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As Lebanon is falling apart, so are its people. It's a perfect scenario for criminal gangs. Off the Grid meets the people who are resorting to crime to survive. 

Once dubbed the Switzerland of the Middle East, Lebanon now lacks basically everything from fuel to medicine. Being smuggled into war-torn Syria next door only makes things worse. 

But one commodity is widely available: weapons. We explore how the rise of poverty has led to a surge in violence in a country where life is becoming harder by the day.

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#Lebanon #Crime #Poverty

Since George Floyd’s murder more than 180 other black Americans have been killed by the police. Is US law enforcement capable of meaningful reform or have all the Black Lives Matter protests been in vain?

Off The Grid investigates whether the culture of racism within US law enforcement is simply too deeply embedded to change.

Black and Blue, Policing the Police is coming soon on TRTWorld

#PliceBrutality #BLM

Since George Floyd’s murder more than 180 other black Americans have been killed by the police. Is US law enforcement capable of meaningful reform or have all the Black Lives Matter protests been in vain?

Off The Grid investigates whether the culture of racism within US law enforcement is simply too deeply embedded to change.

Black and Blue, Policing the Police is coming soon on TRTWorld.

#BLM

Thousands of women are still going through hell inside the Syrian regime's detention centres. Many more died, and only a few have managed to get out alive.

Off the Grid speaks to survivors who are willing to tell their story so that justice can be done.

EXCLUSIVE: Darfur, a region cut off from the world. A volatile area that still bears the scars of genocide. Many are looking for a better future elsewhere. A quest that led them to battlefields in Libya. Some are tricked. Others are trapped. All are forced to kill.

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From Darfur to the capital Khartoum, we've uncovered ruthless recruiting networks and spoken to those who risked a terrifying escape to break free from a conflict that isn't theirs.

Abdelrazak went to look for gold. But he was kidnapped and sold to Libyan militias who forced him to fight alongside Khalifa Haftar's troops as they tried to get hold of the capital Tripoli. He ended up taking part in massacres similar to those that decimated his family in the early 2000s.

Ayman signed a contract for a security job in the United Arab Emirates. But he landed in the Libyan desert where he received three months of intense military training, ranging from using Kalashnikovs, digging trenches and drafting battle plans.

When his fellow recruit Abuelmuali tried to get an explanation from the recruitment agency, one employee almost ran us over with his car as we were filming.

Sudan’s Soldiers of Misfortune is a documentary from the multi-award winning series Off The Grid.

*At 4’08 it should read, 'What happened here has been described as the first genocide of the century'.

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#Darfur #Investigative #HumanTrafficking #Sudan #UAE

Malaysia's Plastic Jungle investigates the consequences of illegal foreign plastic waste recycling on Malaysian people's health and environment. And meet the people who refuse to be the world's dumping ground.

#plasticwaste #Malaysia #dumpingground

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From the slums of India to Pakistan’s hospitals and Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps… The majority of people across South Asia simply can’t afford life under lockdown. Pakistan lifted its lockdown earlier this month, but India and Bangladesh have extended theirs until the end of the month. Our special edition On The Map, South Asia The unaffordable lockdown took an in-depth look at the impact of the coronavirus in South Asia.

The unaffordable lockdown is part of our Documentary Series: On The Map - Coronavirus Editions.

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#coronavirus #covid-19 #India #Pakistan #Bangladesh #Rohingyas #Amphan

Some African countries have implemented lockdowns to contain the coronavirus, but others fear these measures could be more deadly than the virus itself.

#africa #coronavirusinafrica #coronavirusafrica

As much of the world has shut down to combat the coronavirus pandemic, we look at conflict zones... where people are now fighting on two fronts. We got rare access to Northern Syria, where millions are cramped in squalid camps... and where COVID-19 is just another catastrophe waiting to happen. In Yemen, the health system has collapsed after 5 years of war. Clean hands and drinkable water are a privilege, and wearing a mask is a luxury. In Libya, virus or no virus, the civil war continues. Warring parties now seem to be exploiting the pandemic itself. Fighting on Two Fronts is part of our Documentary Series: On The Map - Coronavirus Editions. Watch other episodes here: http://trt.world/1wv4

As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads across Latin America, not all political leaders have the same views on how to combat the virus.

From war zones in the Middle East to favelas and indigenous communities in South America. And from African megacities to South Asia refugee camps, as the coronavirus pandemic rages Off The Grid flagship documentary series puts the most vulnerable people On The Map.

#OnTheMap #Covid19 #Coronavirus