hilfe. Darum geht es bei der zweitägigen Konferenz im schweizerischen Lugano mit Delegationen aus fast 40 Ländern. Der langjährige ARD-Korrespondent Carsten Schmiester sieht dieses Treffen als Zeichen für den Glauben an die Zukunft, an eine freie Ukraine nach dem Krieg. Im Gespräch mit dem NDR Militärexperten Andreas Flocken geht es auch um die militärische Lage im Land und um eine Frage: Hat Moskau wirklich – wie von Kiew beklagt – Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer gegen ihren Willen nach Russland deportiert? “War in Ukraine: Ukrainians deported to Russia beaten and mistreated“ (englisch, BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61248436 “An Independent Legal Analysis of the Russian Federation's Breaches of the Genocide Convention in Ukraine and the Duty to Prevent“ (englisch, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights) https://www.raoulwallenbergcentre.org/images/reports/Report-Russia.pdf   „What to do in case of forced deportation to the territory of Russia: we tell you how to leave“ (englisch, ukrainische Regierung) https://visitukraine.today/blog/468/what-to-do-in-case-of-forced-deportation-to-the-territory-of-russia-we-tell-you-how-to-leave   “Dekret des Präsidenten der Russischen Föderation über berechtigte Personen zur Zulassung zur Staatsbürgerschaft der Russischen Föderation für humanitäre Zwecke“ (englisch, offizielles Internetportal für Rechtsinformationen der Russischen Föderation) http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202205250004#print   Rede des US-Botschafter bei der Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa (OSZE) vor dem Ständigen Rat der Organisation in Wien https://ge.usembassy.gov/the-russian-federations-ongoing-aggression-against-ukraine-2/ Podcast Empfehlung: „Leonora - mit 15 zum IS“ https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/leonora-mit-15-zum-is/66335318/

In this episode of the “Explaining Ukraine” podcast, we ask whether Russian actions in Ukraine amount to genocide. Our guest is Christopher Atwood, a researcher at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University, and a contributor and advisor to a report on Russia's breaches of the genocide convention in Ukraine, recenently published by the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and chief editor of UkraineWorld.org. UkraineWorld is brought to you by Internews Ukraine. Support us on patreon.com/ukraineworld Link to the report: https://newlinesinstitute.org/an-independent-legal-analysis-of-the-russian-federations-breaches-of-the-genocide-convention-in-ukraine-and-the-duty-to-prevent/

