The State We're In
Hosted by Jonathan Groubert, the programme explores global events by talking to people directly affected. The focus is on human rights in the broadest sense of the term
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The State We're In (20090627)
This week on The State Were In... we speak with ...
This week on The State Were In... we speak with Ilham, an Iranian woman who talks about the role women have played in the protests. We look at prisoners' education in California, a Bolivian prison that lets women raise their kids and British ex-con Peter Woolf talks about his life of crime and how a meeting with one of his victims changed both their lives forever.
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The State We're In (20090620)
A former leader of the student protests in Serbia advises ...
A former leader of the student protests in Serbia advises Iranian protesters that they must not fight with the police, if they want to win. We ask if fair trade really is fair with stories from Ghana and Kenya. An Indian domestic worker talks about her fight for fair pay, and a writer from Sarajevo tells us about food and fairness under siege.
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The State We're In (20090613)
This week on The State Were In... a tale of ...
This week on The State Were In... a tale of press freedom victory and defeat as we speak with a Somali journalist who was shot just doing his job and a Lithuanian journalist speaks of his role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Plus we debate about the right to be fat and an insurance detective talks about tailing and exposing the cheats.
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The State We're In (20090606)
THE STATE WE'RE IN DATE: 6 June 2009 PRODUCTION #: ...
THE STATE WE'RE IN DATE: 6 June 2009 PRODUCTION #: 1011785 HOST: Jonathan Groubert SEGMENT A: Persecution of China's rights lawyers PROGAM TAG: (:29) DEFENDING THE DEFENDERS: On June 1, the Chinese government refused to renew the licenses of lawyers it sees as hostile to its interests. Lawyer Mo Shaoping has defended many so-called 'sensitive' cases, including many lawyers who fight for civil or human rights. He tells Jonathan about the risks and struggles in his work. PERSECUTION OF LAWYERS: Nicholas Bequelin of Human Rights Watch talks with Jonathan about the restrictions now being put on lawyers who take on cases critical of the Chinese government. TEASER B: Jonathan tells us what's coming up in the B segment MUSIC BED (1:30) SEGMENT B: 18:30 THIS WEEK'S THEME IS
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The State We're In (20080530)
This week on The State Were In...Jonathan talks about the ...
This week on The State Were In...Jonathan talks about the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa with an Ogoni rights activist. We look at the Right to Read with stories from Canada, Turkey and India. And, how Beijing is trying to erase the memory of Tiananmen Square through house demolitions.
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The State We're In (20090523)
This week on The State Were In former Tamil Tiger ...
This week on The State Were In former Tamil Tiger Nirmala Rajasingam tells us why she's relieved but saddened at the news of the LTTE's defeat. Both a doctor and a patient explain why they think there's no right to health insurance in the U.S. We meet Ismael Khatib, a Palestinian father from the West Bank City of Jenin who, when his son was shot by Israeli soldiers, donated his son's organs to Israeli children. And Kannan Arunasalam explains why he's breaking his vow to return a statue of Ganesh to its temple in the war-ravaged north of Sri Lanka.
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The State We're In (20090516)
Gay rights marches in Moscow, a gay Indian man's right ...
Gay rights marches in Moscow, a gay Indian man's right to divorce, Kuhl, the ancient Islamic form of divorce and the man who helps people divorce amicably. Plus the story of a couple divorced with no hard feelings and a gay American man ponders the value of marriage.
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The State We're In (20090509)
This week on The State Were In: we hear from ...
This week on The State Were In: we hear from schoolgirls in Pakistan's embattled Swat valley who just want to keep learning. And from a woman in Somaliland who beat all the odds to establish a hospital.
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The State We're In (20090502)
A Press Freedom Day Special: a Darfuri journalist tells us ...
A Press Freedom Day Special: a Darfuri journalist tells us why reporting from Holland makes him a better local journalist in Darfur. An Afghani student talks about the download that put him on death row. China is using lunch to control journalists and we meet the Colombian journalist who reports on the War on Drugs there, despite death threats. And bloggers from Israel, Syria and Iran join our panel discussion on free press in the Middle East.
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The State We're In (20090425)
This week on The State Were In... Iranian lawyer Nasrin ...
This week on The State Were In... Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh talks about her underage death row clients. We ask if there's a right to know the past with stories from Turkey, Italy and Cambodia. A South African woman explains why she never taught her daughter about apartheid. And Kannan Arunasalam in Sri Lanka goes on a pilgrimage with an elderly aunt to a Hindu shrine featuring a god of war.
