In this podcast, Peter Tatchell discusses with host George Cooper his ongoing campaign for LGBT+ rights and his experience with this struggle. He recounts the inside story of his one-man protest in Moscow against Russian treatment of LGBT+ people in 2018, the UK's transphobia problem, reviewing government threats to the Human Rights Act 1998, and the upcoming 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Read moreEpisode 7: The Lawyers At The Forefront Of The Refugee Crisis
Philip Worthington, Managing Director of European Lawyers in Lesvos, talks to Rosie about how his organisation has been a legal lifeline to 12,000 asylum seekers in the camps in Greece.
Read moreEpisode 6: Disorder in the International Order
Rosie and Priyanka Chirimar discuss the #metoo movement within international aid organisations and why she wants to focus on hope.
Read moreEpisode 5: A Conversation With Emma Vogelmann: A Disability Rights Activist
A conversation with Emma Vogelmann about disability rights in the mainstream human rights discourse
Read moreEpisode 4: A conversation with Mohammed Badran: Changing the refugee narrative
Mohammed speaks about the challenges he faced as a refugee as he left Syria for a safer life in the Netherlands. He is committed to ensuring that the discourse around migration and refugees is positive and inclusive.
Read moreEpisode 3: A Conversation With Jewher Ilham: “Free My Father” – China’s Repression of the Uyghurs
Jewher's father was detained by the Chinese authorities as a result of speaking up for the Uyghar people. Jewher has been campaigning for his release, as well as an end to the persecution endured by 1 million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China.
Read moreEpisode 2: How Human Rights Pulse started
Aqsa and Inder, the co-founders of Human Rights Pulse, discuss how the project started and their visions for it as it continues to grow and attract global attention.
Read moreEpisode 1: A Conversation With Hibo Wardere: The Fight To End Female Genital Mutilation
Hibo needs the international community to do more in demanding complicit governments to enact stricter laws to criminalise FGM, as well as set out on a mass education campaign to raise awareness about its devastating impact on women and girls.
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