101 East - Indonesia impunity - 15 May 08 - Part 1
This week, 101 East asks if a culture of impunity is embedded in Indonesia.
101 East - Indonesia impunity - 15 May 08 - Part 2
This week, 101 East asks if a culture of impunity is embedded in Indonesia.
Annan sees ‘gross rights abuses’ in Kenya - 27 Jan 08
Warning: Some images in this video are graphic. Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is calling for an investigation into “gross and systematic” human rights abuses in Kenya.Annan, who’s in Kenya trying to broker peace says clashes have now gone beyond election violence.Mohammed Adow reports from Nairobi.
Russian youth struggle with drink and drug abuse - 27 Feb 08
It’s estimated around one hundred and twenty thousand Russians die each year from drug and alcohol abuse. Now Dmitry Medvedev - Vladimir Putin’s likely successor - has promised to tackle the problem if he’s elected president on March 2nd.
But under Putin, Russia’s substance abuse victims have been largely ignored by an administration more keen on promoting its social achievements.
In the third of our series on the State of Russia, Jonah Hull reports from the city of Perm in the Ural Mountains about the problem claiming so many young lives.
‘Hope’ for abused women in Dubai - 10 11 07
Dubai is rapidly becoming one of the most popular destinations in the Middle East, and a booming economic centre in the Gulf. But some of those who’ve come to live in the emirate have become victims of domestic violence, and found few places to turn to for help.Now one woman has founded a shelter for abused women, turning Dubai into a “City of Hope”.