BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents

Forced Confessions in Japan

Investigating forced confessions of suspects in the Japanese criminal justice system.

Lucy Ash investigates an increasingly bitter row over a major Chinese investment in Burma.

Paul Henley meets the migrants heading to Poland, attracted by its thriving economy.

Justin Marozzi examines if Libya can come together again as one country.

Linda Pressly looks at the disturbing story of rape and sexual abuse in America's prisons.

Rob Walker investigates allegations of corruption affecting South African schools.

El Salvador's gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted. Can it last?

Is Mogadishu on the mend? A day in the life of the new Somali/British mayor of Mogadishu.

How exemption from conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews is exposing Israel's faultlines.

Tessa Dunlop investigates why a plan for a massive gold mine is dividing Romania.