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World Service,01 Sep 2018,23 mins

Shining A Light On Suppression

From Our Own Correspondent

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Pascale Harter introduces analysis, reflections and reportage from correspondents around the world. Uighur people in China have long complained of their traditional culture being eroded but now John Sweeney has gained access to those who have experienced the Chinese state’s re-education camps - where human rights groups complain that even their most basic freedoms are being taken away. Vivienne Nunis visits Jaipur where women are entering the world of work - much to the local men’s disapproval. Also, what’s in a name? Next month Macedonians will vote on whether to start calling their country North Macedonia in order to placate their neighbours in Greece. Guy De Launey discovers it’s not been an easy ride. And in Papua New Guinea, Mark Stratton hears how the passage to manhood can be painful as boys are sometimes scarred in order to look crocodiles in imitation ceremonies. PHOTO: A Uighur man drinks tea in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (CREDIT: Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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