Join us for a discussion of war, peacebuilding, and the problem of vested interests in Colombia and Latin America with veteran peace-maker and long-time human rights activist Louise Winstanley, the Programme and Advocacy Manager of ABColombia, a UK-based human rights organization.Louise discusses:Right-wing tactics of repression in Latin America;Obstacles to documentation of evidence of atrocity;The ongoing dire situation of human rights defenders and environmental activists in Colombia,...

Irene and Elisa do a deep dive into recent news on genocide and settler colonialism with technical producer Raffi Zarzatian. Among other things, they discuss how societies can truly transform themselves in the midst of long-term genocidal institutions, including Germany, the United States, Canada, and Israel.

On the day of the arrests of internationally-known Palestinian activists Muna and Mohammad El-Kurd in East Jerusalem, we are joined by Fadi Quran, campaign director at Avaaz and global human rights advocate, for a moving, in-depth, and inspirational discussion about the challenges of living under Apartheid in Israel-Palestine and the way forward to ensure the security and the dignity of both Palestinians and Jews in the region. We discuss Sheikh Jarrah, the settlements, the "80/20 strategy"...

In this episode, Anti-Genocide Coffee Break podcast hosts speak with Dr. Gurgen Petrossian, LL.M. (Heidelberg), a senior researcher at Frederick Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany, and head of its International Criminal Law Research Group. He is also Chairperson of the German-Armenian Lawyers' Association.We speak with Dr. Petrossian about the German Armenian Lawyers Association and a new claim they have submitted against Azerbaijan in the German courts for war crimes and crimes...

Irene and Elisa discuss genocide prevention in Iraq with Iraqi human rights activist, Ranin Taher. In particular they discuss ISIS's persecution of Iraqi Christians within the wider framework of ISIS's violence against religious and national minorities in Nineveh and Sinjar, making the case that ISIS committed genocide against Christians. Also discussed is the current political situation in Iraq, including the violent state response to national protests by the country's youth.

Dr. Marina Mchitarian Lazaridou, Armenian-Greek artist and human rights advocate, joins us for a discussion of the importance of cultural heritage, the impact of its destruction, and the role played by cultural preservation in peacebuidling. Along the way we also discuss the power of memory, of stories, of symbols, and of peace work.We also briefly discuss news updates, including:- UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's statement that Israel may have committed war crimes during its recent...

When ISIS overtook the Shengal region of northern Iraq in August 2014, it massacred Ezidi men, older women, and older boys and kidnapped women, girls, and young boys. Since then, the Ezidi community has worked tirelessly to locate and rescue the captive women and children and welcome them back into the community. The painful legal and communal question of how to define the belonging of children born of genocidal rape has lingered, causing great hardship to the mothers and children involved as...

Irene and Elisa are back to discuss the Iraq Project's May 8 Statement on Israeli violence in Jerusalem, in which we protest the genocidal violence directed at Palestinians and Palestinian life. We talk about how we make the decision to use the term genocidal and genocide, and what it means to identify genocidal patterns in conflict. We also discuss our ongoing work in Iraq, sharing stories from our work there in 2016 and 2017.

The team is back for another in-depth conversation with Maung Zarni about the Myanmar military (the Tatmadaw) and how it became so powerful; the reasons popular support for the Tatmadaw evaporated after the February coup; the emergence of a revitalized and inclusive civil society in Myanmar; and what you can do right now to support this civil society (see below for more on that!).Irene and Elisa also bring you up-to-date on the news, including:A Guardian investigation that links illegal EU...

Join us in an interview with Assyrian-Armenian scholar and human rights advocate Dr. Anahit Khosroeva to discuss US President Joe Biden's April 24, 2021 recognition of the Armenian Genocide. We discuss the history of Armenian Genocide recognition in the United States, the implications of Biden's decision, the importance of recognition to reconciliaton, and the relevance of this recognition to Armenia's future, to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, and to the wider Christian world in the Middle...

Join the Anti-Genocide Coffee Break team f0r an interview with Burmese scholar-activist Maung Zarni, who discusses the relationship between scholarship, activism, and truth-telling; his childhood in Burma; his formative influences, especially his mother and father; his decision to pursue activism against the autocratic Myanmar state; and the seismic shift that has occurred in Myanmar since the February 2021 military coup. We also discuss recent news, including:Leaked cables that show neglect...

Co-hosts Elisa von Joeden-Forgey and Irene Massimino welcome guest co-host Luciana Minassian, Argentine lawyer and Assistant Professor at the University of Buenos Aires Law School, to discuss the Second Artskah War and Azerbaijan's new Military Trophy Park, which includes displays of helmets of killed Armenian soldiers and racist wax figures depicting Armenian soldiers in various positions, including poses that suggest they are in the process of dying or already dead.Luciana shared her...

n this episode we discuss Turkish foreign policy, the position of Armenia in the global order, the war in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), the Grey Wolves terrorist organization, anti-Armenianism, and the way forward for the Middle East.The hosts dedicate this podcast to Yeghia Tashjian's father, Sarkis Tashjian.Among other things, our interview covers:- Yeghia's early life in Lebanon and introduction to politics;- Turkish-Azerbaijan military collaboration and Turkey's involvement in the Second...

In this episode we speak with Dr. Amy Beam, expert on the Yezidi genocide and author of the book, The Last Yezidi Genocide (available at Amazon.com). Dr. Beam has spent many years working closely with the Yezidi people since ISIS's 2014 invasion of the Shengal territory in Northern Iraq, which led to a genocide against the Yezidi people that is still ongoing.Dr. Beam speaks with us about the regional politics that created and empowered ISIS, the controversy surrounding the pullout of the...

Global affairs expert Yeghia Tashjian speaks to us about global politics, Turkish foreign policy, hard and soft power, indigenous solidarity in the Middle East, and Armenia's future in episode 5 of our podcast. The full episode will be published on Sunday, April 4 and is available for our Patreon subscribers. Subscriptions start at only $2/month. Please join us!

Co-hosts Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Irene Victoria Massimino, and Hoshman Ismail engage in a wide-ranging discussion of the news of the past two weeks, including news from Brazil, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, France, Rwanda, Turkey and Iraq, and do a deeper dive into the pandemic and inequality.

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Co-hosts Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Irene Massimino, and Hoshman Ismail return to discuss recent news across the world related to genocide, to do a deep dive into Turkish foreign policy, and offer a quick update on Iraq.To commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Halabja genocide on March 16, Hoshman shares his experiences as a ten year old boy during the chemical attacks. Other news briefly mentioned are the new report from the nonpartisan US-based Newslines Institute for Strategy and Policy...

Co-hosts Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Irene Massimino, and Hoshman Ismail introduce the Anti-Genocide Coffee Break: A Multinational Podcast. They also discuss the Iraq Project for Genocide Prevention (IPG) and Pope Francis's recent visit to Iraq!Along the way, Elisa reads the Al Jazeera Op-Ed written by Cal State professor Ibrahim Al-Marashi entitled "Pope Francis’s Visit to Iraq: Beyond the Symbolism" in which he argues that "Interfaith dialogue is important, but the fate of Iraqi minorities is...