Rundown of this edition:
Darfur: Broadcasting from outside the borders
One of the most difficult places to work as a journalist is in Darfur. The government carefully controls all information about its conflict with rebel groups in the region. Gafaar Monro knows first-hand the experience of trying to report from Darfur. That's why he now broadcasts to a news-hungry audience from halfway across the world.
Theme: The right to write
Sentenced for dowloading
Afghani Sayed Pervez Kambaksh hit the international headlines when he was sentenced to death for downloading an article on women's rights. Gert Jan Rohmensen talks to him in Kabul City Jail where he's serving his now commuted sentence of 20 years.
China's velvet press muzzle
China's government officials have a uniquely Chinese way of restricting foreign press from getting their stories - they invite them to lunch - again and again, and as Karen Meirik has discovered, it's very effective.
Unwanted Witness
Hollman Morris is a crusading Colombian television journalist, and the subject of the documentary Unwanted Witness. His reporting shows how the so-called "War on Drugs" has victimized the people of Colombia's countryside. It's also brought death threats and trouble at home.
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Middle Eastern bloggers
If their governments had their way, an Israeli, a Syrian and an Iranian wouldn't be friends, but Nir T Boms, Ahed Al Hendi and Potkin Azarmehr are. They are from the small but vocal community of bloggers willing to risk imprisonment by posting their blogs.
Drinking the hemlock
Award winning writer Nino Ricci talks about the legacy of banning writers - will they attain immortality in the way of Dante and Plato, or will they simply be silenced forever and disappear?


























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