Episode Summary:Every once in a while our guest on The Sydcast seems to do everything well. Jay Rosenzweig, this week's guest, is a great example. Entrepreneurial “breathing” is in his bones, whether that means building a major executive search firm, investing in dozens of Web 3.0 startups, or spearheading major initiatives at multiple non-profit organizations (including the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights). Add in music recording artist, publisher of the most important report in Canada on the status of women in leadership, mentor to NBA players and company founders alike, and you start to get the picture. Jay Rosenzweig is all about impact, which makes him the perfect guest for The Sydcast.Sydney Finkelstein Syd Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the Global Thinkers 50 list of top management gurus. Professor Finkelstein's research and consulting work often relies on in-depth and personal interviews with hundreds of people, an experience that led him to create and host his own podcast, The Sydcast, to uncover and share the stories of all sorts of fascinating people in business, sports, entertainment, politics, academia, and everyday life.Jay RosenzweigJay Rosenzweig is an internationally renowned social impact entrepreneur, humanitarian, trained lawyer, and leadership strategist. The founder of Rosenzweig & Company, Rosenzweig is an expert in designing, building, and attracting world-class teams. He consults with public and private companies, including large global corporations; emerging growth to mid-sized businesses; professional services firms; and private equity and venture capital firms. He invests in and advises several leading-edge tech companies across North America and beyond. Rosenzweig has been immersed in global human rights causes for well over two decades and has been internationally recognized for the Annual Rosenzweig Report on equality, which he has published for the past seventeen years. Rosenzweig's Annual Report has received endorsements and contributions from a wide range of leaders and personalities such as Justin Trudeau, Alyssa Milano, Sheryl Sandberg, Mark Cuban, Deepak Chopra, Van Jones, Zainab Salbi, CEOs and Board Chairs of major corporations, and several other artists, humanitarians, politicians and business leaders. He is the Chair of the Board of Irwin Cotler's Raoul Wallenberg Centre For Human Rights. In addition, he sits on a number of other purpose-driven boards supporting causes ranging from healthcare, youth empowerment, refugee protection, and anti-gun violence. Rosenzweig is an outspoken advocate against Antisemitism, racism, and all forms of hate and discrimination. He invests in businesses whose mission is to foster a world that gives equal opportunities for all, including greater access to education, capital, and mobility. Rosenzweig's work has been featured in several publications, including The New York Times, Fast Company, The Guardian, Business Insider, BNN Bloomberg, Cheddar, Bold TV, Digital Trends, Business Rockstars, Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Huffington Post, and Thrive Global. He earned three degrees at McGill University: Philosophy, Civil Law, and Common Law. In addition, he completed the Harvard Law School Negotiation Program, taught by expert negotiator Roger Fisher, author of Getting To Yes. Rosenzweig is an avid songwriter, having collaborated with a number of well-known recording artists. Insights from this EpisodeJay's mindset of curiosityWhat has helped Jay to have an open mind to criticismJay's philosophy to explore the opportunities that life offersJay's professional trajectoryHow did Jay end up working on startups and foundersWhat is the skill set needed to thrive in life and businessWhat is going on in the digital sectorWhat inspired Jay to work towards promoting female leadershipWhat according to Jay's perspective is one of the biggest issues for female workers in the business worldHow Jay was introduced to the music worldQuotes from the Show: “I think for a lot of individuals, and I coach a lot of individuals as well, ego gets in the way and defense mechanisms prevent individuals from actually seeking out criticism” - Jay Rosenzweig [16:41]“I take criticism in an objective way if you will, as a mean of self-improvement even if I receive irrational criticism, I don't let that affect me, so it's a matter of really going more deeply into yourself to understand really the only thing you can control 100% is how you're feeling inside of yourself” - Jay Rosenzweig [17:32]“My philosophy it's always been: when you see these windows of opportunity, when you see these cracks in the door, walk through them” - Jay Rosenzweig [19:50]“Success to me is not based on events that happen or based on results, success to me is because you have no control or very little control of what comes at you very often, so to me, success is how you respond to what is thrown at you” - Jay Rosenzweig [34:20]“The idea is to put a mirror to the corporate world in terms of the iron clad data of what the status of women is in leadership” - Jay Rosenzweig [45:21]“I'd say to myself, it's going to be alright, enjoy the journey” - Jay Rosenzweig [57:54]Stay Connected:Sydney FinkelsteinWebsite: http://thesydcast.comLinkedIn: Sydney FinkelsteinTwitter: @sydfinkelsteinFacebook: The SydcastInstagram: The SydcastJay RosenzweigLinkedIn: Jay RosenzweigWebsite: Jay RosenzweigTwitter: Jay RosenzweigInstagram: Jay RosenzweigSubscribe to our podcast + download each episode on Stitcher, iTunes, and Spotify.This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry.

Brief news update: While Russia advances through the streets of Sieverodonetsk, Ukraine breaks through enemy lines in an offensive on the Kherson region. The US agrees to send Ukraine a new type of long-range rocket artillery after some very confusing negotiations. The branch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine breaks away from Moscow and its future is uncertain. (08:00) We have an interview with Christopher Atwood, a graduate student at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University in New York. He is a co-author of a report by the New Lines Institute and Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights which makes a legal case to classify Russia's atrocities against Ukrainians as a genocide. We give special attention to the role played by Russian media in spreading genocidal rhetoric. Report from New Lines Institute https://newlinesinstitute.org/an-independent-legal-analysis-of-the-russian-federations-breaches-of-the-genocide-convention-in-ukraine-and-the-duty-to-prevent/ Twitter Anthony: @Bartaway Romeo: @VagrantJourno Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Christopher: @tca1_ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Music Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow (Traditional)

An article about how journalists and the media at large has incorrectly covered the unmarked graves found throughout Canada has garnered an enormous amount of attention. What was actually said by the indigenous communities and how did that get misconstrued by the media? Guest: Terry Glavin, Ottawa Citizen & National Post columnist; Contributing Editor, Maclean's magazine; Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights - We are just days away from finding out who will be crowned Premier of Ontario. As that day nears, it seems like the polls are saying one thing while social media is saying another. Does any one party leader have an obvious lead or is it a toss up as to which party will win? Guest: Stephen LeDrew, Political Commentator; Host, The LeDrew Three Minute Interview; Former President, Liberal Party of Canada See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terry Glavin, Author, journalist, Ottawa Citizen & National Post columnist / Contributing editor - Maclean's magazine, Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, co-founder of the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee

