Human Rights, African Stories
This podcast is about human rights and features Kenyan and Nigerian journalists, communicators, and campaigners who are working on the frontline. You'll learn about killer cops; bar room brawls; bandits; violent spouses; and corruption. But it’s also about the people who tell their stories. Written, produced and presented by Nick Raistrick for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
Podcasting since 2022 • 7 episodes
Human Rights, African Stories
Latest Episodes
Ep 6 Meet the team...
We should avoid the kind of senseless reporting that leads to helplessness; we should stop, reflect, verify. And we should collaborate across borders. In this episode project partners reflect on the future of human rights journalism...
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Episode 6
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ep 5 Reporting domestic violence
Why don't women leave violent relationships? It's complex; Nigerian journalist Caroline Ameh has been covering the issue in her reporting, and finds that religion, economics, and community expectations play a part.For some...
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Episode 5
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ep 4 Hawker Harassment: 'The Right To Work'
Hawkers are everywhere in Nairobi; they are the people who sell things but don't have shops. From SIM cards to kitchenware, you can stop a hawker and buy lost anything. But their livelihood is precarious, as we find out from Hellen Sh...
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Episode 4
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ep 3 Modern Day Banditry
It’s not just innocents getting caught in the crossfire; the security situation in Nigeria means that armed gangs are carrying out raids with impunity. Anibe Idajili was funded by the IWPR to report on how the rights of children are...
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Episode 3
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ep 2 'They started shooting sporadically'
Life, liberty and security of person [part two]Why do some people in uniform behave with immunity?Qosim Suleiman is a Nigerian journalist who covered the story of an incident involving off-duty airmen, an argument over a gir...
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Episode 2
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