Ahead of COP27, Egyptian human rights defenders Mona Seif and Mohamed Lotfy join Birgit Schwarz to discuss the fight for freedom in Egypt and the authorities' attempts to curb all protest and criticism.
Rishi Sunak faces a herculean task ahead of him. In this conversation, we discuss the new United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Cabinet and the serious concerns for the direction of the government and human rights. With Yasmine Ahmed, Kartik Raj, and Anthony Gale.
How are laws and policies used to limit freedom of assembly, speech, and civil society? Ahead of the upcoming US midterm elections, we discuss SLAPP litigation and how court manipulation is used to try to chill civil society activity in the United States and South Africa — with Amanda Klasing, Leanne Govindsamy, and Krystal Two Bulls.
Ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, LGBT Qataris are raising the alarm on abuses they have endured by security forces in Qatar. HRW’s Rothna Begum moderates this discussion with HRW researcher Rasha Younes and Qatari LGBT rights activist Dr. Nasser Mohamed.
HRW is joined by the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy to discuss a recently released report on the serious and persistent human rights violations underlying the convictions and death sentences of eight men in Bahrain.