Missed the show? No worries, we've got you covered with the ON Point podcast.  On this episode Alex starts off talking about the developing and tragic situation in Ukraine, and how Canada's shift away from being energy independent has only strengthened President Putin, and made Europe weaker. Next, Alex is joined by Terry Glavin, journalist for the Ottawa Citizen &  Columnist for National Post. Contributing editor for Maclean's magazine. Senior Fellow with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Terry tells Alex that when it comes to a political giant and bully like Putin, sanctions just won't cut it. And that unless NATO stands up to Russia and its allies, we could be seeing us on the losing side of any conflict. And finally, Alex speaks with (Ret'd) Major-General David Fraser, President of AEGIS Six Corporation & Former Brigadier-General of NATO Ground Forces in Southern Afghanistan. Alex and Maj-Gen. Fraser break down the recent movements from NATO forces positioning troops along the Ukrainian border, and why the Maj-Gen says that out of his 30 years of service he has never seen things this tense. Let's get talking See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

В этом выпуске Лера и Миша берут интервью у известного российского оппозиционного политика, историка, и публициста Владимира Кара-Мурзы. Они обсуждают перспективы российской оппозиции на ближайшие годы, состояние гражданского общества в России, положение оппозиционной прессы в России, преследование про-демократических активистов и постепенную, но плавную смену риторики президента Путина в отношении демократии и сменяемости власти в Российской Федерации. Мы искренне надеемся что вам понравится! Желаем приятного прослушивания! ABOUT THE GUEST https://www.iri.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iri_honors_heroes_of_democracy_at_2015_freedom_award_3_0.jpg (Image source: IRI. Kara-Murza accepting the Freedom Award on behalf of Boris Nemtsov from Senator John McCain, Nov 2015 https://www.iri.org/news/iri-honors-heroes-of-democracy-at-2015-freedom-award/) Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Кара́-Мурза́, born 7 September 1981) is a Russian opposition politician and Boris Nemtsov's protégé. He serves as vice-chairman of Open Russia, a NGO founded by Russian businessman and former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, which promotes civil society and democracy in Russia. He was elected to the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition in 2012, and served as deputy leader of the People's Freedom Party from 2015 to 2016. He is the author of two documentaries, They Chose Freedom and Nemtsov. As of 2021 he acts as Senior Fellow to the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. He was awarded the Civil Courage Prize in 2018. For the English version of his interview please see here: https://www.slavxradio.com/kara-murza PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on February 9th, 2021 at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! CREDITS Associate Producer/Host: Lera Toropin (@earlportion) Assistant Producer/Host: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Assistant Producer: Zach Johnson Assistant Producer: Sergio Glajar Assistant Producer: Taylor Ham Executive Assistant: Katherine Birch Recording, Editing, and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel Music Producer: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com (Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Uncan, Ketsa, Holizna) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Vladimir Kara-Murza.

On this special episode, we had the opportunity to speak with Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza during his visit to The University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Kara-Murza provides insight into the Russian dissident movement today, perspective on Mr. Putin and US-Russian relations over the last two decades, and personal reflections on the life and legacy of Boris Nemtsov before and after his assassination on February 27, 2015. We hope you enjoy! ABOUT THE GUEST https://www.iri.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iri_honors_heroes_of_democracy_at_2015_freedom_award_3_0.jpg (Image source: IRI. Kara-Murza accepting the Freedom Award on behalf of Boris Nemtsov from Senator John McCain, Nov 2015 https://www.iri.org/news/iri-honors-heroes-of-democracy-at-2015-freedom-award/) Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Кара́-Мурза́, born 7 September 1981) is a Russian opposition politician and Boris Nemtsov's protégé. He serves as vice-chairman of Open Russia, a NGO founded by Russian businessman and former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, which promotes civil society and democracy in Russia. He was elected to the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition in 2012, and served as deputy leader of the People's Freedom Party from 2015 to 2016. He is the author of two documentaries, They Chose Freedom and Nemtsov. As of 2021 he acts as Senior Fellow to the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. He was awarded the Civil Courage Prize in 2018. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on February 9, 2022 at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Kara-Murza appears courtesy of the Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) at UT Austin with support from the Global (Dis)Information Lab (GDIL); the Center for European Studies; and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES). If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! CREDITS Assistant Producer/Host: Zach Johnson Assistant Producer/Host: Taylor Ham Associate Producer: Lera Toropin (@earlportion) Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Assistant Producer: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Assistant Producer: Sergio Glajar Executive Assistant: Katherine Birch Recording, Editing, and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel Music Producer: Charlie Harper (Connect: facebook.com/charlie.harper.1485 Instagram: @charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com (Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Strobotone, Ketsa, Shaolin Dub, Jaco Pastorius, Polkavant) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (Connect: facebook.com/mdanielgeraci Instagram: @michelledaniel86) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Vladimir Kara-Murza.

