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1992: The China-Taiwan Consensus
directed by Charles J. Z. Phang, 1979-; produced by Charles J. Z. Phang, 1979- (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2022), 45 mins
30 years ago, China and Taiwan reached an understanding that there’s one China. This set the framework for dialogue and cooperation between both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Fast forward to today, tensions between the two governments are the worst in decades. Taipei has turned its back on the agreement, while Bei...
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directed by Charles J. Z. Phang, 1979-; produced by Charles J. Z. Phang, 1979- (Singapore: Mediacorp TV Singapore, 2022), 45 mins
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30 years ago, China and Taiwan reached an understanding that there’s one China. This set the framework for dialogue and cooperation between both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Fast forward to today, tensions between the two governments are the worst in decades. Taipei has turned its back on the agreement, while Beijing continues to apply military and economic pressure to assert its sovereignty over the territory. The superpower has even vowed to p...
30 years ago, China and Taiwan reached an understanding that there’s one China. This set the framework for dialogue and cooperation between both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Fast forward to today, tensions between the two governments are the worst in decades. Taipei has turned its back on the agreement, while Beijing continues to apply military and economic pressure to assert its sovereignty over the territory. The superpower has even vowed to pursue reunification at all costs, by force if necessary. And over in Taiwan, civilians pick up lessens on defence, businesses engage in activities to promote cross-strait economic cooperation and there are even attempts to use semiconductors as bargaining chips against war.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Charles J. Z. Phang, 1979-, David Artlett, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Charles J. Z. Phang, 1979-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Mediacorp TV Singapore
Speaker / Narrator
Wu Cherng-dean, 1957-, Robert Tsao, 1947-, David Artlett, fl. 2010
Person Discussed
Wu Cherng-dean, 1957-, Robert Tsao, 1947-, Xi Jinping, 1953-, Tsai Ing-wen, 1956-, Nancy Pelosi, 1940-
Topic / Theme
Military strategy, Manufacturing industry, Political rivalries, Conflict of interests, Commercial policy, International relations, International trade, Business and government, Business affairs, Taiwanese, Chinese
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The Ax Fight
written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1975), 30 mins
A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The visitors had formerly been part of Mishimishimabowei-teri, and many still had ties wi...
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written by Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1975), 30 mins
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A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The visitors had formerly been part of Mishimishimabowei-teri, and many still had ties with members of that village. A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in...
A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The visitors had formerly been part of Mishimishimabowei-teri, and many still had ties with members of that village. A fight broke out in Mishimishimabowei-teri on the second day of Chagnon and Asch's stay in this village in 1971. The conflict developed between the villagers of Mishimishimabowei-teri and their visitors from another village. The visitors had formerly been part of Mishimishimabowei-teri, and many still had ties with members of that village. They refused to work in their hosts' gardens, yet they demanded to be fed. The event lasted about half an hour, ten minutes of which were filmed. The film is constructed of four parts. The first consists of an unedited version of what the cameraman saw and the sound technician recorded. The apparent chaos of these first ten minutes is clarified in the second section, in which Chagnon explains the sequence of actions, the relationships between the actors, and how the filmmakers' interpretation of the events became coherent. The third section diagrams the lineages in the villages involved to illustrate the fight's relationship to long-standing patterns of conflict and alliance within the village. Finally, in an edited version of the fight, we see how the editors' hands shape the "reality" we view. The Ax Fight thus operates on several levels. It plunges the viewer into the problems of Yanomamo kinship, alliance, and village fission; of violence and conflict resolution. At the same time it raises questions about how anthropologists and filmmakers translate their experience into meaningful words and coherent, moving images.
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Date Written / Recorded
1971-02-28
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Craig Johnson
Author / Creator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994
Date Published / Released
1975
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Politics, Negotiation in government, Kin relationships, Violence, Cultural identity, Rural population, Tribal and national groups, Indigenous peoples, Ethnography, Yanomámi
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Barracks Man (L'homme des Casernes)
written by Jacqueline Veuve, 1930-2013; directed by Jacqueline Veuve, 1930-2013; produced by Jacqueline Veuve, 1930-2013 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1994), 1 hour 30 mins
This film deals with the issue of mandatory military service in Switzerland. For four months, from February to May 1990, filmmaker Jacqueline Veuve and her team filmed a platoon engaged in basic training at Colombier, Switzerland.
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written by Jacqueline Veuve, 1930-2013; directed by Jacqueline Veuve, 1930-2013; produced by Jacqueline Veuve, 1930-2013 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1994), 1 hour 30 mins
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This film deals with the issue of mandatory military service in Switzerland. For four months, from February to May 1990, filmmaker Jacqueline Veuve and her team filmed a platoon engaged in basic training at Colombier, Switzerland. This film deals with the issue of mandatory military service in Switzerland. For four months, from February to May 1990, filmmaker Jacqueline Veuve and her team filmed a platoon engaged in basic training at Colombier, S...
