Human rights

Lose your fear, dissident Nicaraguan diplomat says
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
24 March 2022
Australian national, 83, dies in Iranian prison
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Middle East
Posted
22 March 2022
British-US national held in Iran on hunger strike
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UK
Posted
21 March 2022
Sri Lanka tests UN's patience on human rights
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Asia
Posted
19 March 2022
The Law Show. Libel tourism. Audio, 29 minutes
Has silencing journalists with libel claims now become harder? And: new UK class actions.
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BBC Radio 4
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Saudi blogger freed after decade in prison
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Middle East
Posted
11 March 2022
Witness History. Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi. Audio, 9 minutes
The Iranian human rights lawyer who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003: Dr Shirin Ebadi
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Women’s history. Audio, 42 minutes
The Clean Break theatre company, sex strikes, East European feminism: Naomi Paxton hosts
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BBC Radio 4
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Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Women’s history. Audio, 42 minutes
The Clean Break theatre company, sex strikes, East European feminism: Naomi Paxton hosts
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
A gay hotel on a repressive island
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
14 February 2022
Egypt prisoners 'tortured to give up names'
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Middle East
Posted
12 February 2022
Amnesty report calls Israel an apartheid state
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Middle East
Posted
1 February 2022
The Documentary Podcast. Women building peace: Bosnia-Herzegovina. Audio, 24 minutes
Can lessons from past atrocities help resolve the current political crisis?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
'I've been assaulted over 300 times' Video, 00:02:31
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UK
Posted
29 January 2022
British 'hitman' guilty of plotting to kill activist
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Asia
Posted
28 January 2022
Cuba says more than 700 charged over protests
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
26 January 2022
Third journalist killed this year in Mexico
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
24 January 2022
Taliban begin talks with Western officials
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Asia
Posted
24 January 2022
Everard vigil group takes Met Police to High Court
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London
Posted
19 January 2022
Olympics tempt businesses to ignore Uyghur abuses
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China
Posted
19 January 2022
Colombia saw 145 activists killed in 2021 - official
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
18 January 2022
The tragic death of dissident Iranian poet, Baktash Abtin. Newshour. Audio, 00:06:03
Baktash Abtin died in detention in Tehran after contracting Covid-19
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BBC
Posted
15 January 2022
The Sports Desk. Beijing 2022: human rights and athlete activists. Audio, 45 minutes
How alleged human rights abuses in China are casting a shadow over the Beijing Olympics.
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BBC Sounds
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Taliban ban long road trips for solo women
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Asia
Posted
27 December 2021