How much do you know about what's happening to the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China?
Alastair is joined by Rahima Mahmut, an Uyghur artist, activist, and the chair of 'Stop Uyghur Genocide' to explore the harrowing topic in detail.
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196. How America Talks Itself Into Endless Wars
What does the gap between American foreign policy rhetoric and reality reveal about the failures of its military interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Iran? In an age of algorithm-driven political polarisation, can authentic political speech still break through, or has s ... Show More
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Jan 2025
360. Question Time: Assad’s People - Syria, Torture, and Justice
Are the media ignoring what’s happening in Gaza? Should the UK be boycotting the cricket in Afghanistan? And, how worried should we be about democratic backsliding in Georgia and Venezuela?
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<p>This is a conversation with <a href="https://twitter.com/RayhanAsat">Rayhan Asat</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/yonahdiamond">Yonah Diamond</a>, authors of a piece for Foreign Policy entitled "<a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/15/uighur-genocide-xinjiang-china-s ... Show More
