Perspective

Amnesty International says there have been horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees, with a failure to investigate incidents in custody. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces have published degrading photographs and videos of detained Palestinians, including children. To discuss these serious accusations about the treatment of Palestinian prisoners, we spoke to Ahmed Benchemsi, Advocacy and Communications Director for the Middle East at Human Rights Watch.

As the war continues to widen in Lebanon, it's estimated that 1.2 million people have already been displaced from their homes. The risk of a humanitarian crisis is real as people continue to be forced to flee, notably from the south of the country.  Many are now left living on the streets of Beirut, which has itself also become unsafe amid Israeli bombardment. We spoke to Maya Ibrahimchach, the president of the charity Beit el Baraka in Beirut, and as well the director of program quality for CARE Lebanon, Maya Andari.

Gaza has become "a much darker reality than anyone ever thought possible". That's the description from a spokesman for the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF. James Elder, who was in Gaza himself last week, told us how the people of the enclave are now able to live on just 15 percent of the land. They have lost their homes, their livelihoods and often many family members and friends. As the threat of widespread disease continues to rear its head, Elder spoke to us in Perspective.

The cousin of a slain Israeli hostage has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how Israel should have put her life and the lives of the other hostages at the top of the agenda right from the start. Gil Dickmann says the Israeli government did not do that, and as result they were lost. His cousin Carmel Gat was killed by Hamas at the end of August, along with five others. Gil Dickmann also called for a deal to be reached urgently to save the remaining hostages. He spoke to us in Perspective.

A world-renowned naturalist and environmentalist, who is credited with discovering a new species of lemur, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her latest discovery. Dr Patricia Wright has found a 14-square-kilometre tropical rainforest in a remote part of Madagascar. She has been working with a team of scientists who have been documenting its natural wonders. Their work has been captured in a new documentary that's to be shown on French television next week. Dr Wright is the founder and executive director of the Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments and Centre ValBio, which is a world-renowned research campus in Madagascar. She spoke to us in Perspective.

A writer who grew up in Jamaica under the strict supervision of her Rastafarian father has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her ambition to write about what happened to her and ensure people don't simply think about the picture-postcard image of her country. Safiya Sinclair's book "How to Say Babylon" has now been translated into French, under the title "Dire Babylon". In it, she tells of her childhood ruled by her father's strict patriarchal views and his aim to ensure she remained protected from Babylon, or more Western influences. She spoke to us in Perspective about her new life as a writer and poet.

A woman who captured on film Brazil's presidential election and the subsequent coup attempt as supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the National Congress has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how her film has become a real historical document. Sandra Kogut had given out cameras and asked people from both sides of the polarised political spectrum to record the run-up to the election. She did not expect the level of violence that followed, and the quality of film that she and her citizen filmmakers managed to capture. On Perspective, she spoke to us about her film "At This Moment, in the Nation's Sky".

Amnesty International is accusing big tech platforms of playing an active role in fuelling racist violence. The accusation comes after riots erupted in the UK this summer following the publication of false information on social media, but it also applies to many other issues and conflicts around the world. The issue of online content and free speech are also at the forefront of the US presidential election campaign. In Perspective, we speak to Head of Big Tech Accountability at Amnesty International, Pat de Brún.

Amnesty International is accusing big tech platforms of playing an active role in fuelling racist violence. The accusation comes after riots erupted in the UK this summer following the publication of false information on social media, but it also applies to many other issues and conflicts around the world. The issue of online content and free speech are also at the forefront of the US presidential election campaign. In Perspective, we speak to Head of Big Tech Accountability at Amnesty International, Pat de Brún.

As ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef reach their hottest for 400 years, there is new hope that it may be possible to adapt coral to make it climate resilient. As the quality of the reef continues to decline, scientists are becoming more and more worried for its future, as they try to think of new ways to save it. In Perspective, we spoke to Dr Line Bay, research program director for the Reef Recovery, Adaptation and Restoration Programme at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.