Witness History Episodes Available now
Imprisonment in Syria
As tensions in Syria worsen, we talk to a man who was jailed for opposing the Assad regime
World's First Environment Conference
The man who first coralled the international community to hold an environment summit
The early days of HIV/Aids
The experience of a Ugandan-born woman diagnosed with HIV in the early days of the virus
Retreat from Dunkirk
One soldier's frank account of his chaotic World War Two retreat from Dunkirk
The Massacre of Baghdad's Jews
The story of the massacre 70 years ago that led to the exodus of Baghdad's Jews
Attack at Lod Airport
It is almost 40 years since an attack at the airport outside Tel Aviv
Assassination of Trujillo
It is 50 years since the assassination of Rafael Trujillo - Dominican Republic dictator
Pakistan nuclear test
It is 13 years since Pakistan first tested a nuclear weapon
Amnesty at 50
It is half a century since the launch of the human rights group Amnesty International
Mariel Boatlift from Cuba
Mass exodus: how 125,000 Cubans left the island from Mariel harbour in 1980