This film deals with the issue of mandatory military service in Switzerland. For four months, from February to May 1990, filmmaker Jacqueline Veuve and her team filmed a platoon engaged in basic training at Colombier, Switzerland. This film deals with the issue of mandatory military service in Switzerland. For four months, from February to May 1990, filmmaker Jacqueline Veuve and her team filmed a platoon engaged in basic training at Colombier, Switzerland. Having previously filmed recruitment, Veuve was now allowed to document exercises, inspections and rest breaks. Although she interviewed the entire platoon on several occasions, the film focusses on five recruits from different parts of French-speaking Switzerland, each with a different background and a unique opinion on serving in the military. Time is also spent on the superior officers; the Colonel, the Major, the platoon-leader, and a Corporal. The recruits' remarks underline problems concerning not only the army, but life in general, including unemployment, drugs and the many changes going on in the world today.
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Date Written / Recorded
1990
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jacqueline Veuve, 1930-2013
Author / Creator
Jacqueline Veuve, 1930-2013
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Swiss, Psychology, Military training, National government, Militias, Cultural identity, Politics, Soldiers, Ethnography
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Beyond the Veil, 3, New Cold War
directed by Ludo Poppe, fl. 2004-2014; produced by George Matta, fl. 1998 and Pascal Decroos, fl. 1998, Mundovision Ltd. and Kanakna Documentary, in Beyond the Veil, 3 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1998), 1 hour 5 mins
Is the gap between the West and moderate Muslims widening? Is the West determined to impose its value system on Islamic nations without regard to national preferences, thus radicalizing local patriots? Are all Western motives self-serving? When both cultures accept - and honor - that their definitions of democracy...
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directed by Ludo Poppe, fl. 2004-2014; produced by George Matta, fl. 1998 and Pascal Decroos, fl. 1998, Mundovision Ltd. and Kanakna Documentary, in Beyond the Veil, 3 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1998), 1 hour 5 mins
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Is the gap between the West and moderate Muslims widening? Is the West determined to impose its value system on Islamic nations without regard to national preferences, thus radicalizing local patriots? Are all Western motives self-serving? When both cultures accept - and honor - that their definitions of democracy and human rights differ, there is a firm basis for dialogue now, and peaceful co-existence in the future. High School College Adult
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
George Matta, fl. 1998, Pascal Decroos, fl. 1998, Mundovision Ltd., Kanakna Documentary
Author / Creator
Ludo Poppe, fl. 2004-2014
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Series
Beyond the Veil
Topic / Theme
Islam, Intercultural communication, International relations, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1999. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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The Bharvad Predicament
written by Dr. Jayasinhji Jhala, 1946- and Roger Sandall, 1933-; directed by Dr. Jayasinhji Jhala, 1946- and Roger Sandall, 1933- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1987), 50 mins
Bharvad cattle herdsmen have been nomadic pastorlalists for centuries. This film presents the conflict that has arisen between the local, landholding Kanbi farmers and the Bharvad in Dhrangadhra, western India.
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written by Dr. Jayasinhji Jhala, 1946- and Roger Sandall, 1933-; directed by Dr. Jayasinhji Jhala, 1946- and Roger Sandall, 1933- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1987), 50 mins
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Bharvad cattle herdsmen have been nomadic pastorlalists for centuries. This film presents the conflict that has arisen between the local, landholding Kanbi farmers and the Bharvad in Dhrangadhra, western India. Bharvad cattle herdsmen have been nomadic pastorlalists for centuries. This film presents the conflict that has arisen between the local, landholding Kanbi farmers and the Bharvad in Dhrangadhra, western India. They are in the midst of a p...
Bharvad cattle herdsmen have been nomadic pastorlalists for centuries. This film presents the conflict that has arisen between the local, landholding Kanbi farmers and the Bharvad in Dhrangadhra, western India. Bharvad cattle herdsmen have been nomadic pastorlalists for centuries. This film presents the conflict that has arisen between the local, landholding Kanbi farmers and the Bharvad in Dhrangadhra, western India. They are in the midst of a particularly dry season and competition for the available land and water resources has escalated producing a state of tension between the farmers and the herdsmen. The farmers appear to be supported by the government while the Bharvad are tolerated as a quaint but relatively unimportant political entity. The history of the relationship between the farmers and the pastoralists is reviewed in depth and both points of view are represented. This film clearly demonstrates the influences that geography, natural resources and governmental policies have on the survival of particular ethnic groups and cultures.
