Browsing by Author "Stern, Vivien (interviewee)"

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    Caribbean Report 02-01-1998
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1998-01-02) Thomas, Moya (anchor); Gordon, Orin (correspondent); Stern, Vivien (interviewee); John, Velon (interviewee); Prescod, John (interviewee); Burgess, Jacquie (interviewee); Singh, Wendy (interviewee); Simmons, David (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    This special edition of Caribbean Report examines penal reforms in the Caribbean. The region's prisons are in crisis as they face a myriad of problems including overcrowding, riots, violence and aged infrastructure. Vivien Stern, Penal Reform International (PRI) comments on whether these challenges are peculiar to the Caribbean. Jacquie Burgess of Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) speaks on women in the region's prisons. Velon John of St. Lucia and Barbados' Attorney General David Simmons, proponents of capital punishment, comment on issue of hanging and the Caribbean Court of Appeal.
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    Caribbean Report 19-10-1995
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1995-10-19) Richards, Ken (anchor); Bourne, Richard (interviewee); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Stern, Vivien (interviewee); Davies, Wyre (correspondent); Blanchard, Desmond (interviewee); Carle, Lee (interviewee); Alleyne, Gary (correspondent); Cross, Tony (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation
    In this report the influential pressure group Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) urges all Commonwealth leaders to make a clear commitment to freedom of expression. CHRI Richard Bourne states that the Caribbean is not doing too badly on human rights issues. Hugh Crosskill interviews Vivien Stern, Secretary General of Penal Reform International on prison conditions in the Caribbean. At the 11th Non-Aligned Summit, Jamaica's Prime Minister P.J. Patterson called for democratic reform of the UN and Cuba's President Fidel Castro launched an attack on the world's economic powers. In Dominica, the police believe that some Chinese nationals are using the island as a backdoor for entry into the US. In Jamaica, Parliament now officially has a second Opposition party - the National Democratic Movement. Scientists from Britain plan to take the Asian wasp to Grenada to fight the dreaded pink mealybug. Entomologist Tony Cross explains how the wasp destroys the mealybug.
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    Caribbean Report 31-07-1989
    (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1989-07-31) Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Simon, Bernard (interviewee); Stern, Vivien (interviewee); Abraham, Raymond (interviewee); Rensch, Stanley (interviewee); The British Broadcasting Corporation