A conversation on the health and environmental impact of plastic waste in Turkey, and why a ban of plastic waste exports is an important part of the solution. HRW’s Krista Shennum is joined by Dr. Sedat Gündoğdu and MEP Cyrus Engerer, with moderation by Birgit Schwarz.
HRW crisis and conflict researcher Belkis Wille joins Andrew Stroehlein to discuss torture by Russian occupying forces in recently liberated Izium, Ukraine.
On September 30, an attack on an educational center in Kabul, Afghanistan, left more than 100 students dead or injured. Most of them were girls. Join HRW’s Fereshta Abbasi and Sahar Fetrat in conversation with Birgit Schwarz.
As Brazilians head to the polls, HRW discusses tactics of fear, intimidation, or misinformation targeting voters in Brazil, as well as in the US state of Georgia ahead of the 2022 United States midterms. HRW's Amanda Klasing moderates this conversation with Aklima Khondoker, Chief Legal Officer of the New Georgia Project, and Maria Laura Canineu, Brazil Director, HRW.
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in a hospital in Tehran after being arrested by the “morality police” for wearing an “improper hijab” has sparked protests in several cities and universities in Iran. What is the significance of these protests? Join us to discuss the growing popular discontent with compulsory hijab laws and what it means for the future.
