This week Richard and Yalda interview international best-selling author Elif Shafak.

 Elif - who was once put on trial for "insulting Turkishness" - issues a stark warning.   

She tells The World that in countries across the world women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, human rights, freedom of speech and even democracy itself are under attack from the forces of intolerance and populism that are now increasingly dominating politics in Europe and America. 

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