Shortly before the massacre began, on the night of June 3-4, he begged the youth to evacuate the square and went on hunger strike to request the authorities to avoid violence. In spring 1989, when students occupied Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese literature scholar and outstanding speaker, became one of the movement's mentors. He paid the highest price, dying in captivity in July 2017. The Nobel Laureate: defied Beijing, died in jailĭirector: Pierre Haski Liu Xiaobo, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, never ceased to demand a democratic China. ‘SnotBot’ is a project of OCEAN ALLIANCE which uses drones to capture the whales’ blows and studying the biological matter it contains. While tracking the world’s longest land mammal migration through arctic Alaska and Canada, scientists discover an incredible ecosystem protected by the Gwich’in Nation for more than 25,000 years, but now under threat by mining companies. It's time to ban risky tailings ponds and clean up the mining industry.ĭirector: Kristin Gates and Jeremy Là Zelle Some mines are even permitted to release effluent directly into waterways.
India’s draft legislation will open India’s entire coastline to industry and development, leaving the 170 million people who live mostly by traditional fishing means, out of options.Īlong British Columbia's Fraser River, its most important salmon watershed, massive dams are holding back mine waste mixed with water. The fishing village of Baguran Jalpai in north-east India is one of many similar fighting for their very existence. So how can a creature so small explain 130 million years of evolution? Living underground for most of the year, it emerges to breed only when the monsoon arrives. In 2003, scientists discovered the Purple Frog, an enigmatic species that is endemic to India.
A dedicated all-female team provides hope, but will their unique conservation initiative succeed? In El Salvador, a small coastal community fights to protect the sea turtles from poachers.
Two individuals detail their experiences navigating the opiate landscape which led them to Methadone and their subsequent difficulties with the drug that replaced one addiction with another. Citizens decide to fight with the dealers by themselves through a militia, but they will face not only drug dealers armed like an army, but also opium field owners or the government that doesn’t care about the Kachin state, since it’s a Catholic area in a Buddhist country. In the Kachin State of Myanmar, more than half of the youth is addict on opium, sold with the help of a corrupted police.
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