Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet
CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
11 episodes
9 months ago
The battle for democracy will be fought one human rights issue at a time. In this biweekly podcast from the CSIS Human Rights Initiative, host Marti Flacks tackles current events with activists and policymakers at the center of global efforts to promote human rights and build stronger, more sustainable democracies. Share your feedback at humanrights@csis.org.
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The battle for democracy will be fought one human rights issue at a time. In this biweekly podcast from the CSIS Human Rights Initiative, host Marti Flacks tackles current events with activists and policymakers at the center of global efforts to promote human rights and build stronger, more sustainable democracies. Share your feedback at humanrights@csis.org.
Intensifying Repression: Pro-Democracy Activists Executed in Myanmar
Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet
27 minutes
3 years ago
Intensifying Repression: Pro-Democracy Activists Executed in Myanmar
This week’s episode focuses on the shocking executions of four pro-democracy activists in Myanmar. To understand the implications of this event for Myanmar and U.S. policy in Southeast Asia, we speak to Erin Murphy, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow in the CSIS Economics Program. We also discuss the fallout over Hungarian Prime Minister’s remarks about race and a class action lawsuit against Hyundai over allegations of child labor at a factory in Alabama in our news segment.
Additional Resources:
Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening – and Closing, by Erin Murphy: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/burmese-haze/9781952636264
Orban’s remarks and international responses: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-condemns-orbans-racist-anti-europe-speech/
Report on the use of child labor at Hyundai subsidiary in Alabama: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-hyundai-subsidiary-has-used-child-labor-alabama-factory-2022-07-22/
Class action lawsuit against Hyundai: https://www.alabamanews.net/content/uploads/2022/08/v/b/Class-Action.pdf
Intersections: Where Human Rights and Democracy Meet
The battle for democracy will be fought one human rights issue at a time. In this biweekly podcast from the CSIS Human Rights Initiative, host Marti Flacks tackles current events with activists and policymakers at the center of global efforts to promote human rights and build stronger, more sustainable democracies. Share your feedback at humanrights@csis.org.