Forced labor startling in U.S. private prisons

STORY: Forced labor startling in U.S. private prisons DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: LAW/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Russian): VYACHESLAV SEVALNEV, Leading researcher, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ROMARILYN RALSTON, Program Director of California State University's Project Rebound STORYLINE: Founded on slavery, the United States still has a startling record of forced labor across the nation nowadays, especially in prisons. Forced labor and violations of human rights are seen in the U.S. private prison business, many experts have said. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International "The fact that immigration is

Unveiling U.S. human rights failure: Forced labor

STORY: Unveiling U.S. human rights failure: Forced labor DATELINE: Aug. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:06:27 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TUNC AKKOC, Turkish veteran journalist and analyst 3. STANDUP 1 (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ROMARILYN RALSTON, Program Director of California State University's Project Rebound 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Russian): VYACHESLAV SEVALNEV, Leading researcher, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): ANNA MALINDOG-UY, Researcher, Philippine-BRICS Strategic Studies 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): GERRISHON IKIARA, Economics lecturer, Unive

U.S. abuses imprisonment, torture in Middle East: experts

STORY: U.S. abuses imprisonment, torture in Middle East: experts DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:27 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMINA MASOOD JANJUA, Chairperson of Defence of Human Rights and Public Service in Pakistan 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (DARI): ABDUL QADIR HIJRAN, Former Bagram prisoner 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): ALAAH KARIM AHMED, Former Iraqi detainee in Abu Ghraib prison STORYLINE: The U.S. has created "clash of civilizations," and abused imprisonment and torture, violating freedom of religion and human dignity in the Middle East and surrounding areas. This is according to a report released by the China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS) on Tuesday. The report said the U.S. has been hostile to Islamic civilization, destroyed the historical and cultural heritage of the Middle East, imprisoned and tortured Muslims recklessly, and seriously violated the basi

Inmates in U.S. private prisons become cheap laborers: experts

STORY: Inmates in U.S. private prisons become cheap laborers: experts DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International 2 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ROMARILYN RALSTON, Program Director of California State University's Project Rebound STORYLINE: The United States has the world's largest private prison population. Since 2000, the number of people housed in private prisons has increased by 32 percent compared to an overall rise in the prison population of 3 percent. In the private prisons, many have been suffering from forced labor without any legal protection. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International "The fact that immigration is being criminalized in the U.S. facilitates a constant flow of cheap labor to those prisons. Many of these people fall into a legal limbo because they are imprisoned without having been brought to trial, w

Cuban expert slams enslavement of prisoners in U.S. private prisons

STORY: Cuban expert slams enslavement of prisoners in U.S. private prisons DATELINE: June 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International STORYLINE: A Cuban expert slams private prisons in the U.S. for their profit-making schemes, which involve "exploitation, and enslavement of the prisoners who work in those private businesses." SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International Private prisons are a big business in the U.S., a business that moves around 2 billion USD annually where the profits are almost absolute from the exploitation, from the enslavement of the prisoners who work in those private businesses. Prisoners can be subjected to all kinds of punishment that occurs in prisons, earning wages that are well below the minimum wage in the U.S. One of the consequences is that, like any company in full

Prisoner abuse at CIA black sites barbaric violation of human rights: experts

STORY: Prisoner abuse at CIA black sites barbaric violation of human rights: experts DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1.SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International 2.SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AMINA MASOOD JANJUA, Chairperson of Defence of Human Rights and Public Service in Pakistan STORYLINE: The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has set up black sites in many countries under the pretext of its "War on Terror." The black sites, caught up in prisoner abuse scandals, have drawn widespread criticism from the international community. Raul Capote, editor-in-chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International, points out that prisoner abuse at CIA black sites constitutes one of the most barbaric violations of human rights. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International "There have been many prisoners from many regions of the world, not only from the Middle East, who hav

Defects in U.S. profits-seeking private prisons

STORY: Defects in U.S. profits-seeking private prisons DATELINE: March 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. street views 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL GUILLERMO BENITEZ, Researcher, Investigations Center about North America at UNAM University in Mexico City 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Russian): VYACHESLAV SEVALNEV, Researcher, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief, Cuban newspaper Granma International 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Russian): VYACHESLAV SEVALNEV, Researcher, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation STORYLINE: Correctional institutions are meant to uphold justice. However, in the United States, a system originally designed for rehabilitation has become "big business" that thrives on violations of human rights. Defects in U.S. profits-seeking private prisons No.1 Highest prison population Statistics show

Guantanamo "terrifying CIA prison" where acts of torture are committed: Cuban expert

STORY: Guantanamo "terrifying CIA prison" where acts of torture are committed: Cuban expert DATELINE: March 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International STORYLINE: The Guantanamo Bay detention facility on the island of Cuba is a notorious U.S. military prison set up in 2002, as part of America's "war on terror." Over the past two decades, the facility has become a symbol of U.S. torture and abuse of prisoners. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International "Guantanamo is an example of such a (secret) prison. For us Cubans, it is doubly painful, first, because it is a place in Cuba illegally usurped by the U.S. government, and also because it has become one of the most well-known and terrifying secret CIA prisons where acts of torture are committed that are protected by North American laws trying to minimize what is happening there. But there ha

U.S. for-profit prisons: unchecked business and locked-up justice

STORY: U.S. for-profit prisons: unchecked business and locked-up justice DATELINE: March. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:23 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): XIE E, Xinhua Correspondent 2. STANDUP 2 (English): XIE E, Xinhua Correspondent 3. STANDUP 3 (English): XIE E, Xinhua Correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL GUILLERMO BENITEZ, Researcher at Investigations Center about North America at the UNAM University in Mexico City 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): RAUL GUILLERMO BENITEZ, Researcher at the UNAM University in Mexico City 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International 7. STANDUP 4 (English): XIE E, Xinhua Correspondent 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ROMARILYN RALSTON,Program Director of California State University's Project Rebound 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (Spanish): Raul Guillermo Benitez, Researcher at Investigations Center about North America at the UNAM University in Mexico City STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): XIE E, Xinhua Corr

Foreign experts slam human rights violations in U.S.

STORY: Foreign experts slam human rights violations in U.S. DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:28 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SURASIT THANADTANG, Director of the Thai-Chinese Strategic Research Center 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review STORYLINE: Inequality, racism and exploitation... foreign experts have slammed the human rights violations in the United States. Rather than lecturing other countries on human rights, experts say the U.S. should take seriously the human rights violations in its own country. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish) RAUL CAPOTE, Editor-in-Chief of Cuban newspaper Granma International "Private prisons are a big business in the U.S., a business that moves around two billion (USD) annually where the profits are almost absolute from the exploitation, from the enslavement of the p