Rights on the Line is an exclusive human rights podcast produced by Front Line Defenders, presenting the voices, perspectives and experiences of human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk and focusing on human rights issues across the globe.
Send us a text Episode 9 - Watched & Monitored: Protecting HRDs from Surveillance- FLD Intro: 00:00 - 01:20- Hussein Radhi, Bahrain: 01:20 - 04:38- BIll Marczak, The Citizen Lab, Canada: 04:39 - 16:11- Tahir Imran, Pakistan: 16:12 -30:02- Zehida Bihorac, Bosnia & Herzegovina: 30:03 - 36:02 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinedefenders/
Send us a text Episode 8 - HRDs & Wellbeing: Rest & Respite For Resiliency- FLD Intro: 00:00 - 01:50- Abdifatah Hassan Ali, Somalia: 01:50 - 13:05- Anna Sharyhina, Ukraine: 13:05 - 18:41- Atziri Avila, Mexico: 18:42 -24:50With the global pandemic continuing to impose social distancing and other changes to our lives, human rights defenders are increasingly dealing with new types of stress, on top of the regular barrage of threats, harassment and smearing, among other risks and threats.In ...
Send us a text Season 2, Episode 7 - HRDs Defending Digital Space- FLD Intro: 00:00 - 01:18- Rabah Nouami, Morocco: 01:18 - 09:42- Larisa Schmillevitch, Brazil: 09:43 - 22:45- Asan 'AJ', South Sudan,: 22:46 - 29:31- HRD, Sri Lanka: 29:32 - 39:54In this episode of the Front Line Defenders podcast Rights on the Line, we’ll hear from human rights defenders in Morocco, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, and Brazil talk about the unique online threats to their work and when the significance of digital protectio...
Send us a text Season 2, Episode 6 - Hong Kong MomentThis episode takes us to Hong Kong, where citizens are facing an unprecedented crisis brought on by China’s announcement that it would introduce new national security legislation to control the territory. Hong Kong saw a massive uprising of protest in 2019 against what was seen as moves by the Chinese government to infringe on the basic freedoms enjoyed in the city-state. It was the second mass movement in the decade, following the Umbrella Mo...
Send us a text Episodio SP 1 - COVID-19, Respuestas de los Gobiernos & Las Defensoras de Derechos Humanos en América Latina- FLD Intro: 00:00 - 02:52- Sara García Gross, El Salvador: 02:52 - 07:52- Manuela Roya, Chile: 07:52 - 15:41- Miriam Miranda, Honduras: 15:41 - 31:04- María Ciro: 31:04 - 40:28Front Line Defenders presenta una edición especial del podcast Rights on the Line, enfocándose en las defensoras de derechos humanos en América Latina con el episodio completo en español.Hasta el ...
Send us a text Season 2, Episode 5 - The COVID-19 Crisis & Prisons in Iran- FLD Intro: 00:00 - 02:02- Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Prize Winner & Lawyer: 02:03 - 05:03- Roya Boroumand, Executive DIrector, AB Center: 05:03 - 20:44(including testimonies from Iranian prisoners)This episode of Rights on the Line focuses on the prison situation in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is a collaboration between Front Line Defenders and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran, a non-...
Send us a text Season 2, Episode 4 - COVID-19, HRDs & Government Response: Focus on India- FLD Intro: 00:00 - 04:22- Gayatri Khandhadai, Tamil Nadu: 04:22 - 24:48- Anindya Hajra, West Bengal: 24:48 - 37:25- Sadam Hanjabam, Manipur: 37:25 - 50:32- HRD, Kashmir: 50:32 - 1:08:58India has not been hit as hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as other countries, at least not in official statistics. While undercounting might be due to lack of available testing, the steps the Indian government took, includ...
Send us a text Season 2, Episode 3 - When COVID-19 Cleared the Streets:What Next for Social Protests in Chile, Iraq & Algeria?- FLD Intro: 00:00 - 01:38- Interview Manuela Royo, Chile: 01:38 - 09:49- Interview with Mariam Al-Ashbal, Iraq: 09:49 - 16:23- Interview with Leila Chaimaa Souama, Algeria: 16:23 - 21:53Across the globe, 2019 was the year of packed squares and swarming streets, as tens of thousands of people gathered or marched to protest against deep economic inequality, call for gr...
Send us a text Season 2, Episode 2 - COVID-19 & HRDs: Defending the Marginalized - China, Poland & Rohingya In Bangladesh- FLD Intro: 00:00 - 02:07- Interview with Lu Pin, China: 02:07 - 16:03- Interview with Karolina Wieckiewicz, Poland: 16:04 - 27:01- Interview with Rohingya HRD, Bangladesh: 27:02 - 31:52Across the world, human rights defenders are adapting to life under the COVID-19 pandemic and working to both continue their regular work and also to provide additional support to grou...
Send us a text www.frontlinedefenders.orgSeason 2, Episode 1FLD Intro: 00:00 - 02:51Interview with Yara Hawari, Palestine: 02:51 - 12:48Interview with William Amanzuru, Uganda: 12:48 - 26:36Interview with Sara García Gross, El Salvador: 26:36 - 33:03As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, and communities seek to protect themselves however they can, governments are being challenged to respond. While the vast majority of governments have not done well in initial responses, some have bee...
