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    Dec 6

    What is Pakistan doing about the tens of thousands of people allegedly killed or abducted by its security forces in Balochistan? asks the country’s Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari. Full episode 1930GMT and on YouTube:

    Human Rights in Balochistan
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    Dec 10

    India’s lower house has passed a controversial triggering protests. Last month, challenged a BJP spokesperson on whether India’s citizenship laws are anti-Muslim. For more:

    Citizenship in Assam
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    Dec 9

    Full interview with Pakistani human rights minister Shireen Mazari on is available here:

    The full episode and interview with Pakistani human rights minister Shireen Mazari, on Pakistan, Kashmir and Balochistan, among other human rights issues, is available to watch online here:
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  4. Dec 10

    India’s lower house has passed a controversial triggering protests. Last month, challenged a BJP spokesperson on whether India’s citizenship laws are anti-Muslim. For more:

    Citizenship in Assam
    6 replies 64 retweets 141 likes
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    Dec 10

    Does socialism work? Grace Blakeley and Diego Zuluaga debate. More of the episode with :

    Does socialism work?
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    Dec 8

    Each protest movement is unique, but with one common underlying theme: frustration over the economy and rising inequality [via ]

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  7. Dec 10

    Does socialism work? Grace Blakeley and Diego Zuluaga debate. More of the episode with :

    Does socialism work?
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    Dec 9

    On , I challenged Pakistan's human rights minister on why she hadn't spoken out to condemn the locking up of millions of her fellow Muslims in China. "That's what you're saying that they're locking up millions of fellow Muslims," she replied (!)

    Web Extra: Pakistan's Human Rights Minister
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    Nov 29

    Can you really make reparations for something as horrific as slavery? and discuss this and more in this week's episode of Out Now! Watch here:

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    Dec 7

    Why won’t Pakistan publicly criticise China on its detention of millions of Uighur muslims? challenges Pakistan’s Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari. For more of the interview:

    Web Extra: Pakistan's Human Rights Minister
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    Dec 6

    challenges Pakistan's human rights minister Shireen Mazari on alleged gov't abuses and the treatment of religious minorities

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    Dec 6

    What is Pakistan doing about the tens of thousands of people allegedly killed or abducted by its security forces in Balochistan? asks the country’s Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari. Full episode 1930GMT and on YouTube:

    Human Rights in Balochistan
    63 replies 199 retweets 369 likes
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  13. Dec 7

    Why won’t Pakistan publicly criticise China on its detention of millions of Uighur muslims? challenges Pakistan’s Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari. For more of the interview:

    Web Extra: Pakistan's Human Rights Minister
    205 replies 1,215 retweets 2,283 likes
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    Dec 6

    The full episode and interview with Pakistani human rights minister Shireen Mazari, on Pakistan, Kashmir and Balochistan, among other human rights issues, is available to watch online here:

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    Dec 6

    On , I asked Pakistan's human rights minister, about the fact that Pakistan has responded to an insurgency in Balochistan "by killing, abducting, torturing thousands of people" - & whether that undermines Pakistan's position on India & Kashmir:

    Human Rights in Balochistan
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  16. Dec 5

    Fatima Bhutto describes the Hollywood portrayal of torture as “intense dehumanisation”. Her discussion with Marc Lamont Hill on

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    Does Hollywood really care about the powerless? and in conversation about whether films like Zero Dark Thirty help legitimise torture. Full episode of new series will air this Fri 15th Nov!
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  17. Dec 4

    “I found myself personally violated.” Wole Soyinka and Elif Shafak discuss nationalism, safe spaces and more. Check out Al Jazeera’s new show ‘Studio B Unscripted’

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    “People like to think that their nationalism is not as ugly as someone else’s nationalism.” is in Studio B with Wole Soyinka this week. The full episode airs on Friday 22nd Nov!
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  18. Dec 4

    ICYMI: Our interview with Polish MP Dominik Tarczynski is one of our most-viewed this season. challenges him on the anti-Muslim rhetoric of Poland’s government. Full episode:

    “For me, multiculturalism is not a value”
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  19. Dec 3

    Academic and activist Cornel West tells if courageous people don’t act, the US could end up in a “neo-facist regime full bred”.

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    Dec 2

    Are ‘wokeness’ and call-out’ culture weakening social movements? asks Harvard professor and political activist Cornel West. Full interview:

    Cornel West on 'Wokeness' and 'Call-Out' Culture
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