Filmon Debru, The Price of Freedom from Eritrea’s Iron Grip
In this episode, recorded at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum, Eritrean human rights activist and software developer Filmon Debru recounts his experience in the expansive human trafficking cycle. Since his...
16 Sep 202214min
Jewher Ilham, Until Every Uyghur is Free
In this episode, recorded at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum, we hear from author and Uyghur advocate Jewher Ilham about the widespread use of Uyghur forced labor and how the international community must ...
9 Sep 202212min
Carine Kanimba & Michela Wrong, The Long Tentacles of Rwanda’s Dictatorship
In this episode, recorded at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum, we hear a conversation between renowned journalist Michaela Wrong and Carine Kanimba, an activist and daughter of Hotel Rwanda’s Paul Rusesaba...
2 Sep 202220min
Youth Mobilizing in Exile: Standing Up Against the CCP
Over the past several decades, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has relentlessly attacked human rights in order to advance its political goals. This episode explores how youth in the diaspora are gra...
26 Aug 20221h 8min
Rally for Belarus
In this episode, recorded at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum, we hear from three Belarusian activists –– Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Veronica Tsepkalo & Tatsiana Khomich –– who have spent years fighting cor...
19 Aug 202224min
Areej al-Sadhan, #freesadhan
In this episode, recorded at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum, we hear from Areej al-Sadhan, a Saudi activist and sister of Red Crescent humanitarian worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, who disappeared in 2018 d...
12 Aug 202214min
From Rhetoric to Action: Bukele’s Erosion of Democracy in El Salvador
After nearly two decades of democracy, El Salvador’s democratic institutions find themselves, once again, under siege. President Nayib Bukele has achieved extreme popularity, fueled by populist rhetor...
5 Aug 202248min
Lucy Kassa, Ethiopia’s Murky War
In this episode, recorded at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum, Ethiopian investigative journalist Lucy Kassa discusses her extensive reporting on the war in Ethiopia, and the power journalism holds to expo...
29 Jul 202212min
