Philippines: Holy Warriors S04E12 2009
Unreported World uncovers a deepening sectarian conflict between Muslims and Christians in the Philippines. The battle for land on the southern Filipino island of Mindanao has already claimed 100,000 lives and created a humanitarian disaster with 600,000 people being driven from their homes.
Reporter Peter Oborne and director George Waldrum arrive in Cotobato City just after a blast has injured nine people, eight of them young children. Locals claim the attack was carried out by the Filipino national army. The area has been the scene of six bomb attacks in 2009 and, just weeks before, a device exploded outside the cathedral on a Sunday morning, killing six, including a 12-year-old boy. The security forces blame the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, or MILF, a long-standing Muslim separatist movement, which they claim has formed links to the Indonesian terror network behind the 2002 Bali bombs.
Unlike the rest of the Philippines, which is officially Christian, Mindanao has been a predominantly Muslim island for centuries. But the arrival of Christian settlers after World War II has led to escalating sectarian conflict.
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Bush Knives and Black Magic S04E09 2009
Unreported World travels to one of the most remote parts of the world, to investigate the growth of 'witch' murders in Papua New Guinea. More than fifty people accused of being witches were tortured and murdered last year in two provinces alone and the programme reveals that the problem is now spreading from remote highland areas into the towns. Reporter Ramita Navai and producer Katherine Churcher meet the victims, the so called witch hunters and the police struggling to keep order.
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Last Haven - Somalia 2009
Shortlisted for the Rory Peck Award in the feature category, this hardhitting film takes Juliana Ruhfus into the incredibly hostile world of Somalia's militant Islam.
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Pakistan's Double Game
Unreported World visits the frontline of the struggle against al-Qaeda and Islamic militancy, and examines whether President Musharaf's policy of working with the West to defeat Islamic terror will ultimately bring about his own downfall and the creation of a militant Islamic Pakistani state. Reporter Sharmeen Chinoy-Obaid travels to Lahore to meet leaders of the militant Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which is fighting to drive India out of Kashmir. They tell her that despite being officially labelled as terrorists by the government, they have friends in high places in the army, as well as widespread support amongst the population, and as a result, their activities have been unofficially tolerated. However this tolerance of militants has led to a situation where Pakistan is suffering from terrorism and suicide bomb attacks, including at least five attempts to assassinate the President. And these attacks aren't just on the army and government ministers who the Islamists see as their enemy for supporting the West's War on Terror. Increasingly, Sunnis are attacking Shias, and Chinoy-Obaid talks to the survivors of a suicide bombing on a Mosque. The Unreported World team travels to the North West Frontier Province, which borders Afghanistan, and where the Americans believe Osama bin Laden is in hiding. They talk to tribal leaders who tell the programme that it's fundamental to their culture not to take orders from outsiders, as well as their duty to protect guests, even if they come from al-Qaeda.
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Congo: Forest Of The Dead S04E01 2009
In the jungles of North East Congo, the Unreported World team uncovers evidence that the Lord's Resistance Army - one of the world's most brutal rebel groups - has begun a new campaign of terror, and talks to survivors with stories of unimaginable horror.
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Thailand: Lessons in Terror S03E16 2008
This week's Unreported World reveals how just several hours drive away from the tourist hotspot of Phuket, Islamic extremists are waging a murderous campaign against Buddhist teachers in a largely hidden conflict which has turned hundreds of primary schools into bloody battlegrounds.
Southern Thailand is home to one of the most violent conflicts in South East Asia, with more than three thousand people killed since 2004 out of a population of just two million. Armed Islamic separatists are targeting state schools because they regard the education system as an attempt by Bangkok to impose Buddhist Thai culture on a region that is mainly Muslim and ethnic Malay. Human Rights Watch describes the violent campaign, which also targets doctors and monks, as ethnic cleansing.
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Benin: Voodoo Children S03E08 2008
Benin is the home of Voodoo. The ancient animist belief was taken by slaves from this tiny West African state to Haiti and New Orleans. Benin is the only country in the world that officially recognises Voodoo as a state religion, affording it the same national status as Christianity or Islam.
But, as Unreported World reveals, Voodoo is trapping thousands in poverty and causing some families to sell their children in to slavery. Seen by its adherents as traditional belief that connects them to their land, culture and ancestors, Voodoo is a complex set of beliefs and obligations that, it is claimed, has helped enforce religious and social order for more than 4,000 years. However, as reporter Evan Williams and director James Brabazon discover, it is frequently perpetuated by threats, fear and even the kidnapping of young children.
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India - God's Own Country S03E12 2008
The popular South Indian tourist destination Kerala sells itself as "God's own country". It's home to hundreds of ashrams; spiritual retreats where thousands of pilgrims from India, Britain and the rest of the world seek salvation through a growing number of gurus.
But, as this week's Unreported World reveals, Kerala's 3,000 "godmen" are facing allegations of varying degrees of seriousness ranging from fraud to physical and sexual abuse.