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Date Written / Recorded
1983
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Dr. Jayasinhji Jhala, 1946-, Roger Sandall, 1933-, Maya Gamara Bharvad, Mayra Gamara Bharvad
Author / Creator
Dr. Jayasinhji Jhala, 1946-, Roger Sandall, 1933-
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Kanbi, Bharvad, Farmers, Local government, Water supply, Agricultural conditions, Herders, Property rights, Ethnography, Kunbi, Bharwad
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Brazil: Memories of a Dirty War
directed by Rodrigo Vazquez (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
In 2012, President Dilma Rouseff created the Truth Commission to investigate human rights abuses committed by the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. Members of the security forces have been called to collaborate but only one has stepped forward: Claudio Guerra. In the 1970s, he was a key player i...
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directed by Rodrigo Vazquez (Java Films, 2013), 52 mins
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In 2012, President Dilma Rouseff created the Truth Commission to investigate human rights abuses committed by the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. Members of the security forces have been called to collaborate but only one has stepped forward: Claudio Guerra. In the 1970s, he was a key player in Brazil's paramilitary repression. His shocking confession reveals how agents of a murderous regime tortured and killed Brazilians for...
In 2012, President Dilma Rouseff created the Truth Commission to investigate human rights abuses committed by the military regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. Members of the security forces have been called to collaborate but only one has stepped forward: Claudio Guerra. In the 1970s, he was a key player in Brazil's paramilitary repression. His shocking confession reveals how agents of a murderous regime tortured and killed Brazilians for almost 40 years.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Rodrigo Vazquez
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Java Films
Topic / Theme
Brazil Military Dictatorships (1964-1985), Crimes against humanity, Government, Armed forces, Brazil Military Dictatorships, 1964-1985, Sociology, History, Documentation of Crimes, Transitional Justice, Brazilians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Breaking the Wall of Silence
directed by Oystein F. Rakkenes (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008), 50 mins
Breaking the Wall of Silence is a documentary that portrays the courageous struggle of a peaceful, vulnerable culture against domination by an aggressive neighbour – a story of personal sacrifice and spiritual fortitude. Breaking the Wall of Silence will take you behind the scenes of the Tibetan struggle. It wil...
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directed by Oystein F. Rakkenes (Oslo, Oslo County: Nordic World, 2008), 50 mins
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Breaking the Wall of Silence is a documentary that portrays the courageous struggle of a peaceful, vulnerable culture against domination by an aggressive neighbour – a story of personal sacrifice and spiritual fortitude. Breaking the Wall of Silence will take you behind the scenes of the Tibetan struggle. It will present monks and nuns willing to risk their lives in trying to march across the Himalayas back home to Tibet. It will also portray i...
Breaking the Wall of Silence is a documentary that portrays the courageous struggle of a peaceful, vulnerable culture against domination by an aggressive neighbour – a story of personal sacrifice and spiritual fortitude. Breaking the Wall of Silence will take you behind the scenes of the Tibetan struggle. It will present monks and nuns willing to risk their lives in trying to march across the Himalayas back home to Tibet. It will also portray icons such as the Dalai Lama and the writer Tsering Woeser.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Oystein F. Rakkenes
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Nordic World
Person Discussed
Dalai Lama, XIV, 1935-
Topic / Theme
International relations, Political causes, Religious communities, Ethnic Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Nordic World.
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Burma Diary
written by Jeanne Hallacy, fl. 1998; directed by Jeanne Hallacy, fl. 1998; produced by Jeanne Hallacy, fl. 1998 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 55 mins
This powerful and universally–acclaimed documentary explores the revolutionary movement fighting for democracy in Burma and depicts how young people, in particular, are affected by the human rights abuses of Burma's dictatorial military government.
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written by Jeanne Hallacy, fl. 1998; directed by Jeanne Hallacy, fl. 1998; produced by Jeanne Hallacy, fl. 1998 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 55 mins
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This powerful and universally–acclaimed documentary explores the revolutionary movement fighting for democracy in Burma and depicts how young people, in particular, are affected by the human rights abuses of Burma's dictatorial military government. This powerful and universally–acclaimed documentary explores the revolutionary movement fighting for democracy in Burma and depicts how young people, in particular, are affected by the human rights...
