What is her fate . Kim aris, welcome to hardtalk. Hi, allan, how do you do . Youve been silent all your life, And youre in your mid 40s now, And youve finally decided to seek the limelight And to speak out. Why did you stay quiet for so long . And why have you decided to seek a platform now . Well, ijust feel that the situation in burma is so desperate, And theres so little news coming out on whats going on over there, someone needs to be saying something. And again, my mothers been locked up for completely false charges in prison, And i cant imagine what the conditions are like for her. So, i need to do what i can to try And get her out of there. Unlike her, youre not used to the limelight. Do you find it daunting . It is a little, but you have to do what you can. Until you were ten, you had a pretty normal suburban upbringing. Your mother Was a kind of classic school gates, full time mum at home. And then, things changed dramatically. What are your memories of Family Life in oxford b
The younger of those sons who, after decades of silence, has finally decided to speak out. Leader is approaching 80 And in declining health. What is her fate . Kim aris, welcome to hardtalk. Hi, allan. How do you do . Youve been silent all your life, And youre in your mid 40s now, And youve finally decided to seek the limelight And to speak out. Why did you stay quiet for so long . And why have you decided to seek a platform now . Well, ijust feel that the situation in burma is so desperate, And theres so little news coming out on whats going on over there, someone needs to be saying something. And again, my mothers been locked up for completely false charges in prison, And i cant imagine what the conditions are like for her. So, i need to do what i can to try And get her out of there. Unlike her, youre not used to the limelight. Do you find it daunting . It is a little, but you have to do what you can. Until you were ten, you had a pretty normal suburban upbringing. Your mother Was a
for black freedom and equality. black oaklanders know the reality of systemic discrimination. back in the 1960s, one response was the creation of the radical and controversial black panther party. it was founded by men. some of its key leaders were women. one of them, my guest today, ericka huggins. she spent two years imprisoned and she became a symbol of the black panther struggle. looking around oakland today, has anything really changed? ericka huggins, welcome to hardtalk. well, thank you! it s an honour to be here. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. i want to take you back to your years as a leader in the black panther party. when you reflect on those years now, does it feel to you like ancient history, or part of a struggle that continues till today? well, it certainly doesn t feel like ancient history because the life that i lived and that all of my friends lived at that time stays with me. it s a very pivotal part of my life. and i think that history som
israel has the most far right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti, in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. let s start with the situation in the west bank, where you sit, in ramallah. is there any semblance of political authority or control in the west bank right now? unfortunately, the existing authority is the authority of occupation, israeli military occupation, which is really, from security perspective, controlling the whole area. the palestinian authority has been weakened dramatically by the israeli side. since 2002, when the israeli army re invaded all palestinian cities and all the so called area a, which is supposed to be under palestinian authority, since th
earlier, the uk, the us and the european commission announced similar bans over security concerns. the chinese owners bytedance deny passing users information to the chinese government. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. ever since the failure of the so called oslo process to deliver a lasting israeli palestinian peace, that conflict has been a matter of mutual recrimination and sporadic violence. but now, the conditions seem ripe for something different, something worse. israel has the most far right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. let s start with the situation in the west bank, where you si