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Mar 20, 2024 • 24min

Chris Mullin: Have lessons been learned from the Birmingham Six injustice?

Chris Mullin discusses the injustice faced by the Birmingham Six, shedding light on police misconduct, coerced confessions, and the quest for justice. The podcast explores the legal challenges, systemic flaws, and aftermath of the case, highlighting the role of investigative journalism. It also delves into reflections on abuse, the judicial system, and efforts for police accountability post the Birmingham Six case. The importance of credible alibi witnesses, improvements in suspect interview recordings, and the role of journalism in revealing miscarriages of justice are examined.
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Mar 18, 2024 • 24min

Jan Egeland: Is the international community failing to protect the most vulnerable?

Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, discusses the failure of the international community to protect vulnerable populations in conflict zones like Gaza and the Chad/Sudan border. The podcast explores the challenges of providing aid, the ethical dilemmas faced, the importance of cooperation amidst conflict, and strategies for empowering local communities in humanitarian efforts.
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Mar 14, 2024 • 23min

Claude Joseph: Can anything save Haiti?

Haiti is on the brink; armed gangs are rampant, basic services are broken, millions of people are at risk. The prime minister is stepping down, and there are calls for armed international intervention. Can it be saved? Stephen Sackur speaks to Claude Joseph, the country’s former acting prime minister.
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Mar 13, 2024 • 23min

Leonid Volkov: Is the anti-Putin movement out of options?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Leonid Volkov, long-time ally and adviser to Russia’s late opposition leader Alexey Navalny. President Vladimir Putin is almost certain to be resoundingly re-elected in upcoming elections. His most dangerous political opponent is dead. Is it game over for the anti-Putin movement?
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Mar 13, 2024 • 23min

Ericka Huggins: Do the Black Panthers have lessons for Black Lives Matter?

Stephen Sackur is in Oakland, California, to speak to Ericka Huggins, an original member of the 1960s Black Panther Party. She experienced violence, imprisonment and vilification in the controversial campaign for black power. Do the Panthers have lessons for the Black Lives Matter movement?
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Mar 13, 2024 • 23min

Riyad Mansour: Why are the diplomats failing?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN. Talks to end, or at least suspend, the war in Gaza haven’t worked. The humanitarian situation for two million Palestinians and the 100-plus Israeli hostages is desperate. Why are the diplomats failing?
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Mar 6, 2024 • 23min

Sathnam Sanghera: Britain's imperial legacies

Stephen Sackur speaks to the writer Sathnam Sanghera, whose own identity as the British son of Indian immigrants led him to look afresh at the legacy of the British Empire.
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Mar 1, 2024 • 24min

Salome Zourabichvili: Where does Georgia's destiny lie?

Russia’s neighbour Georgia is closely watching what happens in Ukraine. It shares a 900km border with Russia, who invaded in 2008. Russian troops are stationed in two separatist regions. Georgia has just been granted EU candidate status and talks of joining NATO, yet its government is seen by some as sympathetic to Russia. Sarah Montague talks to the Georgian President, Salome Zourabichvili. Where does Georgia's destiny lie - with Russia or the West?
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Feb 28, 2024 • 24min

Ciarán Hinds: Is Northern Ireland a creative powerhouse?

Stephen Sackur interviews Northern Irish actor Ciarán Hinds, whose career took him from the troubled streets of Belfast to an Oscar nomination. Right now, Northern Ireland is a creative powerhouse; why, and will it last?
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Feb 26, 2024 • 23min

Jens Stoltenberg: Is Russia really preparing for a war with Nato?

Sarah Montague is at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels to speak to its outgoing Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Two years after Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, is Vladimir Putin now preparing for a war with Nato?

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