John Sparks 123 items found
Burma's Rohingyas: how journalism really can make a difference
14 June 2013
Journalists are not universally admired, but as I found after making a film about the plight of Burma's Rohingya Muslims, what we do often pricks the consciences of the poweful.
Rohingya people crammed in filthy cages in Thailand
31 May 2013
Channel 4 News gains access to a Thai detention centre where thousands of Muslim refugees who have fled religious persecution in Burma are being forced to live in squalid conditions.
The plight of Burma's Rohingya Muslims in a Thai camp
31 May 2013
As Thailand struggles with an influx of Rohingya Muslims from Burma, John Sparks visits a camp where conditions are desperately over-crowded, with barely room to sit.
Burma: Rohingya Muslims restricted to two children
28 May 2013
Aung San Suu Kyi has remained silent on the plight of Burma's Rohingya Muslims. With her criticism of "discrimination", is she now changing her tune?
Malaysia awaits election outcome
05 May 2013
Malaysians vote in record numbers in an election that could weaken or even end the rule of the world's longest-ruling coalition. Asia Correspondent John Sparks gives his view.
Not on top of the world? Tensions behind Mount Everest fight
01 May 2013
As frustrations between western climbers and Sherpas on Mount Everest boil over, one climber gives his account of what happened to John Sparks.
Sherpas fight westerners on Mount Everest - video
30 April 2013
Police in Nepal are investigating an alleged fight between two famous European climbers and their Nepalese mountain guides on Mount Everest.
Bangladesh building collapse: death toll likely to rise
25 April 2013
Protests erupt in Bangladesh as the death toll from the collapse of a building supplying western retailers rises above 230. Rescuers fear many more bodies could still be trapped.
South African surfer survives shark-infested waters for 28 hours
19 April 2013
Sharks swirled and seagulls swooped - John Sparks reports on the remarkable survival of South African surfer Brett Archibald.
Technology helps outside world seep into North Korea
15 April 2013
John Sparks speaks with North Korean defectors and activists to get an understanding of the secretive regime and how technology is helping the outside world to seep across the border.
