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When Eritrea silenced its critics

A crackdown on opposition voices in Eritrea twenty years ago, plus the 1956 Hungarian uprising, the Nuremberg trials, a breakthrough in orthopaedics and the legend of Fu Manchu.

An hour of first hand accounts from the past. Starting with a crackdown on opposition voices in Eritrea from twenty years ago, plus memories of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, the Nuremberg trials, a breakthrough in orthopaedics, and how the fictional character Fu Manchu prejudiced popular opinion against China and the Chinese for decades.

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50 minutes

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Nov 2021 14:06GMT
  • Sat 6 Nov 2021 19:06GMT
  • Sat 6 Nov 2021 20:06GMT
  • Tue 9 Nov 2021 00:06GMT

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