women political prisoners

Looks at the life of political activist, political prisoner, and politician Aung San Suu Kyi.

Roxana Saberi chronicles her experiences as an Iranian-American journalist who was accused of espionage and imprisoned while she was working in Iran in 2009, and also discusses the political tensions within the Middle Eastern nation.

Chronicles the life of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Burma who has spent much of her recent life under house arrest for promoting democracy against the ruling military regime.

A biography which traces the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese political activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.

Chronicles Mayada Al-Askari's experiences after being thrown into Iraq's Baladiyat Prison, the headquarters of Saddam Hussein's secret police.

Malika Oufkir chronicles the experiences she and her family had while they were imprisoned in a penal colony in Morocco.