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FirstCast is a podcast by Human Rights First, providing news and in-depth analysis on human rights issues around the globe.
United Nations Abandons Global Blasphemy Code4-1-2011 Listen to this week’s podcast and learn more about the decision of the United Nations to abandon global blasphemy code. This move marks an important shift away from efforts at the U.N. to create an international blasphemy code, something that has for the past decade been supported by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). |
King Hearings and anti-Muslim Discrimination3-14-2011 Find out more about the controversy around the anti-Muslim rhetoric in the lead-in to the hearing, including excerpts from key participants in this debate and some of the experts from the military who explain why this approach is counterproductive. |
Egyptian Military Must Submit to Civilian Control3-3-2011  Egyptian Military Must Submit to Civilian Control [ 4 min 38 s | 1.59 MB ] Play in Popup | Download (115)The Egyptian military has benefited tremendously from state patronage, such as business operations and preferential access to housing, leisure clubs and others, and they are not willing to give them up so easily. In order for Egypt to transition into democracy, the military rulers must be willing to share power with civilians and ultimately submit to civilian control. Listen to our podcast that outlines steps toward democratic change in Egypt. |
“Mubarakism Without Mubarak” is No Solution to Egypt2-12-2011 “Mubarakism Without Mubarak” is No Solution to Egypt [ 4 min 03 s | 1.39 MB ] Play in Popup | Download (105)After eighteen days of protests in Cairo and across Egypt, Egyptian President Mubarak has stepped down. Protests calling for democracy and human rights have made history and put an end to thirty years of authoritarian, repressive, and often brutal rule. Listen to this week’s podcast to find out what benchmarks are needed to move forward with Egypt’s democratic reforms. |
Egypt Protests Demand End to Repressive Regime2-5-2011 Egypt Protests Demand End to Repressive Regime [ 5 min 37 s | 1.93 MB ] Play in Popup | Download (107)Human Rights First has been working with frontline activists in Egypt for decades, including some who spent years in jail for the cause of democracy and human rights. In this week’s podcast, Human Rights First comments on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s thirty-year regime and the change in Egypt’s political climate that made way to recent uprisings and call for democracy. |
