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BOVVER BOYSCities and towns across England have been reeling from shouts of 'Muslim bombers off our streets' in recent months, as a group of far-right protesters have travelled the country spreading their extreme anti-Islam views.The English Defence League was only formed last year and has attracted both increasing support and condemnation, in an echo of the National Front marches of the 1970s and 80s.Matthew Taylor from Guardian Films spent four months undercover with the EDL, attending gatherings at pubs that precede heavily policed protests, with the constant threat of things turning violent.Members also went to the 9/11 commemorations in New York this month to support Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders, who Dateline profiled last month, at the protest over plans for a mosque near Ground Zero.Matthew also sees the counter protests and campaigners facing violent threats for standing up against the group, as they ask for more action to tackle the EDL. REDS RETURNVideo journalist David O'Shea reports from the first protest by the Thai Red Shirts since the violent clashes and deaths in Bangkok in April and May.It comes after an emergency decree to stop them was lifted in parts of the country, meaning their campaign in support of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra can continue.But why are Shinawatra's supporters having to raise money for the multi-billionaire's campaign? David also meets a leading commentator, who talks of a country divided between the Red Shirts and royalist Yellow Shirts, and the dangers of taking sides.Plus there's the uncertainty over the ill health of the country's elderly King Bhumibol Adulyadej, with strict laws limiting discussion of royal issues.MERCY MISSIONBaby girls are being killed in the Tamil Nadu area of India, so their poverty-stricken parents can avoid paying large dowries when their daughters marry.Other girls are being aborted, abandoned or given up for adoption, and some that do reach adulthood are being married to close relatives... all to avoid families losing what little money and property they have.Video journalist Yalda Hakim meets one heartbroken woman, Parvati, whose first baby girl was killed by her husband. She was then forced to give up her second girl for adoption before she suffered the same fate.Yalda also meets a good samaritan couple from the United States working at an orphanage for abandoned children... some of whom were found dumped in the gutter.But what's being done to educate people to stop them killing their daughters and correct the major gender imbalance it's causing? International current affairs, hosted by George Negus |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-09-19 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Dowry -- Social aspects.
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Female infanticide.
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Islamophobia.
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Political campaigns.
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Protest movements.
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Protestants -- Missions.
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United Kingdom.
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Thailand -- Bangkok.
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Streaming video
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Bennett, Weyman, contributor
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Crispin, Shawn, contributor
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Godwin, Matthew, contributor
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Hakim, Yalda, reporter
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Janhong, Siwan, contributor
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Lowles, Nick, contributor
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Negus, George, host
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O'Shea, David, reporter
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Parkinson, Jason, contributor
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Taylor, Matthew, reporter
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Turcotte, Jesse, contributor
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Turcotte, Suzanna, contributor
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