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Unreported World uncovers a deepening sectarian conflict between Muslims and Christians in the Philippines. The battle for land on the southern Filipino island of Mindanao has already claimed 100,000 lives and created a humanitarian disaster with 600,000 people being driven from their homes.
Reporter Peter Oborne and director George Waldrum arrive in Cotobato City just after a blast has injured nine people, eight of them young children. Locals claim the attack was carried out by the Filipino national army. The area has been the scene of six bomb attacks in 2009 and, just weeks before, a device exploded outside the cathedral on a Sunday morning, killing six, including a 12-year-old boy. The security forces blame the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, or MILF, a long-standing Muslim separatist movement, which they claim has formed links to the Indonesian terror network behind the 2002 Bali bombs.
Unlike the rest of the Philippines, which is officially Christian, Mindanao has been a predominantly Muslim island for centuries. But the arrival of Christian settlers after World War II has led to escalating sectarian conflict.
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Bush Knives and Black Magic S04E09 2009
Unreported World travels to one of the most remote parts of the world, to investigate the growth of 'witch' murders in Papua New Guinea. More than fifty people accused of being witches were tortured and murdered last year in two provinces alone and the programme reveals that the problem is now spreading from remote highland areas into the towns. Reporter Ramita Navai and producer Katherine Churcher meet the victims, the so called witch hunters and the police struggling to keep order.
Watch
Last Haven - Somalia 2009
Shortlisted for the Rory Peck Award in the feature category, this hardhitting film takes Juliana Ruhfus into the incredibly hostile world of Somalia's militant Islam.
Watch Thanks horsehead
Pakistan's Double Game
Unreported World visits the frontline of the struggle against al-Qaeda and Islamic militancy, and examines whether President Musharaf's policy of working with the West to defeat Islamic terror will ultimately bring about his own downfall and the creation of a militant Islamic Pakistani state. Reporter Sharmeen Chinoy-Obaid travels to Lahore to meet leaders of the militant Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which is fighting to drive India out of Kashmir. They tell her that despite being officially labelled as terrorists by the government, they have friends in high places in the army, as well as widespread support amongst the population, and as a result, their activities have been unofficially tolerated. However this tolerance of militants has led to a situation where Pakistan is suffering from terrorism and suicide bomb attacks, including at least five attempts to assassinate the President. And these attacks aren't just on the army and government ministers who the Islamists see as their enemy for supporting the West's War on Terror. Increasingly, Sunnis are attacking Shias, and Chinoy-Obaid talks to the survivors of a suicide bombing on a Mosque. The Unreported World team travels to the North West Frontier Province, which borders Afghanistan, and where the Americans believe Osama bin Laden is in hiding. They talk to tribal leaders who tell the programme that it's fundamental to their culture not to take orders from outsiders, as well as their duty to protect guests, even if they come from al-Qaeda.
Watch Thanks horsehead
Congo: Forest Of The Dead S04E01 2009
In the jungles of North East Congo, the Unreported World team uncovers evidence that the Lord's Resistance Army - one of the world's most brutal rebel groups - has begun a new campaign of terror, and talks to survivors with stories of unimaginable horror.
Watch Thanks nosleep365
Thailand: Lessons in Terror S03E16 2008
This week's Unreported World reveals how just several hours drive away from the tourist hotspot of Phuket, Islamic extremists are waging a murderous campaign against Buddhist teachers in a largely hidden conflict which has turned hundreds of primary schools into bloody battlegrounds.
Southern Thailand is home to one of the most violent conflicts in South East Asia, with more than three thousand people killed since 2004 out of a population of just two million. Armed Islamic separatists are targeting state schools because they regard the education system as an attempt by Bangkok to impose Buddhist Thai culture on a region that is mainly Muslim and ethnic Malay. Human Rights Watch describes the violent campaign, which also targets doctors and monks, as ethnic cleansing.
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Benin: Voodoo Children S03E08 2008
Benin is the home of Voodoo. The ancient animist belief was taken by slaves from this tiny West African state to Haiti and New Orleans. Benin is the only country in the world that officially recognises Voodoo as a state religion, affording it the same national status as Christianity or Islam.
But, as Unreported World reveals, Voodoo is trapping thousands in poverty and causing some families to sell their children in to slavery. Seen by its adherents as traditional belief that connects them to their land, culture and ancestors, Voodoo is a complex set of beliefs and obligations that, it is claimed, has helped enforce religious and social order for more than 4,000 years. However, as reporter Evan Williams and director James Brabazon discover, it is frequently perpetuated by threats, fear and even the kidnapping of young children.
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India - God's Own Country S03E12 2008
The popular South Indian tourist destination Kerala sells itself as "God's own country". It's home to hundreds of ashrams; spiritual retreats where thousands of pilgrims from India, Britain and the rest of the world seek salvation through a growing number of gurus.
But, as this week's Unreported World reveals, Kerala's 3,000 "godmen" are facing allegations of varying degrees of seriousness ranging from fraud to physical and sexual abuse.
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