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People & Power Season 9

January. 21,2015
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People & Power is a current affairs programme on Al Jazeera English which broadcasts once a week, on Wednesdays, and repeated throughout the week. Each half-hour programme features one investigative documentaries on an issue related to power from around the world. The programme occasionally has one hour specials.

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People & Power Season 9 Full Episode Guide

Episode 27 - Out of the Shadows: Overcoming Mental Illness
First Aired: October. 28,2015

How a pioneering approach to treating mental illness is helping to fight one of the world's most neglected diseases.

Episode 26 - Romania's War on Corruption
First Aired: October. 21,2015

We investigate Romania's efforts to rid the country of corruption amid its powerful political and business elites.

Episode 25 - Red Gold and Black Blood
First Aired: October. 14,2015

People & Power investigates the use of exploited labour in Italy’s famous tomato industry.

Episode 24 - India's Hindu Fundamentalists
First Aired: October. 07,2015

People & Power investigates India's Hindu fundamentalists and their influence on the country's government.

Episode 23 - Jamaica's Silent Children
First Aired: September. 30,2015

An investigation into the high rate of child sex abuse in Jamaica and the government's failure to protect its children.

Episode 22 - Killing Kenya
First Aired: September. 23,2015

People & Power investigates allegations that Kenya’s police are involved in extra judicial killings.

Episode 21 - Torture in Tunisia
First Aired: September. 02,2015

We investigate allegations that despite its new democratic institutions, police torture continues in Tunisia.

Episode 20 - South Korea: Suicide Nation
First Aired: August. 27,2015

People & Power investigates South Korea's disturbing rise in suicides, particularly among the elderly.

Episode 19 - Gaza: Deadly Assaults
First Aired: August. 19,2015

People & Power investigates two deadly attacks by the Israeli army during the 2014 war on Gaza.

Episode 18 - Peru's Rotten Wood
First Aired: August. 12,2015

People and Power exposes how Peru's Amazonian rainforest is being stripped bare by corruption.

Episode 17 - The Cost of Living
First Aired: August. 05,2015

The politics of ransom paying: should governments give money to armed groups in exchange for hostages?

Episode 16 - The Baltic and the Bear
First Aired: July. 29,2015

We investigate why the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are nervous about Russia's regional ambitions.

Episode 15 - Syria's Electronic Armies
First Aired: June. 17,2015

People and Power investigates the sinister impact of a secret cyber war on the Syrian civil war.

Episode 14 - Canada's Lost Women
First Aired: June. 10,2015

An investigation into the abuse and exploitation of aboriginal women in Canada and the authorities' failure to stop it.

Episode 13 - The Tech Threat (Part two)
First Aired: June. 03,2015

As automation gets cheaper than the cost of labour, developing economies are being hit the hardest.

Episode 12 - The Tech Threat
First Aired: May. 27,2015

Are advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and other technologies leading to fewer jobs and more inequality?

Episode 11 - Chad: At War With Boko Haram
First Aired: May. 20,2015

People & Power investigates how Chad is responding to the threat posed by Boko Haram across West Africa.

Episode 10 - With this Passport I Thee Wed - Part 2
First Aired: May. 06,2015

In the second part of With This Passport I Thee Wed, our undercover reporters turned their attention to those who provide legal advice to migrants seeking visas - in particular two lawyers who were said to have a curious attitude to the UK's immigration laws. The distorting effect of fake marriages on the UK immigration system and the suspicions and tougher rules they give rise to can only make it harder for those genuine migrants who want to enter Britain legally and make - as so many of them have - a real contribution to its society. But until a better answer to the problem is found, the criminal gangs who take huge sums of money from would-be migrants and exploit women from poorer parts of Europe will only continue to flourish.

Episode 9 - With This Passport I Thee Wed ... - Part 1
First Aired: April. 29,2015

We investigate the shady world of Britain's fake marriage brokers and how they beat the UK's tough immigration rules.

Episode 8 - Madagascar's Chinese Vanilla
First Aired: April. 08,2015

How Chinese entrepreneurs have taken control of Madagascar's booming vanilla trade and what it means for local farmers.

Episode 7 - Episode 7
First Aired: April. 01,2015

Can an international boycott of Israeli goods and services help end its occupation of Palestinian lands?

Episode 6 - Macedonia: Behind the Facade
First Aired: March. 18,2015

People & Power investigates whether rising ethnic tensions in Macedonia could result in civil conflict.

Episode 5 - Western Jihadis in Syria
First Aired: March. 04,2015

People & Power meets young Muslims who have abandoned the West to fight in Syria.

Episode 4 - From Africa's Palms
First Aired: February. 25,2015

People & Power investigates the environmental consequences of palm oil plantations in equatorial Africa.

Episode 3 - Killing the Ball
First Aired: February. 18,2015

People & Power investigates how a match-fixer and his syndicate corrupted global football.

Episode 2 - Hong Kong: Occupy Central - Part 3
First Aired: January. 28,2015

This three-part People & Power report goes behind the scenes with a pro-democracy campaign trying to ensure free elections in Hong Kong.

Episode 1 - Phosphate fantasies
First Aired: January. 21,2015

The damaging health effects of Tunisia's phosphate mines on workers who hoped the Arab Spring would bring change.

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