Jair Bolsonaro's presidency in Brazil has seen escalating attacks on journalists in person and on freedom of information more generally. Threats, intimidation, defamation campaigns, lawsuits - often b...
Barbara Serra
Barbara Serra is a news presenter and correspondent for Al Jazeera English. She anchors the main evening news programmes from Al Jazeera’s London broadcast centre and has also reported extensively from across Europe and the Middle East.
In her native Italy, Barbara contributes from London to the weekly RAI 3 programme Tv Talk. Her first book Gli Italiani Non Sono Pigri (Those Lazy Europeans - Garzanti) won the Caccuri Prize for non fiction and contributed to her winning the '12 Apostoli' journalism award in 2015.
Prior to joining Al Jazeera, Barbara worked for the BBC, Sky News and Channel Five, where she became the first second-language English speaker to present a prime time news programme on British TV.
Events IJF 2020
The situation of the Kurdish people is becoming increasingly critical. President Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from Northern Syria paved the way for the Turkish offensive, and appeared ...
Activism, feminism and the fight for human rights. In conversation with Inna Shevchenko
Activism, feminism and the fight for human rights, also against authoritarian regimes. Plus the use of the body as an instrument for impactful activism. Interview of Femen leader Inna Shevchenko. Mod...
The #metoo movement in India was set off by Priya Ramani’s 12 October 2017 article in Vogue India entitled To the Harvey Weinsteins of the world in which she accused a former editor of hers – wi...
Screening of the documentary Sea Sorrow followed by a discussion and Q&A with Vanessa Redgrave, Carlo Nero and Carlotta Sami. Moderated by Barbara Serra. Sea Sorrow marks Vanessa Redgrave’s deb...
In conversation with Yael Deckelbaum and Meera Eilabouni of the Women Wage Peace movement. Moderated by Barbara Serra. The Women Wage Peace movement was set up immediately after the bloody clashes ...
The incredible and terrifying story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, arrested in 2001 in his home country Mauritania and from there taken to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. A nightmare of denie...
Who are the new terrorists of the ISIS Caliphate and what are the responsibilities of the West, in particular Europe, in its flourishing? Is the erection of walls – either real or symbolic – again...
For years now, our screens have been dominated by images of migrants and refugees embarking on the perilous journey to Europe, often risking their lives to reach a continent which is increasingly in...
The terrible triangle: tyrants, terrorists and native reform in the Arab world
#ijf16talk by Iyad El-Baghdadi. Moderated by Barbara Serra.
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