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A campaigner on the risks of being openly gay in Indonesia

Dragged from his home and beaten by police -a campaigner on the risks of being openly gay in Indonesia

GAY RIGHTS IN INDONESIA
It isn't illegal to be homosexual in Indonesia but it isn't easy either. We hear the tale of one gay rights campaigner, Hartoyo, and his fight for justice. after being dragged from his home and beaten by the police. 

NUCLEAR TESTING IN KAZAKHSTAN
For forty years, the people of Semipalatinsk were human guinea pigs in the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons testing programme. Today, one in twenty children are born with genetic defects as a result of the blasts. British film-maker Antony Butts has been to meet some of those affected.

KILI CLIMBERS
Kenyan Frederick Ouko had polio as a child and has been on crutches ever since; his Ugandan team-mate, Florence Ndagire, was born blind. But they haven't let their disabilities get in the way of their success, and next week they are taking on Africa's highest mountain: Kilimanjaro.

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