"As the horrific human rights abuses of ISIS increase by the day
how much do you know about them?
Who are ISIS? Where did they come from? How did they get such a foothold so fast? What role has social media played in their rise to prominence?
In this podcast we reveal the story behind the headlines with contributions from:
Donatella Rovera, who heads up Amnesty’s field investigations into life under ISIS.
Kristian Benedict, Amnesty’s UK Crisis Response Manager.
Professor Peter Neumann - Professor of Security Studies at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, and serves as Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation.
Farah Pandith - Harvard University fellow and was appointed the first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities in June 2009 by Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton.
Amil Khan - An international political communications advisor and consultant, specialising in the Middle East.
Zahid Ali Akbar - Human Rights Director at The Association of British Muslims.
Thanks to DemocracyNow! for allowing us to use their news clips in this podcast.
Find out more at: www.amnesty.org.uk/nutshell
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