Rights on the Line

About Rights on the Line

Rights on the Line is an exclusive human rights podcast produced by Front Line Defenders, presenting the voices, perspectives and experiences of human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk and focusing on human rights issues across the globe.

Publisher

Front Line Defenders

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jan 2012

Latest episode

14 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

66 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Nov 2025

   Interview with Singaporian HRD Lawyer Ravi Madasamy: the death penalty, being disbarred, and more.

   Send us a text In this episode, we chat to Ravi Madasamy, better known as M. Ravi, an international human rights lawyer in Singapore, who was recently disbarred as a result of his human rights work. He has argued in favour of landmark human rights and constitutional law cases regarding the mandatory death penalty, freedom of expression, defamation laws, freedom of assembly, and more. M. Ravi is also the founding member of the Anti‐Death Penalty Asia Network and the Singapore Anti‐Death ...

2. 

   4 Jul 2025

   Roots of Resistance: Indigenous Women Defending Human Rights and Reimagining Power in Africa

   Janepher Baitwamasa and Ilaria Potipa Loonkolia discuss the unique challenges indigenous African women face as they defend human rights, resist land grabs, and fight for justice in this interview.

3. 

   5 Feb 2025

   All about Digital Rights with Mona Shtaya

   Mona Shtaya is a pioneering digital rights defender with more than a decade of experience. Her advocacy and campaigning has resulted in exposing digital discrimination against oppressed people, building coalitions, and mobilising groups to hold governments and tech giants accountable. In this episode she talks about: - What it means to be a digital rights defender (1:00 +) - Challenges in the digital space in the MENA region (4:00 +) - The (mis)use of laws to criminalise HRDs online (8:00) -&...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

951,141

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

80

Social presence

97

YouTube

86

Engagement

81

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Guest appearances

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