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Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AIs vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights ens... more
FAQs about Amnesty International Podcasts:How many episodes does Amnesty International Podcasts have?The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.
March 06, 2011The Arms Trade Treaty, women's rights and intimidation of war crimes witnesses in CroatiaThis months Amnesty International Podcast features the work Amnesty International have been doing at the Arms Trade Treat discussions in New York. An interview with Widney Brown Amnesty International Senior Director of Law Policy on Women's rights. There is also a feature on war crimes witnesses in Croatia and the difficulties they face....more12minPlay
February 04, 2011Egypt and the impact of social media, Tom Stoppard on Belarus and Safty for Haitian womenIn this months Podcast we hear from our research team on the ground in Egypt and discuss the human rights impact social media is having in the region. We’ll also have playwright Tom Stoppard speaking about the assault on human rights taking place in Belarus. We then have a feature from Haiti where we recently launched a report on the dangers for women in camps after the earthquake there more than a year ago....more12minPlay
December 02, 2010Aung San Suu Kyi, partliamentary elections in Eygypt and Igor SutyaginThis months podcast features an interview with Aung San Suu Kyi, a feature on the recent partliamentary elections in Eygypt and an interview with recently released prisoner of conscience, Igor Sutyagin....more17minPlay
November 02, 2010Forced evictions in Port Harcourt, Nigera, torture and detention in Iraq and Serbia Pride March 2010This months podcast includes a feature report on forced eviction and violence in Port Harcourt, Nigeria; interviews with LGBT activists in Serbia who took part in the Pride March earlier this month and also an in-depth look at this years Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo....more13minPlay
October 04, 2010'Maternal Death Clock' Times Square, Brazilian community fight pressure to move and Detentions and Torture in IraqThis months podcast includes a report from Salil Shetty, Secretary General Amnesty International from Times Square at the unveiling of the ‘Maternal Mortality Death Clock’. The clock counted the number of women that die unnecessarily during child birth whilst the Millennium Development Goals Summit took place. The podcast also includes a film for Eduardo Campos, Governor of Pernambuco state in Brazil whilst he decides the fate of 53 families in Sirinhaém in the coming weeks. And finally, an update about the latest Amnesty International Report on Unlawful Detention and Torture in Iraq....more17minPlay
September 03, 2010Prisoners of Conscience, Mexican Human rights Defender and Roma Education in SlovakiaThis months podcast includes a feature on Prisoners of Conscience, Mexican Human rights Defenders and Roma Education in Slovakia....more18minPlay
August 02, 2010Repression in Cuba, Banning the Burqa and Gambian prisonsThis months podcast includes a feature on repression in Cuba with musicians, bloggers and activists, an interview with John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International's researcher on discrimination in Europe on the French plans to ban the Burqa, and finally, some chilling accounts from Gambians on their experiences in prison....more13minPlay
July 02, 2010Interview with Salil Shety, Human rights in north west Pakistan and Burma journalists under threatThis months podcast has an interview with the new Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty, A report on the human rights situation in the north west region of Pakistan and finishes with Amnesty International UK's 2010 Award for journalism under threat which was given the the independent journalists of Burma. It also includes clips from the musician Moby and a Troy Davis demonstration outside the US Embassy in London....more12minPlay
May 27, 2010Annual Report 2010: Repression and injustice flourish as power politics condemn millions to human rights abuses.The Amnesty International Podcast is a hosted show featuring recent Amnesty International news stories, reports, campaigns and events. Amnesty International Report 2010: State of the World's Human Rights, documents abuses in 159 countries, the organization said that powerful governments are blocking advances in international justice by standing above the law on human rights, shielding allies from criticism and acting only when politically convenient....more10minPlay
March 30, 2010World Congress Against the Death Penalty, Womens Rights in Afghanistan and 'Tools of Torture' weapons trading on the European market.The Amnesty International Podcast is a hosted show featuring recent Amnesty International news stories, reports, campaigns and events. This release includes a short report from the World Congress Against the Death Penalty which took place in Geneva, interviews with Piers Bannister Amnesty International death penalty co-ordinator and Curtis Macarty fromer death row prisioner. Also in the podcast we have a story on the most dangerous place in the world to be a women, Afghanistan. It looks at Womens rights since the fall of the Taliban and has interviews with Horia Mosadiq Amnesty International Afghanistan researcher and Human rights defender Mrs Gulaly Habib. The podcast ends with an interview with Mike Lewis Amnesty International Military Security and Police Specialist. He talks about the recent Amnesty International report 'From Words to Deeds' which looks at the trade of weapons used for tourture....more14minPlay
FAQs about Amnesty International Podcasts:How many episodes does Amnesty International Podcasts have?The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.