It's been two years since Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down by Iranian missiles, killing 176 people, most with ties to Canada. We discuss the next steps in getting justice and accountability for the victims with Hamed Esmaeilion, the spokesperson for the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims, who had family members on that flight; and Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and international chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.

The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights hosted a special event to mark the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and Prevention of this Crime. The event was the official Canadian launch of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's new report and consisted of a presentation of the report's findings and a discussion on the role of Canada in helping protect the Uyghur minority in China. Speakers: - Naomi Kikoler, Director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. - Kyle Matthews, Executive Director of Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. - Irwin Cotler, Founder and International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights, former Attorney General of Canada and former Minister of Justice of Canada. - Robert Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief for The Globe and Mail and the host of CTV's "Question Period with The Globe and Mail's Robert Fife." -  Nursiman Abdurashid, Uyghur activist.

Missed the show? No worries, we've got you covered with the ON Point podcast.  On this episode, Alex starts off speaking with Zumretay Arkin, Uyghur-Canadian and Program and Advocacy Manager of the World Uyghur Congress. They talk about the struggles Zumretay went through as her and her family escaped from China years ago, and what lead her to the life of activism she lives now.  Next, Alex talks to John Keogh, Founder and Managing Principal with Shantalla & Professor of Practice at McGill University: Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics. They talk about why food prices are set to skyrocket again next year, and why Canadian families might want to start budgeting for it.  And finally, Alex speaks with Terry Glavin, journalist for the Ottawa Citizen &  Columnist for National Post. Contributing editor for Maclean's magazine. Senior Fellow with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. They talk about what happened to Canada on the global diplomatic stage, and why our diplomatic boycott isn't enough, but it's at least a start. Let's get talking See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terry Glavin, Author, journalist, Ottawa Citizen & National Post columnist / Contributing editor - Maclean's magazine, Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights,  co-founder of the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee

Hostage diplomacy is a term used to describe the practice of detention of foreign citizens by States for diplomatic end. It often involves arbitrary arrest, torture, and ill treatment of those held hostage. In this episode of The REDRESS Podcast we discuss how States use hostage diplomacy for political leverage and its growing prevalence of use by authoritarian regimes in international negotiations, as well as why States should be obliged to use consular protection to shield their nationals from torture abroad. We also hear from Richard Ratcliffe, husband of British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, on why he believes that Nazanin's current arbitrary detention by the Iranian government is attributable to hostage diplomacy. As well as Richard we are joined by Yonah Diamond, Legal Counsel at the Montréal-based Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and Chris Esdaile, Legal Advisor at REDRESS. To find out more about our work, visit: www.redress.org. To sign up to our newsletter, visit: www.redress.org/newsletter-signup. You can subscribe to the podcast on all major podcasting platforms. REDRESS is grateful to Sarah Khan, who presented and produced this podcast.

