Faranak Amidi
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 29 Aug
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Were you able to speak to any of their families?
Were their families aware of their situations and trying to maybe contact authorities?
Yeah.
What kind of impact has this report had and has there been any reaction from the Ethiopian government to all of this?
Actually, um the piece was published on Saturday, first of August, and you said that five Ethiopian men had been executed on the Monday before.
It's been almost two weeks since then, at the time that we're actually recording um this interview.
Do you know if any other Ethiopian men have been executed in Saudi Arabia since then?
Thank you so much.
Actually
That was Akhlilo Tizai from BBC Tigrenia.
You're listening to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
This is the fifth floor, and I'm Farnai Kamidi.
In India, July saw some of the biggest protests in the country for many years.
The protesters were young people, particularly students, and they came together under an unusual symbol the cockroach.
They call themselves the Cockroach Junta Party or CJP, and they are demanding change to the education system in the country.
Starting as online satire just a couple of months ago, the CJP is now one of India's most visible youth movements.
Summitha Pal reports for the BBC in India and she has been covering these protests and she joins me now from Delhi.
Sumitha, welcome to the fifth floor.
It's great to have you.
So tell me, the CJP protests were so huge.
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