Rights Watch

Dr. Nada Dhaif was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison in Bahrain. Among her "crimes:" setting up a medical tent to treat protesters. Meanwhile, the United States and other allies have failed to speak out against crackdowns and unfair trials in Bahrain, says Josh Colangelo-Bryan.

A conflicted border guard and a desperate African migrant face off in Color of the Ocean, a thriller that's playing at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London. With HRW's Jude Sunderland and host Amy Costello.

The Price of Sex

Voices from Tahrir: Building a Nation

This special edition of Rights Watch marks the one-year anniversary of the Tahrir Square uprisings. Host Heba Morayef brings listeners back to the early days of demonstrations in Tahrir Square. Activists who were there tell how and when they realized they were participating in a revolution that would bring down a president. Produced by Barrett Golding of Hearing Voices in collaboration with Human Rights Watch.

Find out why Guantanamo remains open and how US counter-terrorism policy is threatening rights at home and abroad. With HRW's Andrea Prasow and Behar Azmy of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Residents of Alabama speak out on the state's new punitive immigrant law. With HRW's Grace Meng.

Nearly half of all women in Yemen were married as children. Even in the midst of the country's political upheaval, human rights defenders are pushing for legislation that help make early marriage illegal. With Nadya Khalife of Human Rights Watch and Yemeni human rights lawyer Shada Nasser.

Children as young as six are working in toxic conditions in Mali's artisanal gold mines. This gold makes into the international market with little oversight from companies or the government. HRW's Juliane Kippenberg reports.

Burma's repressive regime has promised reforms. Human Rights Watch's David Mathieson says there have been some surprising openings in political and press freedoms in Burma, but the country still has a long way to go.

During Zambia's recent election the country's new president promised to stand up to the Chinese-state companies that run the country's copper mines. Human Rights Watch's Matt Wells says the long hours and dangerous conditions are a lot like those back in China.

Doctors and other medical professionals in Bahrain were sentenced to prison time after they treated protesters; the United States and other allies have said little about Bahrain's crackdown. With Dr. Zahra Al-Sammak and Human Rights Watch's Joe Stork.

Several mass graves have been uncovered in Libya. But with the country in turmoil, forensic evidence is at risk of being destroyed or lost. Stefan Schmitt of Physicians for Human Rights and HRW's Fred Abrahams discuss the need to halt exhumations and protect grave sites in order to pursue justice.

Civilians in Côte d’Ivoire suffered through six months of violence after last year's disputed elections. Human Rights Watch has found that war crimes and likely crimes against humanity were committed by both sides in the conflict. We hear from survivors on the ground and HRW's Matt Wells.

Transgender rights are getting some attention in the Netherlands, where there's a push to amend a law that requires people to have surgery and become sterilized in order to officially change their gender. With HRW's Boris Dittrich and Thomas Wormgoor, who works with the Transgender Network in the Netherlands.