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Matthew's Favourite Moments from 2012
Matthew's favourite moments from 2012.
The Swimming Coach Who Changed Lives
South African Sthembiso Madiya's influence on a generation inspired an award-winning film
I Should Have Taken JFK's Bullet
Jackie Kennedy's bodyguard Clint Hill couldn’t save JFK from assassination in 1963
Writing the Syrian Revolution
The Syrian writer who defied her background to report on rebel torture victims
Shirin Ebadi: The Iranians Took My Nobel Prize
The Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Prize winner forced into exile over her work
The Man Who Gets Bones To Tell a Story
Guatemala's top forensic anthropologist on digging up the mass grave of massacre victims
I Was Blinded By My Boyfriend
The British woman who suffered terrible domestic violence leaving her blind in both eyes
Father of Indian Rape Victim
The father of Indian gang rape victim re-lives his last conversation with his daughter
Staying on air in eastern Mali
A journalist at a Gao radio station on life and work under the rebels
Soldiers' mothers united by grief
The mothers of two British soldiers tell how their deaths have brought them together
Life After the Haiti Earthquake
Maryse Etrenne lost her lower leg and now helps other disabled people
A Kurdish Family Divided
Mayor Abdullah Demirbas on family and political struggles as a Turkish Kurd
Persecuted For Being Gay in Uganda
Kasha Nabagesera on the threats she receives over fighting for gay rights in Uganda
Paul Conroy: My Escape From Homs
War photographer Paul Conroy on his dramatic escape from the besieged Syrian city of Homs
Held For Years By Somali Pirates
Free after nearly three years: two Pakistani seamen held by Somali pirates
Jineth Bedoya Lima
Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima on her search for justice after torture and rape
DRC Rape Doctor Attack
Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.
Friendship Forged Under Fire
Blake Hall, former US Army ranger, on the young Iraqi who worked for him as an interpreter
I saw my own death reported on TV
Abdoul Kader Toure on watching his own death reported on TV
Bahraini Banker Turned Human Rights Activist
Bahraini investment banker turned human rights campaigner Jihan Kazerooni on her new life
Chris Kyle, US Lethal Sniper Shot Dead
As USA's most lethal sniper is shot dead, we bring you the interview he gave us in 2012.
Innocent But Behind Bars For 21 Years
The Italian jailed for a murder he didn't commit and how his true love waited for him
Murilo de Toledo: I Survived the Brazilian Nightclub Fire
At the gates of hell: surviving the Brazilian nightclub fire
Lesbian Footballer Fights For Equality
Tumi Mkhuma on how football is helping her to heal
The Dangers of Being an Iranian Journalist
Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad on the recent government crackdown on her colleagues
Survivor of the Magdalene Laundries
The inside story of life in one of Ireland's notorious Magdalene laundries
The Woman Who Forgave Her Rapist
The Sierra Leonean woman who made a dance of reconciliation with her rapist
"Maimed To Make Me a Better Beggar"
The little boy from Bangladesh who was brutally maimed to make him a better beggar.
Poet Salma Shut Away For 25 Years
During years of confinement Tamil poet Salma smuggled poems out and got them published
Surviving the Costa Concordia Disaster
A dancer who worked on the sinking cruise liner on how the experience still haunts her.
The Truth Behind the Movie Argo
How six American embassy staff escaped during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979