In this episode, legal director at the Haitian Bridge Alliance, Nicole Phillips, discusses her decades long experiences working in international human rights advocacy, particularly in internal displacement camps (IDB) in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake that devastated the country’s capital, Port au Prince. Nicole and I also explored the importance…
In this episode, Payal Shah’03, Payal defines human rights as “what is needed for individuals to live with dignity” and what that looks like in her role as the director of the program on sexual violence in conflict zones at Physicians for Human Rights. We also explore critical tools that work together…
In this episode, co-founder of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), Brian Concannon, discusses his experiences as a human rights lawyer working hands on in Haiti alongside the Office of International Lawyers (Bureau des avocats internationaux). We also explore the current political state of Haiti, international actors and decisions…
Despite its frequent usage in everyday discourse, the concept and application(s) of human rights can be quite elusive. It is typically assumed that human rights are a set of objective rights that are endowed to every person regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion and citizenship status. Human…
This episode of War News Radio is a two-part coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The first part is a recount of the events leading up to this shocking conflict as told by Professor Weinberg, an expert in Russian and European history. The second part is the testimony of…
Local journalists in Afghanistan have the power to expose the reality of life under Taliban rule. Seeking control over the media’s narrative, the Taliban poses a major threat to these journalists, whose jobs and safety are at risk. In this episode of War News Radio, we interviewed Faisal Karimi, a…
This episode of War News Radio investigates the Tigray war in Ethiopia. The civil war has been ongoing since 2020 and has had huge human costs, despite very little press coverage of the conflict. We interviewed Professor Emily Paddon Rhoads, a political science professor at Swarthmore College who specializes in…
This episode of War News Radio features Taufiq Azamy, an Afghan refugee-turned-doctor who discusses his personal experience of being a refugee, including fleeing Afghanistan in 1982, contending with the identity of being a refugee, the emotional impact, visits back to his homeland, and the current need to help refugees across…
With the Taliban’s recent takeover of Afghanistan, musicians have been fearful of their safety. During the Taliban’s previous rule, music was completely banned, and musician’s lives were in danger, and now citizens are concerned again that music poses a risk. In this episode of War News Radio, we spoke with…
With the end of American involvement in the War in Afghanistan, it is time to reflect on how this war came to be, a conflict spanning half a century and countless different phases. This episode of War New Radio will be looking at the history of one of the longest…