Witness History Episodes Available now
Women and the Sabarimala temple
How Indian women fought for the right to be allowed into a Hindu holy site
Black GIs during World War Two
How soldiers who had been relegated to support roles were asked to volunteer for combat
The attack on India's parliament
In December 2001 armed men attacked India's parliamentary compound in broad daylight
El Salvador's stolen children
During El Salvador's civil war, soldiers abducted children in rebel areas
The killing of Amadou Diallo
When New York police shot a young immigrant 41 times, thousands took to the streets
The 'Awakenings' medical experiment
In the 1960s a new drug briefly woke up patients who'd been catatonic for decades.
The IRA siege at Balcombe Street
In December 1975, the IRA took a middle-aged couple hostage in Central London.
The battle of the Louvre pyramid
How Paris was eventually won round to the Louvre museum's great glass pyramid
The Cuban writer who defied Fidel Castro
In 1990 Reinaldo Arenas died of Aids in New York, leaving behind a powerful autobiography
Jaslyk – Uzbekistan’s infamous prison
A prison camp in the Uzbek desert became notorious for torture and human rights abuses.
