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Russia Continues to Enable Mass Atrocities in Syria

7-5-2012

Russia Continues to Enable Mass Atrocities in Syria [ 10 min 06 s | 9.27 MB ] Play in Popup | Download (7261)

Despite relentless assaults by the Syrian regime on civilian populations, there is still no international arms embargo on Syria. This is largely due to Russia’s insistence on blocking such a measure at the UN Security Council. In this week’s FirstCast, a Human Rights First podcast, we focus on the escalating violence in Syria and the Russian state arms dealer–Rosoboronexport–which continues to arm the Syrian regime with weapons.

Broken System: A Look at U.S. Immigration Detention

2-8-2012

Broken System: A Look at U.S. Immigration Detention [ 13 min 01 s | 12.04 MB ] Play in Popup | Download (13352)

In this special edition of Firstcast, we feature the voices of a recently detained asylum seeker, whom we can call…

Defense Bill Puts U.S. National Security at Risk

10-31-2011

Defense Bill Puts U.S. National Security at Risk [ 7 min 15 s | 6.73 MB ] Play in Popup | Download (9604)

In this week’s FirstCast, we talk about the controversial National Defense Authorization Act, an annual defense bill currently being considered by the Senate which has provisions that would limit the ability of the U.S. government to deal with terrorism suspects. Human Rights First has been working to make sure that these provisions are removed from the bill since day one and have launched a campaign this summer to educate Congress about the dangers of passing them.

Tortured Bahraini Women Show Why U.S. Arms Sale Must Stop

10-18-2011

Tortured Bahraini Women Show Why U.S. Arms Sale Must Stop [ 19 min 05 s | 17.58 MB ] Play in Popup | Download (4472)

In this special edition of FirstCast, we feature the voices of two brave women who have been detained the longest in Bahrain in connection to the crackdown of pro-democracy advocates. Roula al-Safar is a nurse, a humanitarian, and the head of the Bahrain Nursing Association who was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jalila al-Salman is a teacher and vice president of the Bahrain Teachers Association. She was sentenced to three years in prison.

Anti-Extremist Laws in Russia Misused to Target Human Rights, Religious Groups

10-8-2011

Anti-Extremist Law in Russia Targets Neo-Nazis and Human Rights Groups [ 12 min 17 s | 11.27 MB ] Play in Popup | Download (8419)

While Russia’s heightened prosecution of ultranationalist groups resulted in a decrease of violent hate crime, law enforcement and prosecutorial officials also use the same legislation to persecute nonviolent government critics including journalist, independent media and human rights organizations and religious organizations–draining resources away from police units tasked with combating real threats of racist violence.
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