Send us a text #UDHR70 Listen to this episode of #RightsOnTheLinePodcast to hear HRDs reflect firsthand on the importance of - and limitations of - UN Declarations on the 70th anniversary of the UN Declaration on #HumanRights and 20th anniversary of the Declaration on #HumanRightsDefenders. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinedefenders/
Send us a text Rights on the Line brings you a brief bulletin from Paris today where a hundred and fifty human rights defenders from across the globe have gathered for the Human Rights Defenders World Summit. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinedefenders/
Send us a text Brazilian human rights defender Pâmella Passos. Pamella spent six weeks in Dublin as part of Front Line Defenders’ Rest and Respite program earlier this summer, just months after the death of her friend and well-known human rights defender and councilwoman Marielle Franco, who was murdered in Rio de Janeiro in on the 14th of March. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinedefenders/...
Send us a text On this episode we talk about elections and how they can impact human rights defenders. By looking at some of the federal elections that have taken place this year, we’ll be able to see the different and nuanced ways political changes at the national level can impact the situation for those fighting for human rights in that country. Over the next half hour we’ll be moving region to region across the globe to discuss recent elections in Mexico, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Cambodia. Foll...
Send us a text Front Line Defenders boardmember Arnold Tsunga speaks from Mozambique today, to give update on the situation in Zimbabwe following Monday's presidential election. Six people have been killed by police who fired at protestors with live rounds, tear gas and water cannons. In addition to the violent response to demonstrations, there are reports of the military preemptively targeting Human Rights Defenders to prevent dissent. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontline...
Send us a text Today, Rights on the Line brings you a brief bulletin on the current election in Zimbabwe. Front Line Defenders Boardmember, Africa Director of the International Commission of Jurists and Executive Director of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Arnold Tsunga, has returned to Zimbabwe to participate in today’s federal election. Arnold, who is part of a team conducting election monitoring, spoke with Rights on the Line from a polling station in Mutare earlier today to update us on h...
Send us a text On 20 June, at an event alongside the United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, Front Line Defenders released a report on the killings of HRDs wordlwide. Focusing on the six countries with the highest number of killings, and by that we mean targeted attacks, assassinations, extrajudicial killing by the state or authorities. To bring you additional insight into this issue, Rights on the Line spoke to human rights defenders from Mexico, the Philippines and Brazil, three...
Send us a text While in town to meet with legislators on the potential Occupied Territories Bill, Palestinian human rights defender Shawan Jabarin sat down with Rights on the Line to discuss his work defending human rights in Palestine as well as responsibility of the international community to intervene and advocate on behalf of those subject to actions that violate international human rights law. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinedefenders/...
Send us a text #LGBTRights On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, Rights on the Line brings you three interviews with three LGBTI rights defenders. Listen to hear them speak about the work they do, the consequences they face for their advocacy and the unique challenges LGBTI defenders face within the human rights movement. Tune in to hear from:Anouar Rahmani, independent novelist and LGBT rights defender in AlgeriaBlessol Gathoni, LGBT activist and community organ...
Send us a text On the 70th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel, known as al Nakba, or the catatrsophe, as it resulted in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian people. Today marks 70 years of the existence of this state and it’s apartheid regime that routinely violates the human rights of Palestinian people, international law and United Nations conventions. To mark this day, Rights on the Line brings you three interviews with advocates of human rights in Palestin...
Send us a text On this episode of Rights on the Line, we’ll be discussing some of the risks faced by environmental rights defenders advocating against large-scale development projects. We'll hear from two HRDs, Francisco Simon Francisco of Guatemala and Nelson La Madrid in Bolivia. We also spoke to Front Line Defenders' Head of Protection Ed O'Donovan and HRD Visibility Coordinator Maria San Martin. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinedefenders/...
Send us a text For International Women’s Day, we’re handing the mic over to a few of many WHRDs who work every day of the year for their own rights and the rights of their communities. Tune in to hear these WHRDs speak about their work as human rights defenders:Ruth Komuntale #Uganda #LandRightsGraciela Pérez Rodriguez #Mexico #ImpunityEmel Kurma #Turkey #Civil&Political Rights Sindy Joyce #Ireland #IndigenousRightsTasneem Ahmed Taha Zaki #Sudan #WomensRightsKimsor Lim #Cambodia #Environemnt...
Send us a text Valentine’s Day. Self Care. Duty of Care. Human rights. How do these these connect? Listen to the debut episode of Rights on the Line, produced by Front Line Defenders, to hear about award-winning Brazilian human rights defender Raull Santiago’s work in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, how it impacts his family life and his experience on Front Line Defenders Rest & Respite program.Raull Santiago is a human rights defender from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In March 2014, he co-founded the ...
Send us a text Valentine’s Day. Self Care. Duty of Care. Human rights. How do these these connect? Listen this Friday to the debut episode of Rights on the Line, produced by Front Line Defenders, to hear about award-winning Brazilian human rights defender Raull Santiago’s work in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, how it impacts his family life and his experience on Front Line Defenders Rest & Respite program. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinedefenders/...
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