rights

A Channel 4 documentary showing the atrocious conditions inside North Korea. (50 min, 5 segments)

Portland, Oregon, has taken a controversial step to incorporate undocumented workers into the economy, by building a day labor center, where workers can go to find jobs. However, not everyone likes the idea. (4:26 min)

After cashing in by cornering the patents to genetically modified seeds, Monsanto now wants the patent for the pig. (43 min, 5 segments)

Water in Chile is not a public resource, but private property traded as a commodity. Powerful mining companies are appropriating water from rivers and wells, leaving towns and cities without a basic need. (2:53 min)

Pope Benedict XVI has marked his first visit as pope to Bethlehem by supporting an independent Palestinian state. (2:30 min)

People & Power’s Aloke Devichand investigates the current tensions and complexities of race and politics in Malaysia. (15:00 min)

Women in Bahrain are increasingly taking up traditionally “male” jobs, but they face an uphill struggle against the country’s more conservative residents. (2:35 min)

A John Pilger classic documentary about the secret history of Australia that is a historical conspiracy of silence. (52 minutes, 7 segments)