Podcast

  • June 15, 2011
    Chinese government officials block children from getting accurate test results or treatment for lead poisoning. With HRW's Dr. Joe Amon and Dr. Mary Jean Brown, chief of CDC's Lead Poisoning and Prevention Program.

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  • June 3, 2011
    People with disabilities are often left out of discussions about HIV prevention and treatment. Myroslava Tataryn and Winstone Zulu are trying to change this. Amy Costello reports.

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  • May 27, 2011
    Andrea Holley and Amy Costello preview Love Crimes of Kabul and 12 Angry Lebanese. Both documentaries take place inside prisons; they're playing at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York, which opens on June 16.

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  • May 20, 2011
    Amy Costello speaks with HRW's Andrea Holley about two documentaries that take on controversial issues of terrorism in times of conflict. They're playing at the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film festival, which opens in New York on June 16.

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  • May 11, 2011
    A new report shows that Ukraine is far behind the rest of Europe when it comes to providing morphine. With Diederik Lohman and Dr. Victoria Tymoshevska.

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  • May 6, 2011
    From France's ban on the niqab -- a face covering worn by some Muslim women -- to a call for all Chechen women to wear headscarves, an increasing number of European states are trying to dictate the way women dress. With HRW's Veronika Szente Goldston and Tanya Lokshina.

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  • April 29, 2011
    The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei won't make the opening of his latest show in New York. He's being held by Chinese authorities. Many lesser-known Chinese lawyers and bloggers are also being detained; some are disappeared. With HRW's Sophie Richardson.

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  • April 25, 2011
    Bahrain's protests were shut down by authorities last month; since then there's been a brutal crackdown on dissent. HRW's Faraz Sanei has more.

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  • April 4, 2011
    The United States is one of the only countries in the world that doesn't offer paid parental leave. Veteran public radio reporter Anne Garrels looks at what this means for American families.

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  • March 23, 2011
    The Green Wave is a documentary about the 2009 protests in Iran. Amy Costello talks to Ali Samadi Ahadi about the film, which is playing at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in London.

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  • March 16, 2011
    During Guatemala's brutal civil war, filmmaker Pamela Yates captured damning footage of the Guatemalan military's campaign against Mayan civilians. Twenty-five years later, her footage became evidence in an international war-crimes case against the former commander of the army. Her quest for justice is the subject of her new film, Granito, which is playing at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in London this month.

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  • March 7, 2011
    It wasn't long ago that women's rights activists struggled to be accepted in the human rights movement. HRW's Liesl Gerntholtz and Dorothy Thomas look at how far we've come. Reported by Miriam Wells.

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  • February 18, 2011
    Access to pain relief is practically non-existent in most of the developing world. The issue isn't cost. Morphine is relatively cheap. In this special report, Anne Garrels explains how the human rights movement is making the case for palliative care.

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  • February 18, 2011
    The Lord's Resistance Army began in Uganda more than 20 years ago. The group kills civilians and abducts children to fill its ranks. In this special report, veteran public radio journalist Anne Garrels explores what it would take to stop the LRA.

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  • February 11, 2011
    Despite the recent release of Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's first general election in two decades, Burma-watchers say there's been little real change. Anne Garrels reports.

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  • February 4, 2011
    HRW's Heba Morayef shares her audio diary from a tumultuous week in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

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  • January 31, 2011
    HRW researcher Maria Burnett reports on the funeral of Ugandan LGBT activist David Kato. Burnett says the funeral was disrupted when a preacher spewed anti-gay sentiments. Kato was a leading voice in the fight against Uganda's controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

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  • January 21, 2011
    Every year, hundreds of thousands of women leave their homes in Asia and Africa for jobs as domestic workers in the Middle East. When they face exploitation and violence there is little hope for justice. Veteran public radio journalist Anne Garrels filed this report for our new series on the state of human rights in 2011.

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  • January 6, 2011
    A Human Rights Watch report shows that Ethiopia's government has used foreign aid to bankroll repression. Now some donor nations may be taking a closer look at the way the East African country punishes perceived dissidents. Amy Costello speaks with HRW's Africa researcher Ben Rawlence.

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  • December 21, 2010
    A coalition of human rights groups says the recent Egyptian parliamentary elections were rigged. HRW's Heba Morayef says citizen journalists have helped to document fraud and violence there. Amy Costello hosts.

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