Welcome to another episode of Let's Talk Human Rights! In this month’s episode we present the most impactful news of 2021 which shook the world!

We discuss the Afghanistan crisis; the war in Afghanistan which started in 2021 and ends in 2021 as the  last U.S. military forces depart Afghanistan, leaving it under Taliban rule. Furthermore we talk about the 2021 fall of Kabul;  the capture of Afghanistan's capital city by the Taliban on 15 August 2021. We discuss various aspects of international law that lead up to this. Listen to find out  what  the agreement between the US and the Taliban lead to?

Moreover, we touch upon China’s crimes against humanity. China has subjected more than a million Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other Muslims to mass detention, surveillance, and torture in Xinjiang, which began in 2017. China routinely denies all accusations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang. The US state department has previously described China's actions in Xinjiang as a genocide, and the parliaments of the UK, Canada, Netherlands and Lithuania have passed resolutions making the same declaration. But why can't  China get investigated by an international legal body?

Another important issue we comment on is the Myanmar military coup protest. The military seized control on 1 February 2021 on the morning the elected party National League for Democracy was going to start its second term in office. Foreign journalists have been barred from reporting in Myanmar since the coup, and most non-state media outlets have been shut down, making on-the-ground reporting all but impossible. In July the Myanmar military started carrying out mass killings of civilians after the fighting between the military and civilian-military groups was intensifying. But how were women treated during the military coup protest?

To find out more on these topics but also on some positive and really hopeful changes which happened in 2021, make sure to listen till the end! We hope you enjoy it!