Maya Foa's guest appearances

Maya Foa

Amanpour

Woman's Hour

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

Human Rights Pulse - The Passion Factor (Pursuing a Career in Human Rights)

Isabel Allende

Helen Lewis

Sharon Horgan

Greta Gerwig

Sally Wainwright

Fran Lebowitz

Jayde Adams

CHRIS MORRIS

Maria Ressa

Nadhim Zahawi

Richard Ratcliffe

Steve Coogan

Patrick Radden Keefe

Gordon Brown

Michaela Coel

OwlTail

Maya Foa is the Joint Executive Director at the London based human rights charity, Reprieve, where she leads a team of lawyers fighting against grave human rights abuses. Maya has conducted extensive advocacy before governments of Europe, the United States and regional and international bodies and has served as an expert advisor to the European Commission. Maya has been recognised for her work internationally and, in 2019, was selected as a World Economic Forum Young Leader and, in 2015, was awarded a Soros Justice Fellowship for her pioneering work on the death penalty. She is a frequent voice and commentator in the media. Maya studied French and Italian literature at Oxford University and did a postgraduate degree in Law. In this interview we discuss Maya’s early career in the theatre world, concepts of ‘hero human rights lawyers’,  the story behind a candidate’s CV, networking and Maya’s typical work day.

Maya Foa is the Joint Executive Director at the London based human rights charity, Reprieve, where she leads a team of lawyers fighting against grave human rights abuses. Maya has conducted extensive advocacy before governments of Europe, the United States and regional and international bodies and has served as an expert advisor to the European Commission. Maya has been recognised for her work internationally and, in 2019, was selected as a World Economic Forum Young Leader and, in 2015, was awarded a Soros Justice Fellowship for her pioneering work on the death penalty. She is a frequent voice and commentator in the media. Maya studied French and Italian literature at Oxford University and did a postgraduate degree in Law. In this interview we discuss Maya’s early career in the theatre world, concepts of ‘hero human rights lawyers’,  the story behind a candidate’s CV, networking and Maya’s typical work day.

"Know that there is a lot to learn if you are starting out in your career" - A conversation with Maya Foa, Deputy Director of Reprieve 

Andrew Mitchell

Betty Webb

Jacqui Oatley

Ben Bloom

Anita Rani talks to Boss Morris the all-female Morris dancing team based in Gloucester who'll be marking May Day by leading a livestreamed dance.  We hear from Bletchley Park veteran Betty Webb and discuss the issue of female football commentary and whether it needs to should  become more critical as the success of the game develops.  Around 15 British families remain detained in North East Syria.   A new report released today by the NGO Reprieve suggests that the majority of British women there are victims of trafficking, based on evidence that these women were all subjected to sexual and other forms of exploitation, and were either transported to Syria as children; coerced into travelling to Syria; or kept and moved within Syria against their will.  Andrew Mitchell MP and Maya Foa from Reprieve discuss the report.Presenter: Anita RaniProducer: Lisa JenkinsonStudio Engineers: John Boland and Bob Nettles.

Anita Rani talks to Boss Morris the all-female Morris dancing team based in Gloucester who'll be marking May Day by leading a livestreamed dance. We hear from Bletchley Park veteran Betty Webb and discuss the issue of female football commentary and whether it needs to should become more critical as the success of the game develops. Around 15 British families remain detained in North East Syria.   A new report released today by the NGO Reprieve suggests that the majority of British women there are victims of trafficking, based on evidence that these women were all subjected to sexual and other forms of exploitation, and were either transported to Syria as children; coerced into travelling to Syria; or kept and moved within Syria against their will. Andrew Mitchell MP and Maya Foa from Reprieve discuss the report. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Engineers: John Boland and Bob Nettles.

Morris Dancing, Jacqui Oatley & Ben Bloom, Maya Foa & Andrew Mitchell MP, Bletchley veteran Betty Webb

Adam talks with Maya Foa, the director of Human rights charity Reprieve, about the questionable efficacy of the death penalty, torture, Jack Bauer, drone strikes, why Obama should have watched 'Dave' starring Kevin Kline, and whether I could get out of Guantanamo.Reprieve is a nonprofit organisation of international lawyers and investigators whose stated goal is to "fight for the victims of extreme human rights abuses with legal action and public education".Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing.RELATED LINKSREPRIEVE WEBSITEhttps://reprieve.org.uk/CAN YOU PASS THE GUANTANAMO PRB?https://reprieve.org.uk/update/why-theres-no-way-out-of-guantanamo-especially-if-youre-innocent/FOURTEEN DAYS IN MAY (1987)https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p05m5xb9/fourteen-days-in-mayMAYA FOA &amp; IBRAHIM HALAWA ON EGYPT'S MASS TRAILS (2019)https://www.thirteen.org/programs/amanpour-co/maya-foa-ibrahim-halawa-egypts-mass-trials-fais7l/'DAVE' TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTTe-rxTyh0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam talks with Maya Foa, the director of Human rights charity Reprieve, about the questionable efficacy of the death penalty, torture, Jack Bauer, drone strikes, why Obama should have watched 'Dave' starring Kevin Kline, and whether I could get out of Guantanamo.Reprieve is a nonprofit organisation of international lawyers and investigators whose stated goal is to "fight for the victims of extreme human rights abuses with legal action and public education".Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing.RELATED LINKSREPRIEVE WEBSITE<a href="https://reprieve.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://reprieve.org.uk/</a>CAN YOU PASS THE GUANTANAMO PRB?<a href="https://reprieve.org.uk/update/why-theres-no-way-out-of-guantanamo-especially-if-youre-innocent/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://reprieve.org.uk/update/why-theres-no-way-out-of-guantanamo-especially-if-youre-innocent/</a>FOURTEEN DAYS IN MAY (1987)<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p05m5xb9/fourteen-days-in-may" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p05m5xb9/fourteen-days-in-may</a>MAYA FOA &amp; IBRAHIM HALAWA ON EGYPT'S MASS TRAILS (2019)<a href="https://www.thirteen.org/programs/amanpour-co/maya-foa-ibrahim-halawa-egypts-mass-trials-fais7l/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thirteen.org/programs/amanpour-co/maya-foa-ibrahim-halawa-egypts-mass-trials-fais7l/</a>'DAVE' TRAILER<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTTe-rxTyh0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTTe-rxTyh0</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

EP.98 - MAYA FOA