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On Friday Oct 5, Brian Broqueza and Jim Hutchings discussed the upcoming Human Rights Film Festival and Regional Amnesty International Conference happening next week in Regina.

On Friday Sept 28, Gordon Barnes and Jim Hutchings spoke with Brenda Dubois about her involvement with the Stolen Sisters Vigil.  She tells us why she continues to be active and volunteer with this organization and why we should pay attention.

Groundbreaking innovation is happening in the Regina Public School system as evidenced by a Social Justice class starting this year at Campus Regina Public.  Gord Barnes and Jim Hutchings spoke with enthusiastic students and staff from Campus Regina Public about how the Social Justice class was conceived as a part of an initiative to make school more meaningful for students.

This week Halena Seiferling was wearing two hats for the Human Rights Radio show.  In addition to co-hosting today's show, Halena is part of a trio of activists who are passionate about the politics of food and who want the public to be more aware of where their food comes from and how it is produced.  Our special guests this week were Kay Neidermayer and Allison Doan who, along with Halena, were instrumental in organizing the Field 2 Fork Festival,  September 19th to the 22nd.  We talk about issues in the global food system and what we can do to address problems in the system.

Gord Barnes and Jim Hutchings hosted this weeks Human Rights Radio with special guests Shannon McNabb and Katrina Smith, both First Nations activists who have the goal of making everyone aware of the treaties between the Government of Canada and First Nations people and how these treaties define the obligations of both parties, Canada and First Nations, to each other.

Due to computer issues, the first half of the program was not recorded.  The podcast consists of the complete second half of the program.

On this week's programme, Halena Seiferling and Jim Hutchings talk with Aurora Elig and Patience Umereweneza, members of the World University Services of Canada (WUSC) at the University of Regina.   One of the things WUSC does is run a Student Refugee Program where they provide funds for refugee students from around the world to come and study at the University of Regina.  We talk about the programme, about the new refugee students newly arrived in Regina and about refugee rights in general.

Today Gordon Barnes and Jim Hutchings discuss events in Russia since the arrest, detention, and trial of three feminist punk rockers.  "Pussy Riot" performed a song critical of Vladimir Putin in an Orthodox Christian cathedral and was sentenced to two years in prison for "hooliganism".  Their treatment has sparked outrage both in Russia and around the world.  They also touch on other Human Rights issues and upcoming events for Regina's Amnesty International Group 91.

On July 20^th, Halena Seiferling talked with John Petrogen, former boardmember for RPIRG and two current RPIRG board members, Anna Webber and Andrea Nelson, about “Generating Momentum”, a four day activist leadership training camp hosted by The Regina Public Interest Research Group (RPIRG) and the Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC)

We are in the second week of Arms Trade Treaty talks at the UN in New York City with talks expected to continue to the end of July.  Gord Barnes and Jim Hutchings talk about why a strong Arms Trade Treaty is needed and how there are currently more regulations about the trade in bananas than there are in weapons.  Contact your MP and tell them you want our government to take a strong stand for effective arms control. Click here to find out more.

Human Rights Radio talks to Dave Mitchell, former editor of Briarpatch magazine and co-editor of "Beautiful Trouble",  http://beautifultrouble.org/ .  Dave discusses how he became involved in the project which eventually became a reader for activists, or would be activists.  If you belong to a group trying to achieve public awareness for issues that need discussion and action, get the book!