This powerful and universally–acclaimed documentary explores the revolutionary movement fighting for democracy in Burma and depicts how young people, in particular, are affected by the human rights abuses of Burma's dictatorial military government. This powerful and universally–acclaimed documentary explores the revolutionary movement fighting for democracy in Burma and depicts how young people, in particular, are affected by the human rights abuses of Burma's dictatorial military government. The State Law and Order Restoration Council forcibly overthrew Burma's free 1990 election, when the Burmese people voted overwhelmingly for the National League of Democracy, the party of nonviolence advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma Diary focuses on the story of Tint Aung, a young Burmese man who was actively involved in the protest movement while in college. He is forced to flee from his home and take refuge in the jungles of the Burmese-Thailand border along with his wife and his two young daughters. As the film chronicles four harsh years of Tint Aung's struggle to survive, it provides a passionate and at times heartbreaking study of the hopes of and the obstacles facing the Burmese democracy movement.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jeanne Hallacy, fl. 1998, San San Myint, Aung San Suu Kyi, 1945-, Naing Aung, 1980-, Tint Aung, 1970-
Author / Creator
Jeanne Hallacy, fl. 1998
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Jeanne Hallacy, fl. 1998
Person Discussed
Aung San Suu Kyi, 1945-, Tint Aung, 1970-
Topic / Theme
Karen, Burmese, Totalitarianism, War, Human rights, Politics, Refugees, Democracy, Martial law, Burma-Myanmar Conflict, 1982-2008, Ethnography, S’gaw Karen, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Chinese Are Coming, Series 1, Episode 2, The Chinese Are Coming, Series 1, Episode 2
directed by Steven Grandison, fl. 1996-2016; produced by Steven Grandison, fl. 1996-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Chinese Are Coming, Series 1, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 50 mins
Justin Rowlatt crosses Brazil and the United States on an epic journey as he continues to investigate the spread of Chinese influence around the planet. In Rio, local industries, including bikini factories, are threatened by cheap Chinese imports, and in the Amazon, Justin witnesses the phenomenal impact of the Ch...
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directed by Steven Grandison, fl. 1996-2016; produced by Steven Grandison, fl. 1996-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Chinese Are Coming, Series 1, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 50 mins
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Justin Rowlatt crosses Brazil and the United States on an epic journey as he continues to investigate the spread of Chinese influence around the planet. In Rio, local industries, including bikini factories, are threatened by cheap Chinese imports, and in the Amazon, Justin witnesses the phenomenal impact of the Chinese hunger for resources on the indigenous people and the environment. In the US, from California to the rust belt, Justin encounters...
Justin Rowlatt crosses Brazil and the United States on an epic journey as he continues to investigate the spread of Chinese influence around the planet. In Rio, local industries, including bikini factories, are threatened by cheap Chinese imports, and in the Amazon, Justin witnesses the phenomenal impact of the Chinese hunger for resources on the indigenous people and the environment. In the US, from California to the rust belt, Justin encounters the rising undercurrent of American fury over their own decline in the face of competition from China.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Steven Grandison, fl. 1996-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, Justin Rowlatt, 1966-
Author / Creator
Steven Grandison, fl. 1996-2016
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Chinese Are Coming
Speaker / Narrator
Justin Rowlatt, 1966-
Topic / Theme
International trade, International relations, Current Affairs
Copyright Message
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CIA’s European Connection
directed by Morten Mouritsen, Kristoffer Voigt, Mette Aaby and Jacob Adrian Mikkelsen; produced by Steen Jensen (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2008), 59 mins
For a number of years the American intelligence agency CIA has secretly been using Greenland as a stop over in order to get their planes to Europe and further on to the Middle East. The planes are under suspicion of being part of the CIA's so-called "extraordinary rendition" programme – a secret operation which...
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directed by Morten Mouritsen, Kristoffer Voigt, Mette Aaby and Jacob Adrian Mikkelsen; produced by Steen Jensen (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2008), 59 mins
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For a number of years the American intelligence agency CIA has secretly been using Greenland as a stop over in order to get their planes to Europe and further on to the Middle East. The planes are under suspicion of being part of the CIA's so-called "extraordinary rendition" programme – a secret operation which illegally abducts terrorist suspects from European territory. Oppositions in a number of European countries have demanded independent i...
For a number of years the American intelligence agency CIA has secretly been using Greenland as a stop over in order to get their planes to Europe and further on to the Middle East. The planes are under suspicion of being part of the CIA's so-called "extraordinary rendition" programme – a secret operation which illegally abducts terrorist suspects from European territory. Oppositions in a number of European countries have demanded independent investigations to find out if the CIA has been using national airspace or airports in connection with the secret prisoner programme. But most of the European governments have refused to investigate the matters so far.
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Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Steen Jensen
Author / Creator
Morten Mouritsen, Kristoffer Voigt, Mette Aaby, Jacob Adrian Mikkelsen
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Topic / Theme
Government, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
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