6 ABR. 2024 · In an with Sarah Glynn, Leendert Verbeek shares critical observations from the Council of Europe's election mission in Turkey, highlighting concerns over press freedom, biased media and undemocratic electoral processes.

5 ABR. 2024 · Sarah Glynn talks to one of two Scottish women who came to observe the elections at the invitiation of the DEM Party. Hazel describes the militarisation of the region and the psychological pressure on voters. She witnessed the mass voting by soldiers brought in from outside the region, and saw the anger and worry in Şirnak (Şirnex) after their election was stolen by imported votes. And she emphasises the power of Kurdish resistance.

23 AGO. 2023 · As we approach the anniversary of Jina Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s “Morality Police”, Sarah Glynn talked politics with Gordyaen Jermayi, a human rights activist originally from Rojhelat or East Kurdistan - the part that's in Iran. Below are some highlights – lightly edited for clarity. You can listen to the interview at the link above.

7 AGO. 2023 · With tightening immigration rules leading to ever more catastrophes, political rhetoric hardening, and more and more of the world being made uninhabitable, Sarah Glynn talks politics with two researchers who've written critically about migration control, Manja Petrovska and Nidžara Ahmetašević. Manja is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam, and Eur Asian Border Lab, where she focuses on how the European Union has outsourced its border controls. Nidžara is a journalist from Sarajevo, who writes about human rights, migration, war crimes and the role of the media.

12 JUN. 2023 · Sarah Glynn talks politics with Rojîn Mûkrîyan, who chaired the first session of the conference on Iran that was held at the European Parliament in Brussels last week.

26 MAY. 2023 · Sarah Glynn sat down to talk with Catalan MP Laura Castel about their call for the Council of Europe to help facilitate a new peace process that would have to involve Abdullah Öcalan.

22 MAR. 2023 · Delal Aydin talks to Sarah Glynn on Newroz in Kurdish culture and politics in this latest podcast interview. She describes how Newroz has evolved into a symbol for Kurdish resistance.

16 NOV. 2022 · The morning after Sunday’s bomb attack in Istanbul, which killed 6 and injured 81 more, the Turkish government had already arrested the ‘culprit’ and put the blame on the PKK and the YPG. Sarah Glynn asked Brussels-based lawyer, Selma Benkhilifa, to apply her analytical skills to these claims and to the Turkish government’s whole official scenario.

19 MAY. 2022 · -Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons refuses to investigate Turkey’s alleged chemical weapon use, despite being presented with a report yesterday in the Hague, and despite 'samples of earth, hair and clothing' from affected areas readily available for testing.

9 MAY. 2022 · Why Sinn Féin’s win matters - Senator Paul Gavan answers our questions about the Northern Ireland Assembly election.