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A BBC journalist arrested and held by Muammar Gaddafi's forces during the Libya uprising has returned to the prison where he was held to track down some of the wardens and prisoners housed there and to hear first-hand accounts of a massacre. In March 2011 Feras Kilani and two of his colleagues working for BBC Arabic were detained outside Zawiya by Gaddafi’s forces and then subjected to several days of physical and mental abuse...
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It's one of
the most corrupt countries in the world and widely
criticized for its human rights record but this year
Azerbaijan is hosting Eurovision – one of the most glitzy
TV music competitions in the world. But what do we really
know about Azerbaijan? What impact will this glitter
invasion have on a country unused to being on the
international stage? This oil-rich former Soviet republic
bordering Iran, Turkey and Russia is undergoing rapid
modernization, forging strong new ties with Europe while
retaining its roots in the East...
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Tunisia is where the wave of Arab
Revolutions began. To understand how people lived under a
dictatorship and in a permanent state of fear we visited
the ancient city of Kairouan in Tunisia and uncovered a
population that was ruled through fear and repression. By
talking to the torturers, informers, government militias
and secret policemen who ruled there this documentary
explores how the dictatorship managed to maintain control
for so many decades. |
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