Imprisoned for drawing a cartoon and prosecuted for shaking hands with her lawyer in prison – this is one young woman’s real-life nightmare. Artist and activist Atena Farghadani tells her story from Iran, where she has faced horrific punishment

Steve Kelly - S2, Ep3

Apr 12th, 2017 40m 38s

A heartbreaking story of a long campaign for justice in the UK. Steve's brother, Mike, was killed in the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, when 96 people died in a crush at a football stadium. Fans like Mike were blamed for the deaths, but Steve and

Khadija Ismayilova - S2, Ep2

Mar 30th, 2017 29m 50s

A journalist suspected she was being watched, but she didn't expect to be secretly filmed in her bedroom and blackmailed with the tapes - by her government.Khadija Ismayilova tells her story from Azerbaijan, where she has been publicly shamed a

Albert Woodfox - S2, Ep1

Mar 17th, 2017 39m 41s

Albert Woodfox endured 44 years in solitary confinement - more than anyone else in the US. When he was imprisoned in Louisiana in the 1970s, racism was rife. Albert took a stand - and it cost him. Hear why Albert was punished over the odds and

Nabeel Rajab - S1, Ep4

Mar 4th, 2016 31m 29s

Free speech doesn't exist in Bahrain today. Yet Nabeel Rajab has spent his whole life speaking out - and facing the consequences - in the hope that one day people in Bahrain may one day be able to speak and move freely.He's been imprisoned many

Peter Greste - S1, Ep3

Feb 18th, 2016 28m 9s

Overnight and out of the blue, Peter Greste and his colleagues were arrested - simply for doing their jobs as journalists in Egypt, in 2013. Their arrest and imprisonment sparked a worldwide campaign for their release. Hear from Peter on his ex

Peter Greste - S1, Ep3

Feb 18th, 2016 28m 9s

Chelsea Manning and Michelle Hendley - S1, Ep2

Feb 5th, 2016 35m 2s

Hear from the world’s most famous whistleblower. Chelsea Manning is known around the world for leaking details of human rights abuses to Wikileaks during the Iraq war. As a result, she was dealt a harsh 35-year sentence in US military prison, w

Chelsea Manning and Michelle Hendley - S1, Ep2

Feb 5th, 2016 35m 2s

Chen Guangcheng and Christian Bale - S1, Ep1

Jan 22nd, 2016 37m 25s

Actor Christian Bale tells the remarkable story of his friend Chen Guangcheng, a blind self-taught lawyer who took on the Chinese government’s one-child policy and stood up for women being forced into having late-term abortions and forced steri