Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to jail for inciting unrest and breaching Covid-19 rules, a verdict condemned by human rights groups and governments around the world as a travesty of justice. Since February's coup, the ruling junta has consolidated its power, not only through the arrests of Suu Kyi's party members, but also with a deadly crackdown on opponents. We take a closer look.
Also on the programme, we head to China, where the disappearence of tennis player Peng Shuai – who accused a high-ranking official of sexual abuse – has alarmed the international community. However, in Xi Jinping's China, such disappearances are not uncommon. There is even a legal term for them: "residential surveillance at a designated location".
Elsewhere on the continent, Japan's Yakuza were once one of the biggest and most powerful criminal organisations in the world. However, over the decades their numbers have dwindled, down from a peak of 180,000 members in the 1960s to just 23,000 today. FRANCE 24's Constantin Simon and his team report.
Finally, you may be familiar with India's glitzy Bollywood film industry, but now independent filmmakers are flipping the script and are putting the voiceless centre stage. An increasing number of new productions acknowledge India's lowest castes and have been drawing rave reviews.
