Month: July 2020

Tasnim Nazeer is an award-winning journalist, author, producer and creative writer who has written for a variety of print and online publications including The Huffington Post, Al Jazeera English, The Guardian, TRT World, BBC Radio 2 and many more. This conversation covers: 1) The life as a mother, a wife, a human rights activist, a British Muslim journalist and writer2) Islamophobia in the Western countries such as France and UK3) The politics and racism of her ancestral birthplace of Sri Lanka and4) Rohingya genocide

A conversation with Professor C. R. Abrar, Chair of Odhikar (Rights), Bangladeshi human rights watchdog, on the FRC Genocide Podcast Series covers: 1) Bangladesh state’s persecution of the Urdu speaking Bengalis in Dhaka branded as “traitors”2) Myanmar’s continuing genocide of Rohingya people3) Odhikar’s human rights monitoring work and4) Research and activism on refugee and migratory movements Dr. C R Abrar is the Executive Director of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), the premier migration think tank in Bangladesh. He taught International Relations at the University of Dhaka for four decades. His areas of research and advocacy include Rohingya refugees,

Imran GardaBorn in South Africa with more than a decade and a half of experience presenting and producing for international television and digital media  Imran. Currently based in Istanbul.Host of The Newsmakers, the flagship current affairs show of TRT World and an award-winning author.Also presenter of the documentary series Crossing the Line and Focal Point (including films inside North Korea and embedded with the KKK). Also served as Acting Executive Producer. Former host of Third Rail on Al Jazeera America in NYC and senior presenter and producer on AJ+ in San Francisco. Helped launch AJ+ and served as Acting Executive Producer