S2 EP5 – Conflicts & Crime

Iranian man, Amir talks of his arrest in Tehran during pro-democracy protests which rock ed the country and outlines why he and his family had to be smuggled out of Iran, fearing for their lives.

Irish MSF doctor, Niamh Allen reflects on her time spent working in some of the countries most hard-hit by conflict, including Syria, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Irish lawyer, Aonghus Kelly talks about working on some of Bosnia's biggest war crime cases, a war in which an estimated 100,000 people were killed and 10,000 remain missing.

Dearbhla Glynn is a documentary filmmaker from Cork, Ireland. She has always been interested in war zones. As part of her work, she’s travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq and Gaza.

Zaynab Salman is from the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. She was involved in the effort to build local governance after the 2003 US-led invasion. Zaynab eventually fled Iraq, after getting death threats.

Salome Mbugua has spent over two decades working with women and children from war-torn countries. She has recorded narratives of over 100 of these women, who are now living in IRL.

Hamalis was forced to flee the volatile Democratic Republic of Congo in 2009 because of the conflict in his native country. He now lives in Ireland with two of his daughters.

Glyn Morgan was responsible for all analytical support to the prosecution case of the former Bosnian Serb Leader, Radovan Karadžic, who has been jailed for the worst war crime in Europe since World War Two. Glyn provides consultancy related to crimes that are a violation of international armed war and cross border organised crime.

More than four and a half million people have fled Syria since the start of the country’s conflict. 20 year old Rawan is one of them. She describes how the war escalated, uprooting her family, relocating them in Ireland.

In August of 2013, while in Egypt, 25-year-old Fatima Halawa was arrested along with two of her sisters and their brother, Ibrahim. They were detained during unrest after the military removed from power President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. Fatima and her sisters spent three months in prison. Ibrahim is still in prison.