Irwin Cotler, chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, an Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and longtime Member of Parliament, and an international human rights lawyer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's show, Canada convenes a national antisemitism summit after a rise in hate incidents, Irwin Cotler, Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights has the details. Rupa Subramanya discusses how the Mary Simon language debate highlights tensions between bilingualism and inclusivity. Plus, Jasraj Singh Hallan, the Conservative critic for Immigration, Refugees & Citizenship talks lack of support for Afghan interpreters and support staff who worked with the Canadian Military. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Kilgour is a human rights activist, former lawyer, and Canadian politician. He is a Senior Fellow to the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and co-author of Bloody Harvest: Organ Harvesting of Falun Gong Practitioners in China. What We Discuss with David Kilgour: Who is targeted by the Chinese government for forced organ harvesting, and why? How long has this illicit trade been going on, and who does it benefit? How much does a healthy kidney, heart, or lung go for on this immoral market? Who is Gao Zhisheng, and why is his story important? How these atrocities have been brought to light and what efforts are being undertaken by the international community to put an end to them. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/497 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Evan Solomon discusses Canada's COVID-19 vaccination rollout and timelines.  On today's show:  Guy Giorno, legal advisor to WE Charity, discusses the Kielburgers upcoming testimony before the House of Commons ethics committee. Patrick Balaba explains the situation his family is dealing with while his mother battles severe COVID-19 complications in a Florida hospital.  Professor Irwin Cotler, Chair and Founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, discusses the new independent report claiming China is committing genocide against the Uighurs.  We hear from listeners on Canada's vaccine rollout.  Evan shares his thoughts on the calls to abolish the monarchy following Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah.  We discuss Pepe Le Pew and why this show is accused of promoting rape culture. 

On the first episode of this Rule of Law season, we talked about the rule of law as a “a government of laws and not men”. Our guest on this episode, Professor Irwin Cotler, has his own shorthand for the rule of law: “the pursuit of justice”. If anyone in this world is intimately familiar with the tireless, unrelenting, undaunted pursuit of justice, it is Irwin Cotler – an accomplished academic, renowned international human rights lawyer, former Member of Parliament in Canada, as well as former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Founder and Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, and currently Canada's first ever Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Anti-Semitism. In this episode, we discuss his four decades of serving as counsel for some of the world's most prominent dissidents and political prisoners of conscience, as well as what he sees as worrying signs of a global resurgence in authoritarianism. This episode of The Keeper is supported by Elaine and Jared Genser, and Jim Gottstein, author of The Zyprexa Papers. Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human RightsFor Irwin Cotler, neither a pandemic nor retirement from politics can slow his fight for human rights (The Globe and Mail)Irwin Cotler named special envoy for Holocaust remembrance and the fight against anti-Semitism (CBC)Irwin Cotler speaks at the 2012 Oslo Freedom Forum

Evan Solomon discusses the calls for Canada to declare China is committing genocide against the Uighur population.  On today's show:  Dr. Matthew Oughton, an infectious diseases specialist based at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, weighs-in on Quebec loosening COVID-19 restrictions ahead of March Break. We play Evan's full interview with Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on the new gun control legislation.  Professor Irwin Cotler, the chair and founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, explains why he believes China is committing genocide and how the international community should respond.  We take listeners' texts and calls on 7-Eleven's proposal to serve alcohol in their stores.  Claire McInerny, a reporter with KUT (Austin, Texas NPR station), discusses what's happening in Texas amid the massive snow storm and power outages.  Sylvain Charlebois, a professor in food distribution and policy and the director of the Agri Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, explains why your butter might be harder than usual. 

Jay Rosenzweig, the founding partner of Rosenzweig & Company, is an expert in designing, building and attracting world class teams. He consults to a variety of public and private companies. Prior to joining the search industry, Jay was in the field of law. He earned two law degrees at McGill University and a degree in Philosophy. Jay has been immersed in global human rights and women's rights causes for well over two decades. He is an active board member of Irwin Cotler's Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and has been internationally recognized for the Annual Rosenzweig Report on equality, which he has published for the past 15 years. Jay invests in and advises several leading-edge businesses. He is an avid songwriter, having collaborated with well-known recording artists and written original music for each member of his family. Visit www.rosenzweigco.com & www.jayrosenzweig.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna. Visit www.americameditating.org. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

Jay Rosenzweig, the founding partner of Rosenzweig & Company, is an expert in designing, building and attracting world class teams. He consults to a variety of public and private companies. Prior to joining the search industry, Jay was in the field of law. He earned two law degrees at McGill University and a degree in Philosophy. Jay has been immersed in global human rights and women's rights causes for well over two decades. He is an active board member of Irwin Cotler's Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and has been internationally recognized for the Annual Rosenzweig Report on equality, which he has published for the past 15 years. Jay invests in and advises several leading-edge businesses. He is an avid songwriter, having collaborated with well-known recording artists and written original music for each member of his family. Visit www.rosenzweigco.com & www.jayrosenzweig.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna. Visit www.americameditating.org. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.

