Dr Sasa: Does Myanmar have a democratic future?
The Interview12 Mars 2021

Dr Sasa: Does Myanmar have a democratic future?

Dr Sasa has a remarkable life story, which has taken him from a remote mountain village in western Myanmar to a place in the international media spotlight as a key spokesman for the political movement intent on reversing February’s military coup. He is from the Chin people - one of many minorities to have suffered long-term discrimination and persecution in Myanmar, or Burma as it was. He was the first child in his village to go to high school. He went on to train as a doctor and has devoted much of his life to improving medical and educational opportunities for the Chin people. For the past decade he’s been an activist in the National League for Democracy. He was with party leader and national figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi just hours before the generals mounted their coup on February 1. She was detained, along with many members of Myanmar’s Government and parliament. Dr Sasa managed to flee to a neighbouring, but undisclosed country. He’s since been appointed as UN representative of the Committee representing the ousted parliament, and is a leading voice in the pro-democracy movement. But with the military continuing to use lethal force against street protests what options do the opponents of the coup really have?

Avsnitt(1888)

N. Ram: Freedom of expression in India

N. Ram: Freedom of expression in India

Stephen Sackur speaks to one of India’s most influential media voices, N. Ram, director of the Hindu Publishing Group. With independent journalists complaining of intimidation and social media facing ...

24 Feb 202522min

Laila Soueif and Sanaa Seif: Hunger for freedom

Laila Soueif and Sanaa Seif: Hunger for freedom

Stephen Sackur speaks to Laila Soueif, mother of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a political prisoner in Egypt and Alaa’s sister Sanaa Seif. Laila is into the fifth month of a hunger strike in a desperate bid to w...

19 Feb 202522min

Jake Sullivan: The legacy of the Biden White House

Jake Sullivan: The legacy of the Biden White House

Stephen Sackur is in Washington D.C. for an exclusive interview with Jake Sullivan, who was National Security Adviser in the Biden White House. From Afghanistan to Ukraine to Gaza, he faced a series o...

14 Feb 202522min

Tom Fletcher: What is the impact of US foreign aid cuts?

Tom Fletcher: What is the impact of US foreign aid cuts?

Sarah Montague speaks to the UN’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher. As President Trump pulls almost all America’s foreign aid spending, what will the impact be on those around the world who most rely ...

13 Feb 202522min

Omar Abdullah: Can he bring peace to Jammu and Kashmir?

Omar Abdullah: Can he bring peace to Jammu and Kashmir?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Omar Abdullah, chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. This mountainous territory neighbouring Pakistan has long been a source of political tension and violence. Can the chief mi...

12 Feb 202522min

Dhananjaya Chandrachud: Justice and the rule of law

Dhananjaya Chandrachud: Justice and the rule of law

Stephen Sackur is in New Delhi for an exclusive interview with the recently retired Chief Justice of India and Supreme Court judge, Dhananjaya Chandrachud. With Indian politics dominated by Narendra M...

10 Feb 202522min

Hardeep Singh Puri: India's big ambitions

Hardeep Singh Puri: India's big ambitions

Stephen Sackur is in New Delhi to speak India’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri. India has big ambitions to be a global economic superpower. What does that mean for the coun...

7 Feb 202522min

Basem Naim: Can Gaza find long-term peace?

Basem Naim: Can Gaza find long-term peace?

Sarah Montague speaks to Basem Naim, a senior political figure in Hamas. Its violence and hostage-taking on 7 October led to an overwhelming Israeli onslaught in Gaza. A fragile ceasefire is now in pl...

29 Jan 202522min

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

aftonbladet-krim
svenska-fall
p3-krim
rss-krimstad
spar
fordomspodden
flashback-forever
rss-sanning-konsekvens
aftonbladet-daily
rss-vad-fan-hande
motiv
rss-expressen-dok
rss-frandfors-horna
dagens-eko
rss-krimreportrarna
politiken
blenda-2
rss-aftonbladet-krim
rss-flodet
olyckan-inifran