Erstellt am: 8. 5. 2013 - 16:34 Uhr

Celebrating Freedom

Reality Check: commemorating 8th May; Textile industry in Bangladesh; Pakistan elections; UK Labour Party & the EU; abortion laws in El Salvador.

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Heldenplatz - 8th May

Christoph Weiss went to Vienna's Heldenplatz, where a military vigil is being held at the place where in the past fraternities have staged controversial rituals. This year events to mark the anniversary of the 1945 surrender of Hitler’s Germany have a new focus:

Bangladesh

As the number of dead in the collapse of a building in Dakhar continues to rise, we speak with Michaela Königshofer from the Clean Clothes Campaign about the textile industry in Bangladesh that supplies our high street clothes and efforts to ensure safe working conditions:

Pakistan

Leading Pakistani politician and former world renowned sportsman Imran Khan is recovering in hospital after falling off a platform at an election rally in Lahore. He is an interesting candidate in the general election, which takes place on Saturday. Shaun Gregory from the University of Brad was campaigning for Saturday’s general election. Khan is expected to make a full recovery. How does this incident affect the forthcoming Pakistan elections:

Emma Reynolds

Emma Reynolds is Britain's Shadow Minister for Europe in the opposition Labour Party. We hear her party’s take on growing calls for Britain to leave the EU and the possibility of a referendum on the issue:

El Salvador

Beatriz is 22, four-and-a-half months pregnant and seriously ill. She could die if she doesn't get an abortion. Her baby is missing a large part of its brain and would likely die within hours of birth. She lives in El Salvador which has some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the world and where choices for women like Beatriz are sometimes either prison or death. We hear more from the Central America Women's Network.

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