Planetary Voices: Human Rights

Late activist entrepreneur Dame Anita Roddick talks about her passion for a life spent campaigning...

Ken Wiwa talks about the ongoing Ogoni people's fight for rights, a struggle epitomised by his father...

Suzanne Vega, well known singer songwriter, poet and writer speaks about her music and support for human rights issues...

Hear the first-hand account of an ex-child soldier from Sierra Leone...

Mary K Blewitt's transformative journey through the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide...

Rwanda expert the late Alison Des Forges analyses the development, execution and aftermath of the 1994 genocide...

Holocaust survivor Dr Martin Stern tells his remarkable personal story, and addresses questions of preventing future genocide...

Heart-breakingly honest account from a nurse who battled to save lives in Darfur...

A couple from the UK tell of their direct action on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...

Hear James Mawdsley's account of why he became imprisoned, in order to draw attention to the plight of the oppressed in Burma...

Innocent man Juan Roberto Melendez, on death row for 17 years gives his own powerful testimony...

Hear the compelling story of Sunny Jacobs, sentenced to death for a crime she didn't commit...

Listen to the powerful personal testimony of a Kurdish singer who fled for his life...

Meet two Latin American women who risk their lives to stand up for people's rights...