This is a conversation with Rayhan Asat and Yonah Diamond, authors of a piece for Foreign Policy entitled "The World's Most Technologically Sophisticated Genocide Is Happening in Xinjiang." In addition to both being lawyers, Rayhan is also the sister of Ekpar Asat who was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese Communist Party in 2016, and she's the president of the American Turkic International Lawyers Association. As for Yonah Diamond, he's legal counsel at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, named after the Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary. Additional links available on thefirethisti.me You can follow the podcast on Twitter @FireTheseTimes. You can follow the other project, Hummus For Thought, on Twitter @LebInterviews. If you like what I do, please consider supporting this project with only 1$ a month on Patreon or on BuyMeACoffee.com. You can also do so directly on PayPal if you prefer. Patreon is for monthly, PayPal is for one-offs and BuyMeACoffee has both options. If you cannot donate you can still help by reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Irwin Cotler is a giant in the field of human rights, most recently as founder and chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. He's also a former McGill professor, parliamentarian, Minister of Justice, and he has dedicated a great deal of his life to defending political prisoners, including as Canadian counsel for Nelson Mandela. In this episode, Nate and Irwin discuss the Wallenberg Centre's current work and human rights concerns around the world, including China's genocide against the Uyghurs, Saudi Arabia's mistreatment of Raif Badawi, Venezuela's systematic use of torture, and more.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's increasingly hardline rule at home and growing assertiveness abroad show few signs of moderating despite recent pushback. If anything, Beijing is becoming more uncompromising — whether it be over the Uighurs in Xinjiang and protests in Hong Kong, or in the South China Sea as its military power grows. Meanwhile, Australian attitudes towards the PRC are hardening. Protests have broken out over Confucius Institutes on university campuses, and there have even been calls to nationalise the Darwin port leased to a Chinese company a few years ago. But can Australia afford to get tougher with China? One in three of our export dollars are earned in Chinese markets and further economic opportunities beckon. Or should the question be: can we afford not to get tougher with the PRC, as the divergence between our values and security interests grows starker? Join human rights advocate and CIS scholar-in-residence Anastasia Lin, chairman of Vantage Asia Holdings and China Matters advisory board member Jason Yat-sen Li, and CIS adjunct scholar and Sydney University political sociologist Salvatore Babones for a discussion of these issues and more. The discussion will be moderated by Sue Windybank, convenor of the CIS China and Free Societies program. Anastasia Lin is a human rights advocate and the 2019 scholar-in-residence at The Centre for Independent Studies. She is also the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's ambassador for China policy and a senior fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. Jason Yat-sen Li is Chairman of Vantage Asia Holdings, a Senate Fellow at the University of Sydney, and an advisory board member of China Matters. Salvatore Babones is a political sociologist at the University of Sydney and an Adjunct Scholar at The Centre for Independent Studies. He is author of the CIS report, The China Student Boom and the Risks It Poses to Australian Universities. Follow the CIS on Twitter @CISOZ or find us on Facebook 'The Centre for Independent Studies' for more updates. http://www.cis.org.au

China uses its trade power as leverage to infiltrate institutions and bully virtually every Western nation. Anastasia Lin knows this firsthand, having grown up in Communist China and faced down the regime as an international human-rights activist. Even after Chinese rights advocates immigrate to the West, the Communist Party uses their family members in China as leverage to silence and intimidate them. The free world should unite to counter Beijing's abuse. Anastasia Lin, an actress and Miss World Canada 2015, is the Centre for Independent Studies scholar-in-residence in 2019. She is the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's ambassador for China policy and a senior fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. In 2015, Lin was denied a Chinese visa to attend the 65th annual Miss World contest on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, because of her outspoken advocacy for human rights and religious freedom in China. Follow the CIS on Twitter @CISOZ or find us on Facebook 'The Centre for Independent Studies' for more updates. http://www.cis.org.au

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Irwin Cotler, Chair at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, Professor Emeritus of Law at McGill University, and Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada joins the show.

At CLBR, we are proud of our record promoting press freedom with guests such as Reporters Without Borders to discuss global press freedom. For the episode on Raif Badawi, we prepared a special backgrounder on human rights in Saudi Arabia. Because of this, CLBR strongly condemns the apparent abduction, torture and murder of  Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Turkey. We also are proud of our record of promoting human rights around the world from China, to Mexico and Saudi Arabia.  This includes a 2016 interview with Human Rights Watch's Kristine Beckerle on Social Media and Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia and an interview earlier this year with Brandon Silver of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights on the campaign to free jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi.