Human Rights

Kazakhstan’s Hard Sell – 101 East, Al Jazeera English
May 25, 2015

Fancy visiting a lake that is famous for now being a dry ship cemetery? Or how about visiting the world’s largest tent? Welcome to Kazakhstan, the former closed Soviet state that promises tourists a bewildering array of attractions unlikely to […]

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Asia  / Current Affairs  / Economics  / Human Rights  / Kazakhstan  / Movie  / Travel

The Greste Verdict – Dateline, SBS
June 24, 2014

Detained Australian journalist Peter Greste has been sentenced to seven years in jail in Egypt. Greste and two other Al Jazeera journalists were detained for falsely portraying Egypt as being in a state of “civil war” since President Mohamed Morsi’s […]

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Dying for Fashion – 101 East, Al Jazeera
March 21, 2014

Deadly clashes between poor garment workers and police are threatening to cripple Cambodia’s largest export industry. Cambodia’s largest export industry is facing its biggest crisis, with garment workers and security forces engaged in a series of ongoing clashes. One recent […]

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Asia  / Cambodia  / Current Affairs  / Economics  / Fashion  / Human Rights  / Stories

Sectarian Divide – 101 East, Al Jazeera
October 28, 2013

Sectarian violence between extremist members of Pakistan’s majority Sunni and minority Shia communities has resulted in the deaths of thousands of people since the 1980s. Analysts say Pakistan is increasingly becoming the battleground in a proxy war between Saudi Arabia […]

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Current Affairs  / Human Rights  / Pakistan  / Politics  / Stories  / War

Lawless Libya – Dateline, SBS
April 14, 2012

Dateline gets rare access to see what life is really like in Libya after Gaddafi, as heavily armed rebels remain largely in control of a country in chaos. Gaddafi may have gone from Libya amid scenes of celebration, but what’s […]

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Current Affairs  / Human Rights  / Libya  / Middle East and North Africa  / Politics  / War

Bahrain’s Dark Secret – Dateline, SBS
April 3, 2011

As Bahrain is torn apart by protests and brutal government repression, Dateline gains access to investigatea series ofmysterious deaths and disappearances. Video journalist Yaara Bou Melhem had difficulty even getting into Bahrain to report for Dateline, and what she eventually […]

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