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Verba Manent is a podcast production team run by a diverse selection of university students. Aside from listening to our weekly selection of shows, you can promote your own initiatives or research projects on our platform. We also organize workshops where you can exchange with show-guests and the audience. You can find us on facebook and instagram @verbamanent.pod.
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The military junta in Myanmar seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Since then, military authorities have cracked down on protests and dissent, killing some 1,269 people and arresting more than 10,000, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an advocacy group monitoring the situation. Rights of citizens were suddenly suspended and free speech became a dangerous road to tread upon. The numbers of journalists arrested vary, going from at least forty seven and into potential hundreds. The American journalist Danny Fenster, who recently made it back home from behind Burmese bars was one of the lucky few who have been able to escape the tyranny that Myanmar finds itself in.
The international human rights law protects and defends human rights which are premised on the fundamental right to life. However, a right to a dignified life does not seem to include a right to a dignified end. More controversial is whether doctors or anyone else has the right to make medically informed decisions about whether death would serve some terminally ill patients better than trying to keep them alive, and how such decisions will transform societies. All these debates were put to the foreground of American society in 1915, when doctor Haiselden allowed a deformed newborn to die.
The Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated while at the Saudi Consulate of Istanbul on October 2, 2018. Despite being close to the Saudi royalty, and even maintaining a friendship with Osama bin Laden, he progressively drifted apart from their mentality and entertained pro-democracy ideas. Although now solved, his case remains controversial to this day.
A migrant domestic worker who came to Lebanon when she was a teenager faced extreme abuse at the hands of her employers for over 10 years. From having her salary withheld to being cut-off from having contact with the outside world, Sajita Lama is one of many abused domestic workers in Lebanon that was inhumanely treated and is still currently seeking justice for the atrocities committed against her.
“A man once told me that to be a leader in this country, one needs to carry a coffin at all times.” Such is the current state of dangerosity human rights defenders and social leaders face in Colombia. The once praised 2016 peace accord passed between the government and the biggest armed group of the country proves meaningless as massacres rose, leaving once again the country in chaos and bloodbath, as the state is rendered powerless.
LINK: https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/02/10/left-undefended/killings-rights-defenders-colombias-remote-communities?fbclid=IwAR0-ZVo2klWfbWtBH3CgG00kMjRLSuis7xndKF86ibgv2Xm7CHwMcb7V4KE
You’re scrolling through instagram on a lazy evening and you come across Rania, your classmate, announcing online that she is planning to visit home for a while and asking her followers what medicines they need that she could bring back from France. She asks you and her friends from university for donations, anything, and you wonder what kind of home she must be flying back to.
This is the reality for Lebanese people worldwide: expats and visitors scrambling to send back resources and medication to their struggling friends and family, and even strangers, back home in Lebanon. It could seem that the country is running on the charity of its sizable diaspora, which is only growing by the day as masses of Lebanese are emigrating to what they hope is a brighter future. How are the patients in Lebanon coping, and what can be done for them?
Criminal justice in the US
Ever since the 2013 coup in Egypt, an increase in the harassment of journalists, bloggers, activists and now TikTok content creators posed the question of discrimination, especially since the targetted people are almost all women. While the government is accused of constantly monitoring the way women are represented in media (cinema, TV, and other arts), TikTok video makers are accused of promoting values contradicting those of the family.
LINK: https://www.change.org/p/free-egypt-s-tiktok-women
In war-torn Afghanistan, history repeats itself. In 2021, as in 1996, the situation of women is threatened by the Taliban forces. Learn more about Zahra Joya, a journalist who through her work, fights against the discrimination of women in her country.
Some ressources:
- after-the-taliban-takeover-will-an-all-female-afghan-news-site-survive
36_Zahra-Joya.pdf
- https://chuffed.org/project/reporting-on-issues-that-affect-afghan-women-is-expensive-rukhshana-media-needs-your-help
Writers: Kaya and Isis
Speaker: Mason
Producer: Morinne
One of the hardest parts of moving into a new city is integrating into the local community. This is even more challenging if you are in a big metropolis and you don’t speak the language. As a result, you might end up in bubbles that are too thick to burst. Having been in Seoul for quite some time, Nolan and Mackenzie share their thoughts about meeting new people as international students in a foreign country.
Breaking down the key ideas of one of the most famous works in recent years, Piketty's Capital in the 21st century, we'll look at how wealth and income inequality has surged in the past decades. What do these changes imply for the system of meritocracy and people's social mobility? What does Piketty propose to do to counter the rising social and economic inequality? Tune in to the first episode of Inkling, a brand new and ambitious book review programme in search of the good life in good writing.
Yeah we all procrastinate. It took me a month to upload this podcast online. But is it really a problem? Of course, not all procrastination is born equal, scrolling for one hour is not the same as gossiping with your best friend. With Fred and Miriam we discussed about when our procrastination instincts kick in.Things we suggested throughout the show :1. The flight simulator function of Google Eart2. The "Unhook" extension on Firefox to get rid of shorts on youtube on your pc3. A song : LA FEMME - Telegraphe4. Another song : Robert Miles - Children5. Dumplings from the swabia region of germany6. German bread (give a chance to it!)
Writing a thesis is an unique experience that comes with its own practical and emotional challenges. It's like escalating a mountain, but when you start you have no idea where the peak is, what trail you should take and what will you encounter along it. In this episode, I talk about this journey with Fred and Mariam, who were both writing a thesis at the same time as I was.
The transition to a sustainable economy needs effective representation in order to be fair. The Federation of Young European Greens offers a space for youth voices to be amplified. In this episode I had a chat with Luca Guidi, who is running as co-spokesperson for the FYEG.
Food is deeply interlinked with community building, offering opportunities for socialization and encouraging the creation of patterns of co-dependency and cultural exchange. We discussed this with Buddhist Nun Bop Yo Sunim.
Food makes you homesick quick. In a very chaotic episode featuring Kenza, Fede and Elias, we talked about how our eating habits have changed and what we miss from home. We also cover extensively the relation of Fede with his hamster.
We are all critical towards social media, but we can't live without them. We discussed about this paradox, and some solutions to it.
We all live Seoul in different ways, finding our own spaces and rituals within it. Today, we talk about those spaces with Cerni and Andrew.
When chat GPT came, we all panicked : the age of machine superiority had finally come. Now, after a few months, we have a more realistic sense of what AI can do, and what are its limits. From cheating to boosted productivity and emotional support : we talk about the potential of AI in education and love realtions with Tori and Su from South Korea.
When you have a two months long break and you are based in Seoul there is one thing you do : travel! Today Juliette, Marcos and Martin share with us their experiences, their "oh I am going to die" moments and ofcourse some tips on how to make the best out of your trip. Because we are getting cooler and cooler, we even added games to the show now (sheeesh!).
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