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Human Rights, Human Wrongs, and What We Do About Them Rundown "The State We're In": THE STATE WE’RE IN SEGMENT A: THE DAY OF THE DISAPPEARED (12:30) PROGAM TAG: (:29) AMINA’S STORY: Three years ago Amina Massood Janjua prepared breakfast for her husband, a well-liked businessman who ran a college in Rawalpindi in Pakistan. She kissed him goodbye….and she never saw him again. He became one of the many people who have disappeared in Pakistan. Amina tells Jonathan about her efforts to find her husband. DISAPPEARED IN PAKISTAN: After the attacks on 9/11, the U.S. government recruited Pakistan as an ally in an efforts to round-up suspected terrorists. Since that time, Sohail Warraich of Amnesty International says hundreds, possibly thousands of people have been “disappeared”. TEASER B: Jonathan tells us what’s coming up in the B segment MUSIC BED (1:30) SEGMENT B: 18:30 THIS WEEK’S THEME IS “THE RIGHT TO GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS” JONATHAN’S HISTORY OF “HARD” WORK: As part of this Labor Day special, host Jonathan Groubert recounts all of the bad jobs he’s had over the years – but notes that no matter how bad, none of his workplace rights were violated. THE RED THREAD: Host Jonathan Groubert speaks with Sietske Altink of De Rode Draad or Red Thread, Holland’s trade union for sex workers. TURKISH “SERFS” TAKE ON THEIR AGA: Dorian Jones reports how Turkish villagers are taking their local feudal lord, or Aga, to court to fight against his total control over their work and their property. THE END OF THE CAMBODIAN SWEAT SHOP: The garment industry is one of Cambodia’s leading export sectors, but workers often have to work long hours for little pay. Since 2001, a project has been working to improve working conditions in the sector. (4:00) TEASER C: Jonathan tells us what’s coming up in the C segment SEGMENT C: 19:00 HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS: Eric Beauchemin joins host Jonathan Groubert to recap the top human rights news of the week, including evidence of the intentional widespread burning of Georgian houses in South Ossetia, the execution of another juvenile offender in Iran, the high death toll of migrant workers in Lebanon, and fears of the forced eviction of thousands of people in Cambodia. “PARALLEL LIVES” MCDONALDS: A montage featuring two MacDonald’s employees – Gregory McEwan in New York and Xiao She (shoya asho) in Beijing. They reflect on their respective jobs and what it means to work at McDonalds in their respective cultures. 5:00 RIGHT TO BE UNEMPLOYED: Jonathan talks to Dutchman Gert Jan (KHEHRT-YAN) van Beijnum (BYE-num). He’s 51 years old, lives in a squat in the city of Den Bosch (BOSS) and he hasn’t had a paying job for 29 years. But he says he does work: he writes and distributes a small, local newspaper. And because he feels he is useful, he has the right to be subsidized. 4:00 HOW TO GET RID OF THE OTHERS: A new satirical Danish film asks what would happen if a country got tired of its freeloaders and tax cheats who don’t make a contribution to society and rounded them all up. Producer Susan Stone spoke with director Anders Ronnov (RAHN-ahv) Klarlund and tells Jonathan why the film has a special insight about the country recently caught up in the cartoon controversy. (4:30) YOUR LETTERS CLOSING MONTAGE: NEXT WEEK IN TSWI: Health experts say obesity is a growing problem which will place a heavy burden on health care systems around the world – We ask “do people have a right to be fat?” ***************************************************************************** Contact information: USA/Canada Station Services: Rest of World Station Services: If you no longer wish to receive this weekly newsletter send an email to: media@rnw.nl PROGRAM WEB SITE: www.thestatewerein.org
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