'The soldiers poured petrol over me and then threw a lighted match.'
The words of a Chilean woman. Her offence?
Walking on the street on the day of a national strike.
'I was beaten with an iron bar. I heard mothers tortured in front of their children.'
The words of a Turkish student. His offence?
Membership of a legal opposition party.
Exactly 40 years ago today the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yet people are still locked away simply for speaking their minds.
What is the United Nations doing to prevent human rights abuse? What can the British Government do? Are individuals powerless to help? Jonathan Dimbleby investigates what happened to the brave new world promised by the Universal Declaration and challenges men like Andrew Young , ex-US Ambassador to the UN. and Jan Martenson , Director General of the United
Nations Office in Geneva, to come up with a better answer to the continuing scandal of state murder, disappearance and torture.
Assistant producer SANDRA JONES Executive producer RITCHIE COGAN Producer LAURENCE REES
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