Witness History Episodes Available now
Victor Jara: killed in Chile's coup
The musician's widow recounts his murder at the hands of Chile's army in 1973
Organising Chile's 1973 military coup
On 11 September, General Augusto Pinochet deposed President Salvador Allende
Murder of Swedish politician Anna Lindh
In 2003, Swedish politician Anna Lindh was attacked and killed in Stockholm
Bi Kidude: Zanzibar's 'golden grandmother of music'
Bi Kidude was one of the first women from Zanzibar to sing in public without the veil
Arctic 30: Russian arrest of Greenpeace campaigners
In 2013, campaigners were arrested for protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic
Leaving China to study after the Cultural Revolution
We hear from one of the first students to study overseas after the Cultural Revolution
Saving Guadalupe from goats
An island expedition helped save Guadalupe's wildlife from extinction...and goats
Egypt's Rabaa massacre
In August 2013, the army killed hundreds of protestors in Cairo
North and South Korean leaders meet for the first time in decades
In June 2000, the first inter-Korean summit since the Korean War took place
The Bristol bus boycott
How a protest by black activists in 1963 led to the UK's first anti-racism laws